Hood Insert Repair

[CrnCnn]

I am pretty sure that Tomdietrying did his front cladding and some of his hood. I think the hood was the part that started to bubble.

[vt_maverick]

There ought to be something to beat the cracking problem, even if it's not LineX. I had the engine cover and a few other engine bay trim pieces painted on my previous car and the body shop primed, painted, clearcoated, and then sealed the plastic with some 3M high-temp resistant coating. The body shop normally warranties their work for a year, but in this case they were so sure of the product that they actually guaranteed me the paint would never fade or crack.

I'll have to do some research on what they used...

[nfpgasmask]

Looks good. Love the contrast. If only that worked on an Ebony!

Bart

[tomdietrying]

Yeah, two and a half years ago I did my front cladding in Line-X, and I Line-Xed a bra for the hood. It did bubble on my hood, but that was because my hood had been repainted, and they didn't do a good job repainting it. The guy that Line-Xed it redid it for free. This time he sanded the bad paint job off where he was going to use Line-X. It's been over two years now and everything has been greatm with it.
Peac.
Tom

[rowhard]

OK, here are a cupla pix. There are a few more in my gallery. Sorry it took so long (I kept forgetting to hit the process button).



BTW, it only takes about 30 min to R/R the hood insert. All you need is a 10mm and a 12mm wrench.

would really like to see a close up and a explain of those seat covers. LineX can bee seen in any parking lot

[tom4bren]

The seat covers are some off the shelf units from AutoZone. They are a splash pattern which goes well with my SeaDoo theme. I'll try to remember to snap a few pix for ya when I get home from Niagara Falls.

[SomeBeach]

The seat covers are some off the shelf units from AutoZone. They are a splash pattern which goes well with my SeaDoo theme. I'll try to remember to snap a few pix for ya when I get home from Niagara Falls.

Yea Tom, I kinda like those seat covers myself

[tom4bren]

As promised, I finally took some pix of the seat covers.

[SilverBullet75]

... and I Line-Xed a bra for the hood.

Tom,
do you have a close-up pic of the Line-x bra?

I'm liking this idea.
Also, Bart, as for contrast to ebony... Line-x can be done in any color! Check out their site!

I love the way yours looks Tom! Great job!
(Just realized I'm talking to 2 Toms... lol)

[tom4bren]

Bullet,

When my magna-bra dies, I'll probably do like Tom mentioned & get it done in LineX. Same area covered so it'll look very much like it does now.

Tom

[tomdietrying]

Yeah, that's exactly what I did. I had a Magnet-bra first. I didn't like that the Magnet-Bra left a film on my hood when I took it off. I was almost like it melted the film on my hood. I couldn't wash it off either. Some people have waxed their hood before installing the Magnet-Bra. This seems to take care of that issue. I also didn't like that the Magna-Bra looked almost too pretty. I wanted a little rugged look to my bra. lol That sounds funny. Anyhow, I liked the line and shape of the Magnet-Bra, so I had the Line-X guy follow the same line pattern.

If you look through the pictures of Moab 2009, there should be plenty of pics of my VX. I'll look through it tonight too to see what I can find.

Peace.
Tom

[KeithVXlvr]

tom4bren,

The 70's called, they want their seat covers back !!!

[tom4bren]

KEVIN

They look great when I have the SeaDoos on the back so ...

'when I want your opinion, I'll beat it out of you'

Besides, they go well with the shag carpet I installed last weekend.

[KeithVXlvr]

KEVIN

They look great when I have the SeaDoos on the back so ...

'when I want your opinion, I'll beat it out of you'

Besides, they go well with the shag carpet I installed last weekend.

HA, HA, HA !!!!! I hope the shag carpet is on the dash -

tom4bren : my opinion, throughly beaten out of me !!!

[Moncha]

No, no, no.... the shag HAS to be on the headliner! and don't forget the big fuzzy dice hangin' from the RV mirror.