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Im just a toolmaker - what would i know
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| Happy |
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man I'm nervous now - def doing bobs first
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| uglybob |
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Happy wrote: man I'm nervous now - def doing bobs first
hahahaha thanks greg! 
meh - at least a bootlid is something that can be replaced easily anyways!
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| Mohekn |
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do we have pics of the end result? like what your aiming to achieve?
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| BADNWS |
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uglybob wrote: hey all
looking at fitting my fairmont boot garnish this weekend - does anyone have any ideas/tips/suggestions etc on how best to do this? by the looks of it its ~4mm drill bit i'll be needing - might go get a brand spanking new one rather than use the rusty ones around home  and yes i know - measure twice drill once! All i did was used a piece of cardboard, made a templete out of that, placed the cardboard on the bootlid, maked it with a perm marker, double checked a few mesurments to make sure the marks were level and the centre was the centre of the boot lid, drilled the holes and used a very small file to get the wholes right (they make files for that reason lol), touched up the wholes with a bit of paint so they wont rust, and bolted on the garnish. All up it took about 20mins, and i was apprehensive about it myself getting the holes right but ended up being very easy.. Heres a pic straight after i put it on.. 
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| Mohekn |
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ahhh i see, looks good, gives it a bit more class, and makes the boot lid a bit less boring
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| uglybob |
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well, it has been done!
greg & i are now running around with 'Fairmont' and 'Ghia' boot garnishs respectively! all went smooth as - used the rubber backing from a spare garnish to match up where the garnish would sit, marked the holes, applied some masking tape over to stop the drill-bit slipping. thanks to greg for drilling mine, lol due to me having the shakes!
both sit perfectly, and look schmicko! neither of us had cameras to take pics, so s**t happens! i'm sure we'll do another one sometime soon, so we'll do some instructions then. i'll get some before & after shots later today!
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| Happy |
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hmmm chromie goodness!!!
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| uglybob |
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okies - a few pics! excuse how dirty the car is - dad decided to switch the bore-water retic on this morning
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| uglybob |
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just for a comparison, this is pre-garnish:
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| Steady ED |
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Oooooh, garnish pretty
Nice job! Wish I'd put masking tape on my boot when putting on the lip spoiler... Let's just say that spoiler ain't coming off unless I got a new boot lined up...
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| Liam_XR6 |
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nice job, looks heaps good. Where did you get the boot garnish from?
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| Rick_Deckard |
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BADNWS wrote: Heres a pic straight after i put it on..
You heretic! Fairmont chrome boot garnish for Fairmonts ye heathens!
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Worth it Fraser?
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| uglybob |
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twirqurky wrote: Worth it Fraser?
without a doubt. looks really good & finishs off the boot.
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