real close shave!!!!

[lee bishop]

after furnishing my escort with new wheel bearings and brake discs both sides at the front today, i care fully reversed out of my garage, into my garage door!! what a stupid mother f*****r i am....LOL. luckily i had a plastic polishing kit handy, and a big tub of elbow grease.....

[PHIL TEEAR]

garage door

bad luck, could have been worse CheeRS Phil

[lee bishop]

i should have known better though, about 10 years ago, i did an almost identicle thing in a multi-storey car park, involving my very tidy mk1 mexico. i reversed out of a tight parking space, one next to a supporting pillar, turned the wheel as i reversed, looking over the other shoulder, and graunched my nearside wing on the pillar, whilst leaving a nice blue line on the pillar. but i can drive everybody....i promise

[Banishit]

that was close mate phew

[roths]

Did a similar thing in my first car..reversed into a telegraph pole, whilst trying to get out of a tight spot..they're very hard immoveable objects!!

Needless to say, a trip to the scrappy beckoned for a new light cluster and some big hammer treatment.

You'll be relieved to know it was "only" a Vauxhall Viva!!!!!

[GAZ W]

Close one mate , does'nt look too bad though

[lee bishop]

hey roths, dont knock the viva's mate. a good friend of mine took two 8 foot wrought iron gates out, on the first day at his new job, in a viva. he lost control entering the premises, hit both gate posts in turn, knocking each gate off in quick succession......LOL. i've done a couple of other dodgy bits of driving too, i had a MK5 cortina. once, whilst reversing out of my parents house, i was looking over the bonnet for tell tale signs of a possible water leak i thought i had, i forgot the cortina was longer than the golf i had previous to that, and hit the party wall between my parents house, and their next door neighbour.........took the wall clean out......not a scratch on the corblimey........hehe i also rolled my first mk2, it was a 1.3 pop...... showing off, i lost control, hit a flyover, and put the car on its roof, i had three mates in the car.....the only one hurt, cut his finger climbing out of the winscreen aperture. that was in 1990.....the scratches are still up the flyover wall to this day......i drive past it on my way home!

[Banishit]

lee whats this plastic polishing kit ? i have some minor scuffs on my bumper and i want to get them out

brian

[lee bishop]

brian, its called a "micro mesh kit" i am not sure of availability on the "open market!" its american stuff. what you get is various grades of rubberised abrasive sheet, from 2000 through to 12000 grit, and this real nice smelling polish. instructions stipulate no circular motions. only go one way with the first sheet, then go with a finer sheet at 90 degrees, keep doing it till you get to the 12,000 grade. its probably too shiney compared to the rest of the bumper now though.

[lee bishop]

try this

http://www.sylmasta.com/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Micro_Mesh_Abrasives_1.html

[Banishit]

cheers lee

[dasadrew]

I used to use it a lot for modelmaking, but now I get out more! LOL!

It's a good idea - if you have a bit of practice you can fill up stone chips with paint and then dress them back step by step with micromesh 'til they're invisible. Use on clear plastic, too (like speedo cover) to polish out scratches. As usual, practice makes perfect! I got my kit from "Hannants" of lowestoft.