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Will Adams
DieHard
WA
Soarer GT-TL

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Sunday, December 24, 2006 - 10:06 pm, by:  Will Adams (Draco) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

First off Merry Christmas all. Also have a safe and Happy New Year.

I have done some searching on the forum and haven't been able to come up with anything yet regarding the Chrome Window surround and retro-fitting it to Soarers that didn't come with it (notably TT's).

I know some of the later model Turbos actually had a factory run of the Chrome Window surround + all factory V8's in existence. Is it possible to fit them to a TT?

Obviously anything is possible if you have enough cash, but I'm thinking more along the lines of finding a second hand set (i.e. from a wreckers) and putting it on the car. If it can be done, that's great but then is it an easy process or is it more complicated than it would appear?
Jose-Antonio Castillo
Goo Roo
NSW
Soarer VVTi

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Monday, December 25, 2006 - 10:06 am, by:  Jose-Antonio Castillo (Ahh_soarer) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Later turbo models didn't have it from the factory :-( Probably optional though.
Will Adams
DieHard
WA
Soarer GT-TL

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Monday, December 25, 2006 - 10:12 am, by:  Will Adams (Draco) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

How is it done though?

Also Jose I thought there was a limited run of the turbo engines that actually had the chrome trim?
Maurice Diggler
DieHard
Victoria
Twin Turbo

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Tuesday, December 26, 2006 - 08:44 am, by:  Maurice Diggler (Mau_rice) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Yes, there were 100-200 (Can't remember exactly) Black pov-pac TT's with sunroofs and window trim.
Darryn Dewar
TryHard
Gisborne
UZZ30 Soarer

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Tuesday, December 26, 2006 - 08:56 am, by:  Darryn Dewar (Mrphreak) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I thought there were 100 Black, and 100 White ones done?? Hence they were dubbed the Black and White series
Jose-Antonio Castillo
Goo Roo
NSW
Soarer VVTi

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Tuesday, December 26, 2006 - 09:26 am, by:  Jose-Antonio Castillo (Ahh_soarer) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Dammit I always miss out on the good stuff :-(

There was a recent thread on here where it states to sand back the paint on the black surround to reveal a silverish/chrome trim finish.
Don Bagnall
Moderator
New Zealand
I have WAY less Soarers than Hayden :-(

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Tuesday, December 26, 2006 - 09:35 am, by:  Don Bagnall (Baggs) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)


Darryn Dewar wrote on Tuesday, December 26, 2006 - 08:56 am:

I thought there were 100 Black, and 100 White ones done??



Correct!
Matt Worrad
TryHard
NSW/VIC
TT

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Tuesday, December 26, 2006 - 09:54 pm, by:  Matt Worrad (Mworrad213) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Excuse my ignorance but what does pov pac mean? Is it slang for basic model?
Matthew Sharpe
Goo Roo
North Island
JZZ31

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Wednesday, December 27, 2006 - 06:27 am, by:  Matthew Sharpe (Madmatt) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Yup, poverty pack.
Will Adams
DieHard
WA
Soarer GT-TL

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Wednesday, December 27, 2006 - 05:45 pm, by:  Will Adams (Draco) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Jose-Antonio I think you mean this thread.....

http://soarercentral.com/sc-forum/messages/283/118757.html?1166220648

However that looks like it is more to do with the Door Pillar (B pillar) rather than the window surround. Then again I could be wrong.
Jose-Antonio Castillo
Goo Roo
NSW
Soarer VVTi

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Thursday, December 28, 2006 - 06:33 pm, by:  Jose-Antonio Castillo (Ahh_soarer) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Yeah I know, it looks to be the same process though. I know that the B-pillars have a raw metal finish (the B-pillars on my old Soarer were peeling) but not so sure about the window trim.

Guess you could grab a second hand window trim from a TT somehow and experiment with it :-)
Aaron Mead
DieHard
NT
TT

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Thursday, December 28, 2006 - 08:10 pm, by:  Aaron Mead (Aaron) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Yay I have one of the 200!
*basks in its glory*
Alan Chow
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Vic
GTT-L

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Sunday, December 31, 2006 - 11:47 am, by:  Alan Chow (Alanchow) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Hence why you have "No ABS, No TRC, No ESP, No Airbags, No leather" hey aaron?
Sean Camelin
TryHard
NT
JZZ30 2.5 GTT-L

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Tuesday, January 02, 2007 - 10:54 pm, by:  Sean Camelin (Krener) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Hmm, trade comfort for bling.........OOOhhhh it's a tough one

Aaron Mead
DieHard
NT
TT

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Wednesday, January 03, 2007 - 12:46 am, by:  Aaron Mead (Aaron) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Damn straight. I just need the essentials.








And chrome window trims.
Sean Camelin
TryHard
NT
JZZ30 2.5 GTT-L

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Wednesday, January 03, 2007 - 11:36 pm, by:  Sean Camelin (Krener) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)



Fair enough
Callum Finch
Goo Roo
WA
Soarer TT & Corolla

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Thursday, January 04, 2007 - 11:02 pm, by:  Callum Finch (Sigeneat) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)


Darryn Dewar wrote on Tuesday, December 26, 2006 - 08:56 am:

I thought there were 100 Black, and 100 White ones done?? Hence they were dubbed the Black and White series



And i got one of the Black ones ^_^

There was a thread or article that floated around a while back where someone took some chrome stuff that acts similar to heat shrink (i think?).

You buy it in strips and heat it up to get it sticky, as it cools it sticks on.

I DEFINATELY saw something though; a white TT owner did it.
Don Bagnall
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New Zealand
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Friday, January 05, 2007 - 02:39 pm, by:  Don Bagnall (Baggs) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

It was Ollie & Denise Ernst's TT from Canberra......

As I recall it was semi successful, but Ollie will be able to elaborate
Carl Johnson
TryHard
QLD
93 LTD 31 Manual V8

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Friday, January 05, 2007 - 04:48 pm, by:  Carl Johnson (Carlos) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

They are "Chrome-ish"/"polished metal" underneath- all of them, any model: pov pak or GT or LTD...TT or V8. You can get the black off with either: one of the commercial goopy type (liquid but real thick) paint strippers or with brake fluid. My advise if you're gonna do it...pay the freight & get the stripper it is better quicker & you don't have to rub or sand or scratch it at all. You just brush it on, wait 15 wipe it off & repeat=
You'd be if you tried to do this whilst the window is on the car but if you take em off its pretty easy.
You really need to get em powdercoated in clear or sprayed in clear after that or they'll dull & show water marks etc quite quickly.
Will Adams
DieHard
WA
Soarer GT-TL

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Friday, January 05, 2007 - 04:56 pm, by:  Will Adams (Draco) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Now the question is how do you get it off? I'll hunt on the forum but somehow I can't remember a thread about it anywhere. Maybe there's something on Reepa as well, but don't think there was.
Rob Andreacchio
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Victoria
Supercharged VT Calais & 1991 JZZ30

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Friday, January 05, 2007 - 05:00 pm, by:  Rob Andreacchio (Reepa) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

nah there was nothing there Will..
Carl Johnson
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Friday, January 05, 2007 - 05:08 pm, by:  Carl Johnson (Carlos) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Remove the interior trim, & then can't quite remember its either 3 or 4 nuts you undo from treaded bolts (are a part of the window its self protruding through window body frame surrounding the window) disconnect the wires for the TV aerial & you're away. 20 mins each side
Peter Nitschke
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South Australia
GT4.0 V8

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Friday, January 05, 2007 - 05:20 pm, by:  Peter Nitschke (Pen) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

There was a thread, maybe on the archive. Basically some flexible chrome stripping was used, but after a week it started to crinkle at the bends and didn't look so hot.

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