Dave Robsons Challenger R/T

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Mon Feb 18, 08 9:54 am

This is the article I remembered seeing.

http://www.moparmusclemagazine.com/howt ... index.html

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Mon Feb 18, 08 9:58 am

Thats not the same one Dave, but they speak the same language in essence. The one in the link is more detailed about the same methods.

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Mon Feb 18, 08 11:57 am

I know someone that used to work in graphics and he has a neat little hrad rubber roller. That might be just the job for rubbing the vinyl down as long as I don't get spray adhesive everywhere.

Speaking of which. I just ordered three cans of this stuff for the glue....

http://www.vikingtapes.co.uk/adhesive3.htm#SUPASTICK

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Sat Mar 01, 08 10:30 pm

Oh well. The vinyl top is now on.

Not as hard as I thought it would be actually.

But a hell of a lot more hard work than I expected. About 3 hours work in total. But I had to take a couple of rest breaks. Man it was heavy work. Made more painful by getting the hairs on my arms glued to the roof a few times.

The trim in the photos is not screwed down. Just pushed on to hold the edges.

One bit of DISASTER though. The body paint has melted on a spot where I accidentally overshot some of the spray adhesive. I was holding the spray can very close to spray up the bottom edge and the solvent in the spray must react to the paint.

Don't know what i am going to do about that. It was all going so well as well.

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Sat Mar 01, 08 10:31 pm

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sat Mar 01, 08 11:03 pm

Well I have to say mate, what a lovely job. Inspiration to anyone to have a go.

Sorry to hear about the hiccup. What are your options? Will you have to get the quarter resprayed?

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sat Mar 01, 08 11:23 pm

OOOOOOOOOOoooohhhhhhhhhhh Damn......... Jeez I know what it's like to damage perfectly good paint, Dave

Your not alone thier

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sat Mar 01, 08 11:26 pm

Clivey wrote:Well I have to say mate, what a lovely job. Inspiration to anyone to have a go.

Sorry to hear about the hiccup. What are your options? Will you have to get the quarter resprayed?

Clivey ... Please be careful..It's NOT easy puttin' everything back on !!

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Sat Mar 01, 08 11:54 pm

Bananarama! Dave! Sorry to see that! But it is fresh paint, so should blend OK.
Is that a solvent based glue? I am surprised if it is! I used some glue for that once, it was messy, but no solvents involved!! Great job though!

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sun Mar 02, 08 12:47 am

Nice job Dave , notice the heater.

morgan · Post by **morgan** » Sun Mar 02, 08 7:49 am

I darent take mine off... Dont want to know

(great job by the way)

Rogue Trooper · Post by **Rogue Trooper** » Sun Mar 02, 08 8:30 am

Looking good

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Sun Mar 02, 08 11:07 am

Jeff wrote:Bananarama! Dave! Sorry to see that! But it is fresh paint, so should blend OK.
Is that a solvent based glue? I am surprised if it is! I used some glue for that once, it was messy, but no solvents involved!! Great job though!

The solvent is in the propellant. It seems to evaporate mid air. Like that party string stuff. It says on the tin use from at least 10 inches away but I was within one inch trying to squirt a little shot under the edge.

It is good stuff. I was impressed with it. Very accurate adjustable spray pattern. Very low fume. Didn't stink the house out and I didn't have to open the doors to stop getting high.

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Sun Mar 02, 08 11:14 am

Adam68 wrote:Nice job Dave , notice the heater.

I had two heaters in there. There is a electric fire behind the passenger door. I switched them off half way through the job because I was sweating with the effort.

But the heaters helped warm the fabric. I also did some concentrated effort with a hair drier to stretch out the bad creases as much as possible before starting. It was still pretty wrinkled up before i started glueing though. I forgot to take a photo of it at that point.

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Sun Mar 02, 08 11:15 am

Ahh I see. Real bummer Dave. But, as I said, easily fixed. Get one of the smart repair guys round to have a look at it. That is, if you dont want to take it back to the body shop.