56K BEWARE! PICS Installed SHR Louvers last week and
11-05-2008, 03:45 PM
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When I installed mine they leaked a little too and I did the same thing that va stang did just applied some sealant from the inside to the area. Just remember once its done it just looks flat out badass.
11-06-2008, 12:59 PM
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11-06-2008, 06:46 PM
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Reposting from another thread:
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I just got my car out in the daylight after installing shr lovuers in my garage. HOLY ORANGE PEEL BATMAN!!!!
My car is black. Any imperfection is going to stand out. I get that. I bought these pre-painted. The perimeter of the louvers looks less than perfect - having only slight orange peel. The louver part, the part that slants in towards the car, has really bad orange peel.
I wish I'd have looked at these closer before installing them. I would have called SHR and discussed returning them. And before doing this again, I'd definitely talk to a local body shop which I trust (the one that pained my hood in my case) about having them to do this.
HOWEVER - I'm not sure its a no-brainer that a local shop would to a better job. Getting the orange peel off these or any other painted surface requires wet-sanding which is normally done with some kind of power sander made for auto body work. These louvers have small tight spaces that would require sanding by hand and I don't know if sanding by hand is going to produce a good result.
All that said, the overall situation isn't all that bad. Because of the angles and reflections, I'm not sure that a mirror finish on the louvered part is all that critical. The louvers represent broken lines from the rest of the car and offer a far different reflection than the rest of the car. So overall it still looks OK. Just not perfect - and enough to bug me if I think about it too much.
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And....
Did a leak check today and only had one really small leak in a place where I made the bead discontinuous (stopped & started). My fault. I used a 3/8" bead like Va Stang said. Worked out good - especially of you make one continuous bead. That size bead also end up with the louver recessed by about 1/8" which is fine by me.
Overall, I'm happy with it and I like it more every time I see it.
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I just got my car out in the daylight after installing shr lovuers in my garage. HOLY ORANGE PEEL BATMAN!!!!
My car is black. Any imperfection is going to stand out. I get that. I bought these pre-painted. The perimeter of the louvers looks less than perfect - having only slight orange peel. The louver part, the part that slants in towards the car, has really bad orange peel.
I wish I'd have looked at these closer before installing them. I would have called SHR and discussed returning them. And before doing this again, I'd definitely talk to a local body shop which I trust (the one that pained my hood in my case) about having them to do this.
HOWEVER - I'm not sure its a no-brainer that a local shop would to a better job. Getting the orange peel off these or any other painted surface requires wet-sanding which is normally done with some kind of power sander made for auto body work. These louvers have small tight spaces that would require sanding by hand and I don't know if sanding by hand is going to produce a good result.
All that said, the overall situation isn't all that bad. Because of the angles and reflections, I'm not sure that a mirror finish on the louvered part is all that critical. The louvers represent broken lines from the rest of the car and offer a far different reflection than the rest of the car. So overall it still looks OK. Just not perfect - and enough to bug me if I think about it too much.
----------------
And....
Did a leak check today and only had one really small leak in a place where I made the bead discontinuous (stopped & started). My fault. I used a 3/8" bead like Va Stang said. Worked out good - especially of you make one continuous bead. That size bead also end up with the louver recessed by about 1/8" which is fine by me.
Overall, I'm happy with it and I like it more every time I see it.
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