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Main differences of a later ‘facelift’ 740?Views : 2567 Replies : 33Users Viewing This Thread : |
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Dec 23rd, 2018, 19:09 | #21 |
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Haven't yet quite worked out those mirrors yet on an 'F' plate Dave. No 1 how did someone get standard black mirrors on a silver door faceplate - a near impossible task?
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Either way that black 5h17e has to be rubbed off and the mirror casings smoothed out but i'd like to either put them back to 403-03 Silver-Green with the rest of the car or ....... ......... i have some chrome, self-adhesive film, Fablon type stuff. If i can work out how to stretch/pull the film while applying just enough heat from a heat gun or hairdryer to bend it smoothly round the compound curves of the mirror body/back-shell, i'd like chrome door mirrors. There have been several things altered/removed for either no apparent reason or a badly misdiagnosed reason on this car. For example, the oil cooler between the block and the filter, the A/C evaporator from the heater box, the jacking pad on the front crossmember - all missing when i got it. That's really the point i was trying to make. There's no knowing what a previous owner has done, it's possible on one persons car it has suffered a frontal shunt and been treated to a newer or older set of front end panels/lights etc. Sometimes the front end swaps are done because the owner really wants the look of a different aged model - for example i know of several Mk2 Rover 800s with Mk1 bonnets and grills. I can see why people would like that idea and did for a while toy with that idea on my Sterling but the blackboard paint on the door mirrors of my 765?
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I didn't quite get them all the way to black, more a flat very dark grey. Not glossy, Matt as you said-I will give the heat gun treatment in the spring followed by another dose of C4.
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Maybe a previous owner decided he wanted black bumpers, same as the previous owner of mine decided he wanted black door mirrors. Both bumpers and mirrors should be body colour on the 760 GLE, as befits the rage-topping car of the time. Of course, if your car is black then it has got body-colour bumpers!
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Naturally, the then latest version of Haynes was no help as it took them another 13 years or so to publish an edition that dealt with a 1990 740 car, so it took a while to work out what the animal was when the time came that I had to deal with it myself or get shot of it!! Of course, if you car is red and all other trim is black (inside and out) it's quite a good selling point. The contrast is quite stunning when it's all clean... something that doesn't often occur!! That's my lot until after Christmas, and have a good one y'all. Bob |
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Trouble is I cant make up my mind whether to break it or MOT it. I`ve fixed the ABS issue and done a mod to get past the heater fan intermittent behaviour. It needs a front number plate and a bit more time to find where the air leak is that come and goes causing a misfire and rich running. Last edited by DOUGIE68; Dec 25th, 2018 at 12:29. |
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