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Looks good, what are you using to tint the raptor?
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Looks good, what are you using to tint the raptor?
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Whatever they sent with it
I got the lot from buzzweld, although there’s plenty of suppliers
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Yes, wanted a hi cap for years but couldn’t find a straight one for sensible money, so I decided to build one. It was a 110 CSW when I started
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Already sorted, I went a different route
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Of course, finger painting!
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Be curious to see how it holds up. I know a few friends and I have tried Buzzweld's Chassis In One which a lot of the Defender forums rant and rave about and not been overly impressed with it. It looks good enough when applied but doesn't seem to hold up particularly well long term.Whatever they sent with it
A friend did his rear cross member and Scottish roads have made it almost an annual repainting. I did axles, radius arms, rear cross member, tie rods etc as various bits were off for overhaul and I've not found it any better than normal paint. Tried clean metal, rusty metal, with and without their primer, sprayed and brushed and all about the same.
OK mine gets a fair bit of abuse scraping over rocks and through Scottish bogs etc but based off other people's reviews I'd have thought it would hold up longer than it has.
Realise raptor is a different kettle of fish but if it holds up well I'd be tempted to try it.
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Be curious to see how it holds up. I know a few friends and I have tried Buzzweld's Chassis In One which a lot of the Defender forums rant and rave about and not been overly impressed with it. It looks good enough when applied but doesn't seem to hold up particularly well long term.
A friend did his rear cross member and Scottish roads have made it almost an annual repainting. I did axles, radius arms, rear cross member, tie rods etc as various bits were off for overhaul and I've not found it any better than normal paint. Tried clean metal, rusty metal, with and without their primer, sprayed and brushed and all about the same.
OK mine gets a fair bit of abuse scraping over rocks and through Scottish bogs etc but based off other people's reviews I'd have thought it would hold up longer than it has.
Realise raptor is a different kettle of fish but if it holds up well I'd be tempted to try it.
The buzzweld chassis in one is just a marked up rebranded coroless paint, I'm not sure if they alter it at all but the stuff I've been using dries very hard and doesn't scratch easily, but I'm only using it on a normal car.
I think on something that gets alot of abuse youd have to use the primer and the rf16 top coat for it to last rather than the chassis in one
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The only buzzweld bit in the kit was the tint, and I’m fairly sure they couldn’t mess that up, the rest is proper raptor. As long as the prep is done, raptor sticks like the proverbial to a blanket. There’s a coat of acid etch under that to give it something to bite to as wellBe curious to see how it holds up. I know a few friends and I have tried Buzzweld's Chassis In One which a lot of the Defender forums rant and rave about and not been overly impressed with it. It looks good enough when applied but doesn't seem to hold up particularly well long term.
A friend did his rear cross member and Scottish roads have made it almost an annual repainting. I did axles, radius arms, rear cross member, tie rods etc as various bits were off for overhaul and I've not found it any better than normal paint. Tried clean metal, rusty metal, with and without their primer, sprayed and brushed and all about the same.
OK mine gets a fair bit of abuse scraping over rocks and through Scottish bogs etc but based off other people's reviews I'd have thought it would hold up longer than it has.
Realise raptor is a different kettle of fish but if it holds up well I'd be tempted to try it.
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At the risk of shoehorning some people into a box but most of those rave reviews come from, shall we say, owners of the newer Tdci models and I don't think they keep the vehicles long enough to notice the long term effectsSomething that gets rave reviews in the Landy world and is actually not very good....well I never
. They also appear to spend most of the time washing and lowering the vehicles for better handling 
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