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Offline crash340

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Can't get rebuilders cast paint!
« on: March 19, 2014 - 06:23:44 AM »
Suxs living here some times, spoke to the importer of plastikote, the makers of rebuilders cast and like most other things they don't bring it in!!!, damn it, it looked so good and sounded great with the oil resistance etc

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Re: Can't get rebuilders cast paint!
« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2014 - 06:40:31 AM »
Where do you live ? :dunno:
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Re: Can't get rebuilders cast paint!
« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2014 - 06:09:05 PM »
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****s me to no end, as expensive as hell, thank goodness I get to the US frequently and have friends over there, still all that said, it wont help me with that paint as its dangerous goods and no matter what I do it will be expensive to get it out here.
Will have to find a second rate substitute. like everything else here, nothing is made in this country, they have closed all major manufacture, the only thing we export is raw material out of the ground, (like that will last!) and import the cheapest crap we can find and charge gold bullion for it.
Some examples.
Gas is nearly $7 a US gallon
Levis jeans start at $120
A Dodge Nitro RT equiv that retails for US$24K in the US is $50K here (and that was when the exchange rate was good!)

I'll stop now, and we live in a dictatorship governed country.


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Re: Can't get rebuilders cast paint!
« Reply #3 on: March 21, 2014 - 03:14:36 AM »
Hey Greg, What is it you want to coat, i may know of a substitute buddy. :popcorn: :2thumbs:
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Offline crash340

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Re: Can't get rebuilders cast paint!
« Reply #4 on: March 21, 2014 - 04:44:44 AM »
Hey Kenny,

front calipres, lower ball joint and spindle, pitman arm and idler arm, maybe LCA etc.

Thanks
Greg
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Re: Can't get rebuilders cast paint!
« Reply #5 on: March 21, 2014 - 09:21:14 PM »
Have you got colours in mind to what you want, we have a very good assortment of what you will need here buddy, no need to get these paints sent from over seas. :2thumbs:
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Re: Can't get rebuilders cast paint!
« Reply #6 on: March 21, 2014 - 11:11:54 PM »
Kenny,

i pretty much found a good substitute in a VHT product, its cast iron grey see pic attached, it pretty much matches bare cast iron but now it wont rust
Greg

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Re: Can't get rebuilders cast paint!
« Reply #7 on: March 22, 2014 - 02:50:40 AM »
I was going to suggest you look at the range that VHT offer :2thumbs:
1970 Barracuda   (O^--^===|===^--^O)
1971 Barracuda   (O O {]{]{]|[}[}[} O O)
1970 Challenger  (O O [======R/T=] O O)
1971 Challenger  (O O ===== ===== O O)
I pay homage to the best Mopars ever built.