As promised, the painter let me drop the chassis off last week and I will hopefully have it and the other ancillary panels all back before Christmas. I left the tilt jig and wheels on so the painter can get to the underside as well applying epoxy primer, then clear over base of gris rose (and gris palombe for the roof section).
The rest of the weekend was taken up refurbishing the steering rack and a few other ancillary items. Luckily there is a video by the Dutch DS Technik Team that Shows how to slip the far side bellow over the steering pin...
Air inlet guide got a coat of silver, I wasn’t a fan of the galvanised look.
The height lever was pretty cracked. After sanding and filling the cracks it is back to how it should be. Small job, but an item that is being used a fair bit.
Also spent a bit of time working out whether wrinkle paint will work on the dash. Tried oven, hairdryer and air dried - non really worked well and I might have to try something else.
I found one photo that shows the pattern of the original dash - would anyone know how to replicate it?
Most ID owners appear to have painted the dash in ‘normal’ Gris Claire or Gris Rose, but I quite like the stipple effect...
The rest of the weekend was taken up refurbishing the steering rack and a few other ancillary items. Luckily there is a video by the Dutch DS Technik Team that Shows how to slip the far side bellow over the steering pin...
Air inlet guide got a coat of silver, I wasn’t a fan of the galvanised look.
The height lever was pretty cracked. After sanding and filling the cracks it is back to how it should be. Small job, but an item that is being used a fair bit.
Also spent a bit of time working out whether wrinkle paint will work on the dash. Tried oven, hairdryer and air dried - non really worked well and I might have to try something else.
I found one photo that shows the pattern of the original dash - would anyone know how to replicate it?
Most ID owners appear to have painted the dash in ‘normal’ Gris Claire or Gris Rose, but I quite like the stipple effect...