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blackfox

Joined:	Wed Apr 11th, 2012
Location:	Flint, North Wales, United Kingdom
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i recently bought a d200 off of a friend who has used it a few times on african safaris ,the actual camera mechanically fine ,but cosmetically it needed a good tidy up and due to being left in the car in africa the rubbers had all expanded in the heat making the camera look very untidy ,
i got it for such a good price it was deemed worth spending a few bob on it so i ordered a new set of rubber grips off a e/bay hong kong seller who unusually had a 100% feedback ,it took exactly a week for the grips to turn up this morning so i bit the bullet and started at 10 o'clock .its a bit daunting at first removing the rubbers but they peeled off easily ,i then cleaned up any surplus glue left behind and cleaned the edges with a metal probe ,(i must add i used to be model maker so i have lots of small tools ) and very sparing wipe over with sticky stuff remover finished the bodywork .
putting on the new rubbers was harder than it looked ,the supplier does say that the original glue is rubbish and supplies a micro film thin double sided tape ,but this has to be cut to fit the shapes of the grips ,some of which are very small ,after a hour i had the job finished and a camera that looks in top condition and must add at least £100 to the value for a £23 pound outlay .heres some pics of the before and afters

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blackfox

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front left hand grip

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blackfox

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and finally rear grip

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blackfox

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all in all a very fiddly job but well worth it in the end ,i hope the end results look o.k and if your thinking of doing it go ahead its not that hard

Squarerigger

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Very nice job. Looks like factory new.

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Nice job.
Looks like you had a fun day but well worth the effort.

Iain

Joined:	Thu Apr 5th, 2012
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Thats made all the difference for not a lot of money.

Robert

Joined:	Sun Apr 1st, 2012
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Well done, makes a big difference.

I tend to use Evostick when I peel the rubber back to access screws on Nikon D cameras. I remember there is a special glue to stick motor cycle handgrips which is very good for this.

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