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DMS
PostPosted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 9:25 pm 
3 hours but worth it. The wheels are knackered, tried to clean them up but to far gone, they need a referb.

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Spotless mate - nice one :thumbright:

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Looking nice buddy, you need a nice set of wheels to finish it off I reckon..... :wink:


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DMS
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Shame about the wheels and the marks from 157K's worth of driving though.


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DMS wrote:
Shame about the wheels and the marks from 157K's worth of driving though.


The marks just show she's lived a little chap, the wheels you can paint :thumbright:

Excellent work there chap :D

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Well done mate, top job :thumbright:


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Looks very nice :D
What did you try on the wheels?
Meguairs hot wheels is suprisingly good, if you have access to a pressure washer..
Might need a bit of wire wool with autosol

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Used cheap Halfords alloy wheel cleaner and a toothbrush errnee. Not the best stuff to use to be honest. Think i'll try some wire wool over the weekend.


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what a difference, good work bud!


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Great job, worth the time you have put in to it :thumbright:

Nice reflection pics :D

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a lot of work put into that. Well done buddy!

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Looking good!

I'm in the proces of doing my weekly wash and polish too. :) :thumbright:

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Wire wool and a gentle hand.
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you not use anything with it? come up alot better :D

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Thats better :D


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Same cant be said about my fingers though Debz :sad1:


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I've done that and it lasts for days :lol:
Worth it though ;)


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DMS
PostPosted: Sun May 30, 2010 10:16 pm 
Bad light, didnt finish cleaning till late. Auto Glym super resin polish is great, although you cant really tell from these pics.
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Looks good bud, like the reflection of the front wheel in the door :)

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Thanks Marc, funds are tight for mods but can still give the old girl a good clean.


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Looks good, like the colour! Not as good as white though! lol

Needs to be lowered! :)

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More you uses the autoglym the lighter the swirls will get :thumbright:

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Nice job Darren :thumbright:

I too like the reflection shot :D


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More you uses the autoglym the lighter the swirls will get :thumbright:


This was the last panel I polished, rushed it to be able to get pics so didnt do a great job. Went into Halfords today to look for a touch up pen, dont know why I bothered, the little oink who served me had no interest at all. Think I might be going elsewhere in future.


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get a touch up kit from paints4u - nice kit, comes with paper, compound, cleaner, paint, and lacquer ;)

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looing tidy there mate!


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Look at the chips on that
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Wow :D
You can really see the difference from yesterdays pics and she looked good then .
I've got a lot of chips too on mine so don't feel alone :roll:
Gonna have a go at them soon when i get the touch up kit, but for now thats why i don't get too close with the camera :lol:

Nice job Darren :D

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Stunning work Darren, nice one :thumbup:

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