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21st July 2009, 16:35
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My Alloys After Polishin !
Bought these bout a month ago .. finally finished my first one (after about 11hrs worth of work) just wondered what u all think .. big thanks the riggsy and pred for their guides !
Before During And After Shots
Last edited by Nuve; 21st July 2009 at 16:43.
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21st July 2009, 16:46
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Looks amazing! Got any pictures of them on the car?
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21st July 2009, 16:48
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not yet mate .. only got the one done lol was tempted to put it on on its lonesome with my plastic wheel trim ones lol
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21st July 2009, 16:49
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Wait i'm sorry if this is the dumbest question ever but the last picture of the chromey looking one thats it polished?! Looks awesome! Yea need a car pic.
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21st July 2009, 16:49
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looks good 33 more hours.
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21st July 2009, 16:50
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sminotVTR
Wait i'm sorry if this is the dumbest question ever but the last picture of the chromey looking one thats it polished?! Looks awesome! Yea need a car pic.
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Yes love, the last piccy is the polished one 
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21st July 2009, 16:50
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yea thats it polished .. used a polishing kit for the last bit but best part of it was sanding by hand .. 80grit through to 1200 ... got no finger prints left now lol 
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Originally Posted by stegmk1vtr
looks good 33 more hours.
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lmao thanks for the reminder mate !
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21st July 2009, 16:52
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well itll be worth it in the end they look mint.
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21st July 2009, 17:02
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OMG there amazing mate, well done!
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21st July 2009, 17:08
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They will look sweeeeeeet mate 
Martin.
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21st July 2009, 17:25
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aye came out better than i expected tbh .. pretty happy with that one .. 3 more to go lol
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21st July 2009, 20:55
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that looks amazing mate, i always wondered if polished ones would look good on my car .... where they hard to get that shiny? def get a pic up of them when there done.
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21st July 2009, 21:31
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that looks mega mate just hope you get the other 3 the same top job mate
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21st July 2009, 22:02
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good work there mate
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21st July 2009, 22:03
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wicked-vtr
that looks amazing mate, i always wondered if polished ones would look good on my car .... where they hard to get that shiny? def get a pic up of them when there done.
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wasnt really hard ... alot of graft tho .. sanding from 80 to 1200 is abit of a ballache but well worth it ! .. polishing was the easy part after that lol
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21st July 2009, 22:06
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lol yeah im really tempted to give it a go, hope i dont fuck up my wheels though  i guess you didnt use nitromors and wire wheels like it says to in the guide as they wherent painted to start with?
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21st July 2009, 22:16
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wicked-vtr
lol yeah im really tempted to give it a go, hope i dont fuck up my wheels though i guess you didnt use nitromors and wire wheels like it says to in the guide as they wherent painted to start with? |
Get some spare ones, and do it to them.
Then sell off you normal ones if you like the polished ones.
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21st July 2009, 22:25
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L-plater
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yea they wer painted .. used nitromors and wire wheels ... i agree with SaXo_vtr123 get sum spares that way u dont need to rush .. its what i'm doing ..
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21st July 2009, 22:28
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I know how long these take really well done!
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22nd July 2009, 00:01
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OMG :o
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