Cleaning up aluminium??
Feb 17, 2011 | 07:29 PM
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Cleaning up aluminium??
Hi,
What's the best way to clean up my crossmember? Sand-blasting? Any ideas and pics of finished alluminium would be great?
I've seen some pics of gearboxs and diffs gleaming on here before but cant find them.
Cheers,
Chris
Feb 17, 2011 | 09:40 PM
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i would get it blasted & powder coated
here is mine
Feb 18, 2011 | 06:50 AM
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Thanks andy!
the powder coating lasts ok on aluminium does it?
Feb 18, 2011 | 07:26 AM
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Feb 18, 2011 | 12:02 PM
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Wow - Carpet!
Feb 18, 2011 | 10:18 PM
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Fucking hell andy did you steal that carpet from the circus? lol
Mar 18, 2011 | 09:29 PM
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Got my crossmember back from powdercoating. Some difference from before!!
Big thanks to andyescos
Mar 18, 2011 | 09:47 PM
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awesome.... looks loads better!
Mar 18, 2011 | 09:57 PM
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how much did it cost to get done mate?
Mar 18, 2011 | 10:08 PM
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G420 DEL
awesome.... looks loads better!
Yea, well happy mate
Mar 18, 2011 | 10:09 PM
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how much did it cost to get done mate?
40 squid mate - pretty good i thought as included blasting!
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Cleaning up aluminium??
I've seen some pics of gearboxs and diffs gleaming on here before but cant find them.
