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Old Feb 19, 2006 | 03:46 PM
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Old Feb 19, 2006 | 04:21 PM
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wow looks brand new!

is that the original colour?
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Old Feb 19, 2006 | 04:26 PM
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yeah, i suppose it's as it would have been new.... just had any crap blasted off it.... just got to lacker (spelling) it so it stays nice and is easy to keep clean....
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Old Feb 19, 2006 | 04:36 PM
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I used nitromoors on my crossover pipe and that cleaned it up nice. Then I got rid of it for a reversed crossover pipe

Looks good though mate
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Old Feb 19, 2006 | 04:38 PM
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Looks good

Dont laquer it, it will come off in the end.

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Old Feb 19, 2006 | 05:59 PM
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wheres the before piccy ?

yeah it looks clean
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Old Feb 19, 2006 | 06:26 PM
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sorry didnt take a picture before, but it'd probably never been cleaned before
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Old Feb 19, 2006 | 06:57 PM
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As Jano says, Pointless laquering it


Looks smart cleaned up
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Old Feb 19, 2006 | 07:02 PM
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Replied on your resto thread, like it
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Old Feb 19, 2006 | 07:14 PM
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i've been told that if i dont laquer it it'll not stay nice....
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It wont stay nice as it is now. But if you do laquer it how bad will it look in 3 months time
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you're thinking the laquer will peel off??
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NO..

It will peel off over X amount of time. Then it will look worse than it did before you had it blasted. Making it all a waste of time..
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oh right, cheers mate....
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Looks good mate how much was it toget it done
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Whats the rest of your engine bay like
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Dishwasher cleaned mine up like new, got a chrome one now tho.

Davies (if he was their) would of spun the wheels through to 5th i'd immagine
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Originally Posted by Paul17
Looks good mate how much was it toget it done
my mate did it for nothing....
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Originally Posted by T28 RST
Whats the rest of your engine bay like
rest of it's got all the standard dirt on it at the moment unfortunately....

not really sure how far i'm gonna go with it.... only got that done cos it was free...
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