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pristic
 Post subject: Hows this for Bling??
PostPosted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 7:40 pm 
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Bling Bling Baby...

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Not original, should have factory rust, it's a Leyland... :lol:

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Haha,

Yeah, I thought about leaving a bit of rust in there... but umm, no.

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did you paint it or polish it?
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The wiper is painted and the cylinders are polished.

The wiper wouldnt polish up nice! I tried, but looked crap... so on went some sexy paint.

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yeah it woulda taken a bench grinder with a polishing wheel i reckon :)
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Spaceboy wrote:
yeah it woulda taken a bench grinder with a polishing wheel i reckon :)


Ummm, thats what I used Champ ;)

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i tried it with sandpaper, metal polish and el-beau grease,
got the flat part nice, but the round part was hard. then i gave up 8)
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Yeah they look ok, but do they work? :wink:

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Yeah they look ok, but do they work? :wink:

Of course they will work..There off a Clubbie :!:

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Don't use a hand buffer, had a bad accident today at work, currently one armed, stirken to right arm duties and have dressing got to do back on friday, mondya and thursday to get re-dressed, If it was any deeper I would need plastic surgery(skin-o-graph).....

And it hurts heaps a burn/graze.... I guess u learn the hard way.... :cry:

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O yeah and it looks good....

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I spent most of my time as an apprentice dabbing at various injuries too.

In time, young padawan, in time......

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LS1380 wrote:
Of course they will work..There off a Clubbie :!:


YoungMiniac wrote:
Don't use a hand buffer, had a bad accident today at work, currently one armed, stirken to right arm duties and have dressing got to do back on friday, mondya and thursday to get re-dressed, If it was any deeper I would need plastic surgery(skin-o-graph).....

And it hurts heaps a burn/graze.... I guess u learn the hard way.... :cry:


That's two people from WA typing one handed! :wink: :P :D

Looking schmick Pristic, you got any before photos?

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Narp, no before photos :(
Got carried away... and looked forward to the 'after' :lol:

IAN!!! What the heck did you do?


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