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Old Jun 30, 2012 | 09:05 AM
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tyres on no spacers till next weekend got stiffed for a double house payment. Ill get the pics of so far off the phone later,away to start my loft conversion
 
Old Jun 30, 2012 | 09:08 AM
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to fill in the time....

a little project I got asked to look at earlier,unscripted set of porsche handles that the owner had attempted to polish himself but gave up

standard finish removal didnt go to well
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and trying to polish on top off is nigh on impossibubble(his attempt)
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DA'd the remains through 120-240-500grit to remove the worst of the damage,hand sanded the triggers and tight areas
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hand sanded the contours then re-DA'd them up to 1000grit
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after finishing prep and a couple hours on the polishing mop.........


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(trigger in reflection )
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and arty-
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-farty
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so happy that I managed to rescue these,thought they were more than gubbed when I first looked at them
 
Old Jun 30, 2012 | 01:55 PM
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I love it! Great work man I can't wait to see it on your car.
 
Old Jun 30, 2012 | 02:57 PM
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God damn. How long did it take you?

I polished one of my friend's wheels before. Never again. Polishing isn't fun.
 
Old Jul 1, 2012 | 04:49 PM
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they took about 5 hours to fix and finish

pics of the wheels again,my mate put them on for me and they werent even the challenge that I expected popped up really easy

soaped up
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onto a 9.5


tyre on
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beaded
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should get them on next weekend hopefully
 
Old Jul 1, 2012 | 05:20 PM
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Wheels are gorgeous. I'm not a fan of rims sticking out, but those are still nice!
 
Old Jul 2, 2012 | 05:22 AM
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215/35/18!

You would.
 
Old Jul 2, 2012 | 06:45 PM
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just finished another polishing job and got paid up so ill be getting the spacers tomorrow night
 
Old Jul 2, 2012 | 08:06 PM
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can't wait to see more, i heart build threads!

http://www.vagsearch.com/articles/build-thread
 
Old Jul 3, 2012 | 01:14 PM
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cheers,bought 5mm and 9.5mm spacers today but 2 day minimum wait for them
 



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