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Polished for once

Postby Russc » Fri 20.10.2006, 15:28

Well i got it back from the garage the other week so decided to give it a bit of a clean. Doesn`t come up too bad, i thought.

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Postby Dave M » Fri 20.10.2006, 15:32

Looks beautiful, Russ. There is nothing like a black car all shined-up! :smt023
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Postby Paul.P » Fri 20.10.2006, 16:35

Russ, black is beautiful !
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Postby Dave Eds » Fri 20.10.2006, 19:27

Paul.P wrote:Russ, black is beautiful !


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Postby Paul.P » Fri 20.10.2006, 20:53

Dave Eds wrote:
Paul.P wrote:Russ, black is beautiful !


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Don't see many black ones Dave, but you must admit, they do look nice !, by the way also really like white, & azure blue.
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Postby Doug » Fri 20.10.2006, 21:21

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Postby Ekapol » Fri 20.10.2006, 21:41

Nice job Russ. Even the taillights/pipe are shiny. Thumbs up!!
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Postby Enright » Sat 21.10.2006, 01:15

Mirror finish or wot! 8)
That really does look the canine undercarriage.
And I'm sure I've said it before, but the clear indicators really set it off too.
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Postby Stef » Sun 22.10.2006, 20:33

Wow!

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Postby chris.t » Sun 22.10.2006, 21:10

15 years young - v.nice russ
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Postby Russc » Mon 23.10.2006, 09:32

Cheers all :) all done using 3m hand glaze and then a couple of coats of autoglym and finished off with their extra gloss shine. V.easy to use and some amazing results for polishing by hand
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Postby surfboardfiller » Wed 25.10.2006, 15:12

Now that is definately a candidate for an LEC calendar, very nice job!

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Postby carryondentist » Mon 20.11.2006, 19:55

sorry to go off topic....

Russ, do you have pirelli p6000's on your car?

How do you find them? my gf has had loads of balancing and vibration problems from them on her impreza...


Very nice handiwork on the polish btw. I'd be scared to drive it.
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Re: Polished for once

Postby Elanlover » Thu 07.12.2006, 20:55

Russc wrote:
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That is nice. Kinda funky mural paint job of your garage on your Elan but nice none the less!
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