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KWIKXR
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Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2010 7:41 am 
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Wholagan, the attention to detail in your engine bay is awesome!! :wink: It looks like no part has gone untouched :P

 

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wholagan
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Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2010 12:04 pm 
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Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 9:34 pm 
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Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 10:57 pm 
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Wholagan, you have done a great job there. I am about to paint a tappet cover I bought and am still at getting all the OLD paint off, three layers of it, all different colours. :roll:

I, like KwikXR, think you have done a Top job matey, keep it up :D

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Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 2:35 am 
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YOU POLISHED THE HEAD!?!? Wow thats wiked mate, how hard is it to keep that bay clean? Looks sweet, nice braided lines and that too, top job dude :D

 

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Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 11:39 am 
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love it god thats a clean looking engine bay haha =)
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Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 2:07 pm 
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try a scotch pad with warm soapy water it has good results

 

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wholagan
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Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 12:14 pm 
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wholagan
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Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 12:15 pm 
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jars989
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Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 3:14 am 
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how much is it too get it done perfesssionally roughly??

too damn lazy too do... time is of the essence... ;)
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bradley4567
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Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 9:36 am 
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is it possible to polish exhaust manifolds without too many bad side effects?

 

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wholagan
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Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 10:28 am 
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can only polish alloy mate .. if your after the same finish on somthing made from steel get it ceramachromed...

its a thermal coating designed to keep heat in.. looks great, worth the money..

http://www.caswellplating.com

 

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jars989
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Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 2:01 am 
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can someone give me a basic idea of the price for this too be done perfessionally?

just for a comparrison? and where i may be able to get this done??

sound bloody awesome! :)

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Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 3:31 am 
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this thread has given me inspiration to get my shine on.gonna start tomoro

 

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jars989
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Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 2:40 am 
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I was just thinking, would using this/similar methods would you be able
Too shine the alloy wheels, as I have original 18 inch ford rims on my xr6
But they have gutter rash from the previous owners:(

Depending on how deep the scratches go of cause or can you use something
Too fill in the divots ?
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