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Old 14 March 2006, 03:40 PM
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Default Jolly'd up my arches today

As title suggest guys, these are not exactly detailed just got all the rubbish off,
They could do with some waterbased product to shine them up but i dont have any yet,
I also freshened up my disc bells buy giving them a coat of smooth Hammereite gold.
My Brembos have some chips on them and id like to get some paint to touch them in, any ideas?
Its a really sparkly yellowy/gold finish
Ideally i need new shocks or get them powdercoated, shame they dont look as nice as they feel on the road.
Sorry no before pics as i forgot but heres some afters



Old 14 March 2006, 03:43 PM
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Far too much time on your hands, but looking

what discs are those?
Old 14 March 2006, 03:46 PM
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Very clean, seems a shame to drive it and get them dirty.

As for touch up for your calipers, I think Hammerite gold is pretty close
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Discs are Tarox G88s

Hammerite gold is nowhere near mate, look at my dics compared to my calipers in the last pic, any other suggestions?
Old 14 March 2006, 05:01 PM
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looks good. have you tried contacting brembo direct to see if they will provide you with some colour codes?

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lovely looking job there.. out of interest what did you use on the arches, suspension etc

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No i havent,

I kind of assumed they wouldnt deal with the public, suppose i can always try

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Traffic film remover and a Karcher
Old 14 March 2006, 05:09 PM
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Originally Posted by frayz
No i havent,

I kind of assumed they wouldnt deal with the public, suppose i can always try

Cheers
approach them in the right way and they should help...all else fails speak to subaru dealer, they must get requests for touch up paint

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Very nice... safe to say it's on mine as Swiss's list of jobs to do by the look of things
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Originally Posted by Silver Scooby Sport
Very nice... safe to say it's on mine as Swiss's list of jobs to do by the look of things
oh yes, but i dont have as much muck on my car, as it only drives around on proper roads..not farm tracks

so frayz, you are saying that all u did was to remove the dirt, but nothing added to the arches, like sealant?? just looks as though you have put something on..
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No mate, i spayed them liberally with some TFR, then used a stiff brush to work all of the crap out of all the nooks & crannies then gave them a good going over with the jet washer.

They need some detailer sprayed in there to shine the plastic up
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right..thx for that.
new job on the list now
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you missed a bit...
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E gah, you're everywhere.
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Did my hubs in Hammerite smooth blue.

A cheap but good mod IMO.

Got some EBC discs to go on next, so need to get them painted ready !

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