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Old 14 May 2006, 07:52 AM
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we brought our sti wagon a couple of weeks ago ,paint was abit pinky/orange lol,calipers were rusty and the wheels looked abit tierd,still got lots to do to get it back to good condition not bad for one day lol

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and after a day of mopping ,caliper painting and wheel painting in(tj1 grey) a drop of paint that got for my gtir lol




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Old 14 May 2006, 08:04 AM
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looks great mate

how did you prep the wheels? got any close ups?
Old 14 May 2006, 08:09 AM
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Originally Posted by shaggy1973
looks great mate

how did you prep the wheels? got any close ups?
will get some close ups mate later,i preped them by using wheel acid to clean them then i sanded the kurbing out and then finally keyed them up with some 600 sand paper ,they are alot greyer than they look in the pic

if i would of had more time they would of been even better but as u can see it was a busy day lol
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Thats a cracking job you`ve done their mate The scoob looks alot fresher now. Great spray job on the wheels too.
Old 15 May 2006, 10:33 AM
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looks much better now mate
Old 15 May 2006, 07:26 PM
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looks good
Old 15 May 2006, 09:01 PM
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good job m8y

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Old 15 May 2006, 10:06 PM
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cheers guys forall the comments ,more work to come
Old 16 May 2006, 11:15 AM
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looking FANTASIC
Old 16 May 2006, 11:51 AM
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lOOking much refreshed.

Did you paint the calipers whilst they were on?
I'm stuck with silver wheels and gold calipers, so a change might be on the cards.
Old 17 May 2006, 09:53 AM
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Looks superb! Great tone in the wheels, really match the Red!
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that looks lovely now mate
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