how to polish alloy lips

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rossmc88
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Post Fri Mar 21, 2008 11:39 pm

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Post Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:56 am

thats an accident waiting to happen :cry:
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Post Sat Mar 22, 2008 12:19 pm

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
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Considering Selling the Cabby, looks like its gonna go
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Post Sat Mar 22, 2008 1:20 pm

cliffy take some tips from this guy to use your new toy winkeye
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Post Sat Mar 22, 2008 1:27 pm

Never thought of that one. Interesting ;)
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Post Mon Mar 24, 2008 1:39 pm

i once thought of doing this, i told my mechanic mate what i planned to do and he :rofl:
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Post Mon Mar 24, 2008 1:46 pm

SHAKEELE30 wrote:cliffy take some tips from this guy to use your new toy winkeye
:lol:
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Considering Selling the Cabby, looks like its gonna go
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Post Mon Mar 24, 2008 7:43 pm

I thought that was the way to do it.. just with a sanding block and 1st/reverse gear!
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bodger
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Post Mon Mar 24, 2008 9:13 pm

just done one off mine with the tyre still on, let the tyre right down, taped the valve out the way with duck tape and hey presto then if the car does fall of the jack it will just stall. mines seems to be more of a brashed aluminium finish even though i used all the grades and wet and dry finally with the hose pipe drippling onto the wheel to keep it wet, think i need some autosol. looks mint compared to the flakey old lip full of kerb marks :cool:
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Post Tue Mar 25, 2008 6:41 pm

finished now, looks good and cost feck all apart from some sand paper, autosol and about £10 in fuel :D will post some pics when i find that frigging camera :cool:
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Post Tue Mar 25, 2008 6:54 pm

Nice one. Which gear(s) did you use? I need to do one of mine - a PO did 3 of them :?
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Post Tue Mar 25, 2008 7:50 pm

i found 4th the best, fifth seemed to shake the car a bit :cool:
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