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smithy318i
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Post Tue Aug 08, 2006 3:56 pm

Ive just been to halfords (they love me there) and bought some spray paint for my rear arches.

Question: Is Bright Red the same as Brilliantrot ?
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Post Tue Aug 08, 2006 3:58 pm

Thats what ive used to paint Benjys SE skirts,not a bad match!
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Post Tue Aug 08, 2006 4:00 pm

na smithy i went there e few months ago looking for a can of brilliant red and saw the bright red but got home and there slightly different

I just went back and asked them to knock me some up :wink:
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Post Tue Aug 08, 2006 4:09 pm

I only went for some T-cut. But ended up with :

spray paint
Scratch X
Quik Clay
Deep Crystal paint cleaner
Shampoo
Polish

and some rubbing compound.
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Post Tue Aug 08, 2006 4:12 pm

Just gone to take a pic of Benjys skirts on the car but its filthy up the sides so cant tell :mad:

If anything the halfords paint is a touch Redder but when he polished the car the match wasnt that bad(considering its out of a can)!
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Post Tue Aug 08, 2006 5:21 pm

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got the 1st coat on just before it started to rain. Good match.
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Post Tue Aug 08, 2006 5:25 pm

allways dodgy matching faded /old paint.

brilliant and bright are different.
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Post Tue Aug 08, 2006 5:33 pm

its been resprayed in the past but i wasnt sure of the colour. I now assume that its been repainted Bright Red.
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Post Tue Aug 08, 2006 5:56 pm

no offense.....but that sticks out like a sore thumb.......
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Post Tue Aug 08, 2006 5:59 pm

robmpulse wrote:no offense.....but that sticks out like a sore thumb.......
lol ,maybe ok with a t-cut of area. :cool:
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Post Tue Aug 08, 2006 5:59 pm

robmpulse wrote:no offense.....but that sticks out like a sore thumb.......
it's the light, honnest.
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