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fazza
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has anyone attempted this themselves or best get it done professionally? any techniques or things i need to watch out for?
anyone know of anywhere that does it cheap?
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ask haimsey....
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15th Apr 08 at 21:12   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
About page 10 in my progress thread (link in sig) shows my pictures.

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fazza
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can i use normal filler mate? will check your thread now, i remembered someone doing it but couldnt remember who, cheers haimsey
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15th Apr 08 at 21:19   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I used normal filler on the small marks that were on my alloys, but they werent very deep scuffs. There was a thread in HZ where it was said about using metal for filling bigger marks (or something like that)

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fazza
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cheers mate thats really helpful!!
Jenko_Sport
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How bad are they?
Jenko_Sport
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I did these the other day

How they started out


After attacking with nitromors


And then after abit of light filing and sanding
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15th Apr 08 at 22:21   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Look good. They going silver again?

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Jenko_Sport
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Nope
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15th Apr 08 at 22:31   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Care to share?

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Tommy L
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15th Apr 08 at 22:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Expect a number of u2u's and texts marc when i refurb my wheels

edit: or maybe i'll just get you to do them for me

[Edited on 15-04-2008 by corsa_tomtom]
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they look well smart, no where near as bad as that just few swirl marks on the front
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Tom
I deserve to be harassed I think i sent about 1billion MMS's and texts during the course of my wheels

Friend asked me to do his Paxo alloys Told him where to go
But to you Tom, ill use the excuse of i have my SXI's to do

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Tommy L
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no you fucking won't
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15th Apr 08 at 22:51   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
After exams i have all the time in the world for 4 months

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Tommy L
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Good, i should have them by then

[Edited on 15-04-2008 by corsa_tomtom]
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What are they and what are they going to end up like?

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Tommy L
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See project thread [/shameless plug]
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Didnt expect that on corsasport

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Tommy L
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I've had a corsa though
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Let you off this time then

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Tommy L
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i still have corsa in my username so nerr
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That just makes it seem like youre trying to fit in

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il post more pics up as i go on with them.

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