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Offline lemski

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Re: project:1.6 driver,aka the beast
« Reply #110 on: 10 January 2011, 17:55 »
Ant dun that in time

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Re: project:1.6 driver,aka the beast
« Reply #111 on: 10 January 2011, 18:12 »
Small numpers mate, think it suits your car better  :grin: Think if you had the big bumpers on then you would end up more times stopping the car and picking it up off the road with your car being so low  :grin:


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Re: project:1.6 driver,aka the beast
« Reply #112 on: 12 January 2011, 14:02 »
decided to stick with small bumpers.
what do you think looks better on my wheels,
fully black faces:




or polished spokes(spokes in photo havent been polished)


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Re: project:1.6 driver,aka the beast
« Reply #113 on: 12 January 2011, 14:03 »
im leaning towards polished spokes but fully black faces would be a lot easier to do
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Re: project:1.6 driver,aka the beast
« Reply #114 on: 12 January 2011, 14:21 »
polished spokes would look great, if you can be bothered. the black looks ok too though

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Re: project:1.6 driver,aka the beast
« Reply #115 on: 12 January 2011, 16:21 »
wich eva u decide to do i think they both look good but polished spokes are better its hust getting it dun


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Re: project:1.6 driver,aka the beast
« Reply #116 on: 12 January 2011, 19:12 »
that lip is well polished, id have black spokes makes the lip stand out more

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Re: project:1.6 driver,aka the beast
« Reply #117 on: 12 January 2011, 19:41 »
its not as polished as i want it so im doing it again,i want to try and get the deep scratches out of the spokes and on the lips,cant see them badly but i know they are there and it annoys me :rolleyes:
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Re: project:1.6 driver,aka the beast
« Reply #118 on: 12 January 2011, 21:43 »
Black all the way,

cool project by the way  :cool:
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Re: project:1.6 driver,aka the beast
« Reply #119 on: 13 January 2011, 19:27 »
second wheel is now painted and polished.
before and after



im going to repolish the first one as it hasnt came up aswell as this one.
im still not sure if i should polish the spokes or not :undecided:
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