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Offline stow1985

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Re: MK3 RESTORATION- NOW RED AGAIN!!!
« Reply #90 on: 08 December 2011, 21:42 »
I really need to do that to my inlet, its well oiled up  :rolleyes:

What did you use to polish it?

quite like the rear cluster, look forward to seeing it fitted  :wink:
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Re: MK3 RESTORATION- NOW RED AGAIN!!!
« Reply #91 on: 08 December 2011, 21:47 »
Some great work mate!I see you in Lincs too.Whereabouts are you living?

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Re: MK3 RESTORATION- NOW RED AGAIN!!!
« Reply #92 on: 08 December 2011, 22:10 »
What did you use to polish it?
I used a 320 grit sanding disc the various wet and dry paper up to a 3000 grit, it could do with being a bit shinier so might get a metal polishing kit.

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Re: MK3 RESTORATION- NOW RED AGAIN!!!
« Reply #93 on: 08 December 2011, 22:11 »
Some great work mate!I see you in Lincs too.Whereabouts are you living?
thanks mate i'm out near Louth

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Re: MK3 RESTORATION- NOW RED AGAIN!!!
« Reply #94 on: 08 December 2011, 22:20 »
Ah nice one.We have a nice little local club for vw's called Bomber County Dubs you should check it out.http://bombercountydubs.makeforum.co.uk/

Look forward to seeing it in the flesh :)

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Re: MK3 RESTORATION- NOW RED AGAIN!!!
« Reply #95 on: 08 December 2011, 22:38 »
Good work on the manifold. A good few hours spent on that eh!! Where did you get the new stickers from? I definitely need a set of those!!
got the stickers off ebay the bloke also has a website but postage is a lot dearer on there
http://www.volkswagenstickers.co.uk/

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Re: MK3 RESTORATION- NOW RED AGAIN!!!
« Reply #96 on: 08 December 2011, 23:20 »
I used that site for some of the stickers i replaced on my last mk2, pretty decent actually.

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Re: MK3 RESTORATION- NOW RED AGAIN!!!
« Reply #97 on: 11 December 2011, 23:27 »
Got a polishing kit to finish the manifold, fitted new rear light, finally found an original airbox  and then got bonnet, boot, and wings sprayed








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Re: MK3 RESTORATION- NOW RED AGAIN!!!
« Reply #98 on: 12 December 2011, 22:57 »
painted the branches red tonight


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Re: MK3 RESTORATION- NOW RED AGAIN!!!
« Reply #99 on: 12 December 2011, 23:04 »
 :cool: :cool: Nice work on the polishing, how long did it take to do the intake?