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Offline Rob_A

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Heatshield!
« on: July 14, 2007, 04:36:52 pm »
Got myself a polishing kit for an electric drill off ebay the other week for the princely sum of £20 delivered.

Anyway, had a go today, an hour or two later the heatshield ended up like this...

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/5919/14072007532oz9.jpg

 8) ;D
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Re: Heatshield!
« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2007, 07:09:11 pm »
Fafftastic job Rob  8)
Bling!!!!
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Re: Heatshield!
« Reply #2 on: July 14, 2007, 07:53:48 pm »
well polished  ;D
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Re: Heatshield!
« Reply #3 on: July 14, 2007, 07:57:34 pm »
Shiny hell ;D
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Re: Heatshield!
« Reply #4 on: July 14, 2007, 08:33:21 pm »
Quality use of some elbow grease, the big job will be keepin it clean  ;)
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Re: Heatshield!
« Reply #5 on: July 14, 2007, 09:14:23 pm »
Not WRC then?. wait 'till it gets wet/// rusty rust trusty
Painted mine bright red... saves wiping the blood off? :)
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Re: Heatshield!
« Reply #6 on: July 14, 2007, 10:34:16 pm »
Very shiny ;D ;D ;D Would you like to do mine? ;)
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Re: Heatshield!
« Reply #7 on: July 14, 2007, 11:21:22 pm »
Cheers chaps, was good fun doing it actually, got to wait and see how it reacts to the rain, will depend on how far through the stainless layer I have gone I think :)

Jeff, nah, not a WRC...I have a newer, lighter version of the faff  ;D
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Re: Heatshield!
« Reply #8 on: July 15, 2007, 04:29:54 am »
Quote from: Rob_A on July 14, 2007, 11:21:22 pm
Jeff, nah, not a WRC...I have a newer, lighter version of the faff  ;D

Ah........... that'll be the slower one then  ;)
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Re: Heatshield!
« Reply #9 on: July 15, 2007, 08:35:54 am »
Nah, faster than Jeff's because it's a JDM  ;)

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Re: Heatshield!
« Reply #10 on: July 15, 2007, 08:43:11 am »
Quote from: Rob_A on July 15, 2007, 08:35:54 am
Nah, faster than Jeff's because it's a JDM  ;)

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Hehehe, nowt like a poke with a stick to make life interesting ;D ;D
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Re: Heatshield!
« Reply #11 on: July 15, 2007, 09:46:48 am »
Quote from: Rob_A on July 15, 2007, 08:35:54 am
Nah, faster than Jeff's because it's a JDM  ;)

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Nah, yours aint, Jeff does 5k launches you know  :o ;D
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Re: Heatshield!
« Reply #12 on: July 15, 2007, 09:57:17 am »
 8) smells a bit too (twas NOT my arse twitching!!)
Just wait 'till I get that EBC fully sorted  ;D
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