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by Marc_EE9 » Wed Mar 28, 2012 9:37 am
They're not blacked out, they are 66% tinted.
I'm actually trying to accumulate another set of glass and bootlid, as a few of my windows are badly scratched.
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by rallyeluke » Wed Mar 28, 2012 10:20 am
Marc_EE9 wrote: They're not blacked out, they are 66% tinted.
I'm actually trying to accumulate another set of glass and bootlid, as a few of my windows are badly scratched.
sorry that is my ignorance to the subject coming through, it just feels very 1997 when I see dark tinted glass ultimately though that is just my opinion
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by Marc_EE9 » Wed Mar 28, 2012 4:24 pm
Finished spraying the wheels today, although I need to sand down one as i've put a finger print on it where I thought it was dry.
They haven't come out quite the satin effect I had hoped for, but I think after properly curing and giving them a buff they should look all good. They're not perfect but I wasn't expecting them to be TBH. Not bad for a £20 refurb, albeit I did spend two days sanding them down, so 3 days in total, and I think I am going to go for some Falken ZE912's on these, they seem to get a slightly better review than the T1R, and are the same price range.
Just need to find a decent shade of blue for the stripe. going to get a stick on one I think.
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by Ben_theEFking » Wed Mar 28, 2012 4:57 pm
They look good mate. I think the black suits them well.
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by SuperDOHC » Wed Mar 28, 2012 8:10 pm
EF_King wrote: They look good mate. I think the black suits them well.
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looks very nice and shiny
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by Marc_EE9 » Wed Mar 28, 2012 8:39 pm
they are slowly going satin, I expect by morning they will be tack-free, and I can leave them in the sun for the day.
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by Tahir » Thu Mar 29, 2012 1:27 am
Very nice!
Can you not take out light scratches on glass? I have one on my screen and a few on my drivers door window.
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by mattj » Thu Mar 29, 2012 6:20 am
I'm pretty sure you can polish / tcut scratches out of glass depending how deep they are, although i've never tried.
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by Marc_EE9 » Thu Mar 29, 2012 7:38 am
Light scratches yes. Chips, deep scratches... no.
If you can feel it with your nail, you won't get it out.
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by SuperDOHC » Thu Mar 29, 2012 11:28 am
Tahir wrote: Very nice!
Can you not take out light scratches on glass? I have one on my screen and a few on my drivers door window.
got some dealers glass polish it will fade away light scrathes if you want some T let me know
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by Tahir » Thu Mar 29, 2012 12:20 pm
Cheers boys.
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by Marc_EE9 » Thu Mar 29, 2012 4:24 pm
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by EF_Russ » Thu Mar 29, 2012 5:14 pm
They look very
You still goin for a blue stripe? I think that would look awesome!
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by Marc_EE9 » Thu Mar 29, 2012 5:27 pm
Yeh I think so, just want to get a good shade, same as the stripe I have would be good, as thats got a slight hint of green in it.
Still don't know what to do about the centre caps though...
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by Tahir » Thu Mar 29, 2012 7:13 pm
Leave the centre caps as they are, they look great.
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