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    Just how good are machine polishers?

    As above.

    Will they buff these arches up?




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    You'd be better off using a hiab...

    ... To lift it into a skip

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    That where yours has gone?
    That why you've not been on here much?

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    Christ I wish that ££££ would buff out.
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    Wheeler dealers would be able to get them to buff out
    Sooty...

    1997 V70 2.5 10v SE

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    Quote Originally Posted by 500tie View Post
    Wheeler dealers would be able to get them to buff out
    Aye, Ed China's a wonder with them!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tomcat View Post
    Christ I wish that ££££ would buff out.
    You just wish it would buff off your drive!

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    can u do these also....

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    needs an engine too

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    Nice, though I'm not sure a buffing alone can replace an engine.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jamesy12345 View Post
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    needs an engine too
    Easy.

    Craig'll sort them

    I know a blue 480 with an engine that would fit.

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    Oi!!, stop volunteering me!! lol
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    T cut is what you want boys, amazing stuff (apparently).

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    Afternoon with some touch up paint and that would look magnificent.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tomcat View Post
    Oi!!, stop volunteering me!! lol
    I'm like your pimp!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Doingitsideways View Post
    That where yours has gone?
    That why you've not been on here much?
    Find any rust on mine Steve and I'll fix the rust on yours

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    Hmm... Sounds like a challenge to me!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Doingitsideways View Post
    Hmm... Sounds like a challenge to me!
    Aluminium bonnet... plastic tailgate...

    Vinyl wrapped roof...

    half a ton of paint on everything else...

    good luck

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    Hehehehe... You've not mentioned the mechanicals underneath..
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tomcat View Post
    Hehehehe... You've not mentioned the mechanicals underneath..
    The ones I've spent the last 5 1/2 years replacing?

    Clean as mate

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