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Old 13-02-2011
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Been working on this for about 8 weeks now, starting to come together what do you guys recon ?????????????? for those that are interested i usually clean it with the snow foamer then a wash off with meguiars gold class shampoo, dried with a micro fibre towel, then the meguirs clay bar and lube, any bits of tar left removed with autoglym tar n glue, paint cleaned using meguiars paint cleaner and polished with chemical guys xxx carnuba wax, seems to be coming along, any tips for a better finish please feel free, cheers wes.
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Tidy! Not so keen on the roof, i would of gone with a black roof. Each to there own though
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white van man........
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Tidy! Not so keen on the roof, i would of gone with a black roof. Each to there own though
roofs coming off, it was just for winter, when the splits go back on and the winter wheels come off i have something new for the roof!!!!!!
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Mark Knight was looking for a van for the model shop.... I suggest one of these type of ones!
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nice mate!!! i like alot! rusty roof by any chance?mmmmmm
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nice mate!!! i like alot! rusty roof by any chance?mmmmmm
ha ha ha my mrs has banned the (rat) look, was thinking of some matt transparent squares, chqs but a little more subtle as the rims are a right eyefull....
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Mark Knight was looking for a van for the model shop.... I suggest one of these type of ones!
these vans are cheap too, in standard trim 2k would buy a real minter.
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Looks better than grey van man a mark
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would you mean silver? as mine is
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That's the bollo* mate! Love it. My beloved T4 is going to have to go soon and this is exactly what I am after to replace it with.

I like the transparent Matt squares idea aswell, I may just have to steel that one ;-)
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