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Che

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Joined: Thu Mar 11, 2010 10:30 pm Posts: 2401 Location: Perth
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 Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 6:16 am |
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Catchy title, but don't read into it too far.
Bruce, you're probably best to answer this. I want to dull the finish of those black plastic mudflaps you made a while back before I finally fit them on. Sandpaper is too grabby, maybe a quick rub with turps?
I thought about doing something silly like just chucking them on and wearing them in, but that's the hard way - i'd rather an instant solution before they're fitted.
Any easy ways of doing this?
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Joe

I live here!
Joined: Sat Jul 04, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 49041 Location: Rockingham W.A
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Rub them in dirt 
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atari4x4

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Joined: Mon Dec 11, 2006 10:30 pm Posts: 34842 Location: East Radelayed
Vehicle: SV420+SV620 Vitara's
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 Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 6:23 am |
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Scouring pad
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shep
Joined: Thu Mar 29, 2007 11:30 pm Posts: 14498 Location: Here there everywhere
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 Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 6:48 am |
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holy crap. do you really give a fuck about shiny mudflaps?
city people are getting stranger then i though possible.
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Bruce

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Joined: Sun Jun 11, 2006 11:30 pm Posts: 4003 Location: Brisbane
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 Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 6:51 am |
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atari4x4 wrote: Scouring pad
That's what I was thinking as well when I read that
Wet the flaps (bwhahahahahah) and rub them (bwhahaha) with scouring pad.
Fuck I can see this going down hill real fast. 
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want33s

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Joined: Fri Nov 16, 2007 10:30 pm Posts: 8134 Location: Sunshine Coast Qld
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 Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 6:52 am |
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Che

az supporter
Joined: Thu Mar 11, 2010 10:30 pm Posts: 2401 Location: Perth
Vehicle: LPG 1.6 Sierra
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 Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 6:53 am |
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Not only do I want them unshiney - I want chrome naked ladies on them 
Last edited by Che on Fri Sep 10, 2010 6:53 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Bruce

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Joined: Sun Jun 11, 2006 11:30 pm Posts: 4003 Location: Brisbane
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 Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 6:53 am |
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That's another way Jas but not many people have a sand blaster at home.
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want33s

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Joined: Fri Nov 16, 2007 10:30 pm Posts: 8134 Location: Sunshine Coast Qld
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 Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 6:56 am |
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Bruce wrote: That's another way Jas but not many people have a sand blaster at home.
I do... Cost me $25 at Supercrap. Surely that is within just about anyones budget?
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mnemonix

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Joined: Sun Aug 16, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 1409 Location: Newcastle NSW
Vehicle: '96 LWB trayback
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 Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 7:02 am |
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Go for a nice muddy drive in the scrub.
Always seems to rectify anything thats too shiny on my zook. 
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Bruce

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Joined: Sun Jun 11, 2006 11:30 pm Posts: 4003 Location: Brisbane
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 Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 7:24 am |
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want33s wrote: Bruce wrote: That's another way Jas but not many people have a sand blaster at home. I do... Cost me $25 at Supercrap. Surely that is within just about anyones budget?
It is but not many people think about buying one. 
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alien
Joined: Wed Mar 24, 2010 10:30 pm Posts: 16343 Location: Perth
Vehicle: '92 Sierra, 1.6efi, SPOA, 31s.
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 Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 8:32 am |
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a porous finish will attract dirt too - so if you dull them the mud/sand/dirt etc will "stain" the rubber... just a thought... you might not like them shiny, but shiny is better than looking constantly dirty =)
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Bruce

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Joined: Sun Jun 11, 2006 11:30 pm Posts: 4003 Location: Brisbane
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 Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 8:33 am |
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It's not rubber  It's polyurethane
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alien
Joined: Wed Mar 24, 2010 10:30 pm Posts: 16343 Location: Perth
Vehicle: '92 Sierra, 1.6efi, SPOA, 31s.
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 Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 9:08 am |
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same applies - my poly bumpstops stay filthy where they've been machined and were left 'dulled'... doesnt matter on the edges of some bump stops, but mud flaps it'd look pretty bad i reckon.
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joeblow
Joined: Sat May 10, 2008 11:30 pm Posts: 3273 Location: melbourne
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shep wrote: holy crap. do you really give a fuck about shiny mudflaps? city people are getting stranger then i though possible.
well......he is from brisbane!
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royce

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Joined: Sun Jun 11, 2006 11:30 pm Posts: 17216 Location: Pluto
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 Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 9:50 am |
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mine went pretty grubby looking pretty quickly, I would just fit em and not worry
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ball

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Joined: Wed Oct 22, 2008 10:30 pm Posts: 4673 Location: Katherine
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 Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 10:11 am |
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joeblow wrote: shep wrote: holy crap. do you really give a fuck about shiny mudflaps? city people are getting stranger then i though possible. well......he is from brisbane!
people from brisbane are just people from melbourne that went for a drive and got lost. 
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Che

az supporter
Joined: Thu Mar 11, 2010 10:30 pm Posts: 2401 Location: Perth
Vehicle: LPG 1.6 Sierra
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 Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 10:16 am |
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joeblow wrote: shep wrote: holy crap. do you really give a fuck about shiny mudflaps? city people are getting stranger then i though possible. well......he is from brisbane!
Don't bring the reputation of the fine town of Brisbane into this - i was born in Darwin and grew up in country Vic... I think it was the previous states that did the damage to me 
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ball

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Joined: Wed Oct 22, 2008 10:30 pm Posts: 4673 Location: Katherine
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 Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 11:52 am |
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che_guitarra wrote: joeblow wrote: shep wrote: holy crap. do you really give a fuck about shiny mudflaps? city people are getting stranger then i though possible. well......he is from brisbane! Don't bring the reputation of the fine town of Brisbane into this - i was born in Darwin and grew up in country Vic... I think it was the previous states that did the damage to me 
HA HA that fits my theory 
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CairnsZook

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Joined: Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:30 pm Posts: 872 Location: West Coast
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ball wrote: joeblow wrote: shep wrote: holy crap. do you really give a fuck about shiny mudflaps? city people are getting stranger then i though possible. well......he is from brisbane! people from brisbane are just people from melbourne that went for a drive and got lost. 
And people from Melbourne are just Tasmanians that can swim 
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BlueSuzy

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Joined: Sun May 04, 2008 11:30 pm Posts: 9716 Location: NSW
Vehicle: SJ51 LWB, SJ70 SWB
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 Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 3:11 pm |
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Shiney is good.
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SuperRoo
Joined: Wed Apr 16, 2008 11:30 pm Posts: 86 Location: Perth WA
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Mount the left flap on the right side and vice versa, drive down a beach really fast, do some donuts while your there, get bogged, go home and remove the right flap from the left side and mount it on the correct side. Done!!!
As for your naked chrome ladies, Spaz Stix Mirror Chrome paint, a airbrush and a naked ladies stencil will fix that too.
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atari4x4

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Joined: Mon Dec 11, 2006 10:30 pm Posts: 34842 Location: East Radelayed
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 Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 3:43 pm |
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SuperRoo wrote: Mount the left flap on the right side and vice versa, drive down a beach really fast, do some donuts while your there, get bogged, go home and remove the right flap from the left side and mount it on the correct side. Done!!!
As for your naked chrome ladies, Spaz Stix Mirror Chrome paint, a airbrush and a naked ladies stencil will fix that too.
 now that's how ya do it... che_guitarra have you even had this thing off road yet?
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BlueSuzy

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Joined: Sun May 04, 2008 11:30 pm Posts: 9716 Location: NSW
Vehicle: SJ51 LWB, SJ70 SWB
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atari4x4 wrote: SuperRoo wrote: Mount the left flap on the right side and vice versa, drive down a beach really fast, do some donuts while your there, get bogged, go home and remove the right flap from the left side and mount it on the correct side. Done!!!
As for your naked chrome ladies, Spaz Stix Mirror Chrome paint, a airbrush and a naked ladies stencil will fix that too.  now that's how ya do it... che_guitarra have you even had this thing off road yet?
no it makes too many noises, and makes panels move.
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steak_knife

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Joined: Fri May 22, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 21335 Location: Smart Ass Island
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ball wrote: joeblow wrote: shep wrote: holy crap. do you really give a fuck about shiny mudflaps? city people are getting stranger then i though possible. well......he is from brisbane! people from brisbane are just people from melbourne that went for a drive and got lost. 
I'm not, & we're fine.. 
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honks
Joined: Tue Apr 20, 2010 11:30 pm Posts: 214 Location: ipswich
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victorians aren't afraid to admit it though they right it on there number plates victoria.on the move (yeh on the move to queensland)
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31zook
Joined: Tue Mar 24, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 9242 Location: maito
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shelve it and then it will be dirty.... 
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ball

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Joined: Wed Oct 22, 2008 10:30 pm Posts: 4673 Location: Katherine
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 Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2010 2:05 am |
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Just chuck them in a washing machine with a couple of shovels of sand and gravel.
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BlueSuzy

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Joined: Sun May 04, 2008 11:30 pm Posts: 9716 Location: NSW
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 Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2010 2:08 am |
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Life must be hard when your mudflaps are too shiney..
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SuziBlu
Joined: Mon Sep 14, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 4268 Location: Eyre Peninsula
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 Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2010 2:26 am |
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BlueSuzy wrote: Life must be hard when your mudflaps are too shiney..
 yea recon ay.
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