Joff and MrsJoff's Chaste White BorgWarner FD build

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Originally Posted by FC3S Murray

I imagine they used i fine grit paper and then just buffed it with a compound like "Plastic X" by Meguires. That stuff does wonders to plastics.

I'll have to check out Plastic X-- thanks! Like I mentioned in a previous post, I started with 720 grit and ended with 1500 grit and then 3M rubbing compound.

Here's some pics of them now with how they look after tinting.

With camera's flash:



Without flash: (more like what they actually look like -- black)

Originally Posted by FC3S Murray

BTW the wheels are sick!

And they'll look even sicker once I get the 285/30 tires on! BTW, this is a pic of the wheel/tire/shock/spring stance we're copying.