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Wow! What a difference

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and what I did this weekend, you can really tell the difference

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Yeah huge difference! That grass needed to be cut bad!
 
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Looks great!
 
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looks like the change were getting from obama
 
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rofl
 
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Yeah huge difference! That grass needed to be cut bad!
Lol
 
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looks way better with the bug deflector off
 
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looks like the change were getting from obama
haha
 
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looks way better with the bug deflector off
His truck is the red one lol, it has a bug deflector in both pictures.
 
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Well, since I was at it, I went ahead and polished my wheels too to make sure they stay nice and shiny. I thought they were pretty shiny already, but WOW what a difference the Powerball and polish did! I polished each wheel twice.



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Thanks a lot Scott. Now I have a project for this weekend.
 
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Looks great!
 
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yup! its not to bad to do either, the powerball is awesome. It took me about an hour and that was polishing each wheel twice, talking on the cell, and wiping down each wheel
 
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Looks much better Scott! And just think... two years ago you were looking for a set of Alcoa's saying that you didnt want a set of MT's. lol
 
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scott you make me wish i got polished aluminum ahaha.... nah i like my black powdercoat haha

Looks great man.
 
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very true David! im so glad i bought these wheels.

Ben, Dustin was picking on me when I called him. He said just get black so you dont have to do that, but i dont mind, gives me something to do! I then went on a painting spree painting my exhaust with black high temp heat paint, it looks way better
 
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i like the stance with the new wheels.
 
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thanks Beard, just need 32s and a t-bar crank
 
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Great Job

Looks good man! That toolbox really turned out awesome
 
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I do think im going to have to stop using my favorite Wesley's blackwall cleaner as it is taking some of the luster out of my wheels. Even after polishing, they are still not looking like they did when new.
 
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Not pertaining to my truck, but I just noticed that whoever drives the silver ranger at work replaced their hood with a gay 2wd hood
 
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dayum, looks good.

oh and ive got that drill! lol
 
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Originally Posted by dixie_boysles
Not pertaining to my truck, but I just noticed that whoever drives the silver ranger at work replaced their hood with a gay 2wd hood
I saw that. I was like, who would take off a powerdome? Lol, find out for us. See if it is for sale?
 
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Looks alot better now! Ha those dang powerballs are the shiz. I use them on my wheels. And I use the power ball for paint too. Both save me tonssss of time.
 
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Originally Posted by dixie_boysles
I do think im going to have to stop using my favorite Wesley's blackwall cleaner as it is taking some of the luster out of my wheels. Even after polishing, they are still not looking like they did when new.
It's well known that Westley's Bleche-White will stain/etch polished (non-clear-coated) aluminum. If you do a search about it you'll find lots of detailing forums w/ threads about it.
 


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