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    Door Pillars Spruce Up

    My door pillars were looking somewhat worn and faded so I thought I would try to spruce them up. I have read threads where people have sprayed them or covered them in vinyl but didn't really want to go down that route myself.

    I decided to use my trusty bottle of Autoglym super resin polish. After a bit of elbow grease they came up quite well. The foam pad I was using to polish them picked up a bit of dirt from the pillars and left a nice shiny finish. Not bad for 5 mins of work

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    Good work

    Thats how i have always done mine

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    You're fence needs creosoting


    Nice work though !

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    When I polished mine I did`nt end up with 2 faces though? How strange!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve-vr-4ish
    When I polished mine I did`nt end up with 2 faces though? How strange!
    Does that go well with the two bellys

    looking good guys really does make a big improvement

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nutter_John
    Does that go well with the two bellys

    looking good guys really does make a big improvement

    I got the 2 belly`s John when I did mine, really hard to loose at the mo though.

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    great now ive got no excuse for not doing it
    thanks!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by SGHOM
    You're fence needs creosoting


    Nice work though !
    Bah, technically its the neighbours fence so he can do it!

    Quote Originally Posted by Steve-vr-4ish
    When I polished mine I did`nt end up with 2 faces though? How strange!
    Nothing wrong with 2 faces, makes it easier to eat more

    Quote Originally Posted by Steve-vr-4ish
    I got the 2 belly`s John when I did mine, really hard to loose at the mo though.
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    gib your doing mine next mate... lol

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    Come to Leeds and i'll happily give the car a once over

    In all seriousness thats an offer open to any of you lovely vr-4 lot!

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    Does make a huge difference. Always done mine like this to the point where somebody thought they were actually a different material! Only thing I do find though, is that they do need doing fairly regularly as they "tarnish" pretty quickly

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    looks spot on mate, think ill give mine a go later as they are a tad faded!

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    Have you tried putting some wax on top? The Super Resin Polish will not protect the surface once it's been polished.

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    Can you use Carlack instead of SRP?

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