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BUXMAN66 · 02-27-2003, 03:55 AM

if you do it yourself,yeah.......now if you have it done it'll cost you some dough.also ,watch out trying to buff it out yourself on a buffing wheel,irregular corners and indentations will grab the buffing wheel and throw it if not careful mines a 68 and i'm in the process of grinding off the anodizing with a scotch-brite wheel and then buffing out the aluminum underneath.doing the headlight bezels didn't work to well....those sharp corners and dips threw it outta my hand and into the wall.bent and twisted it to he!!,had to buy some new ones.

02-27-2003, 03:55 AM	#8
BUXMAN66 go bucks! Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: MIAMISBURG OHIO USA Posts: 803	if you do it yourself,yeah.......now if you have it done it'll cost you some dough.also ,watch out trying to buff it out yourself on a buffing wheel,irregular corners and indentations will grab the buffing wheel and throw it if not careful mines a 68 and i'm in the process of grinding off the anodizing with a scotch-brite wheel and then buffing out the aluminum underneath.doing the headlight bezels didn't work to well....those sharp corners and dips threw it outta my hand and into the wall.bent and twisted it to he!!,had to buy some new ones. __________________ '68 swb 1/2t 350/350th '86 lngbd 3/4 TON parts getter '49 gmc 1/2 t 5 window 350/350th '96 gmc sonoma sle ext-cab. hey it's a 4cyl. 5 spd and good on gas y'know?



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