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Old 25th May 2009, 09:28 AM
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Default Bright-work (Chrome, Stainless Steel, Metallised Plastic) Products

Please leave details of your favourite products here.

A quick description, what you used it on, a link to the manufacture would be good and any photos that show before and after would be cool.
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2003 2.8 A8SQ - powder blueish. Fill in for a while. Sold on.
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Old 14th June 2009, 08:42 AM
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Default chrome trims

has anybody got any good ideas or good products for cleaning the chrome trims on my s8. just spent an hour trying to polish them with autoglym metal polish and they look no different.
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Old 16th June 2009, 07:22 AM
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Meguiars metal polish.....the dogs danglies
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Old 5th July 2009, 08:37 AM
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went out and got myself some meguiars nxt genaration all metal polysh and did as it says on the tub. half an hour later of rubbing the same inch of chrome trim and guess what ! it looks just the same as before
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Old 5th July 2009, 05:12 PM
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Last weekend, I used Meguiars, Brasso, and some other stuff - an hour or so later, a small improvement...

ah well, looks like I'll have to pop along to MIJ for a brand new shiny one...and then I'll have 4 of the buggers to polish!
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Old 27th July 2009, 04:22 PM
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The chrome strips are coated in some form of plastics; I have used Klasse AIO in the past with some noticeable improvement
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