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Old Jul 30, 2013 | 01:23 PM
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Anyone have a secret to polishing the aluminum tailgate panel? Mine looks like crap
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Old Jul 30, 2013 | 02:08 PM
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subbed. i need to do the same thing.
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Old Jul 30, 2013 | 02:43 PM
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Haven't really looked into it yet but I'm guessing some Mother's aluminum polish and a terry cloth towel/buffer pad would probably do a good job.
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Old Jul 30, 2013 | 02:47 PM
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Isn't there a coating on it? I don't want to make it look any worse
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Old Jul 30, 2013 | 02:51 PM
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from my understanding its just brushed aluminum.
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Old Jul 30, 2013 | 03:11 PM
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I tried mothers Polish on mine and saw no change. I thick it gas a coating
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Old Jul 30, 2013 | 03:17 PM
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i used blue magic "metal polish cream" and it made a pretty good dent in mine, but im not sure how it looks all nice and new so i dont know if its good or not.
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Old Jul 30, 2013 | 03:20 PM
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I'll have to try mine again. Maybe it was close to perfect so it didn't need much polish?
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Old Jul 30, 2013 | 03:23 PM
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someone needs to find a picture of a new one so we know what to shoot for lol.
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Old Jul 30, 2013 | 03:31 PM
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Lemme just get my flux capacitor going again, send a prayer for 88mph, and get me and the ole truck back to '91 for some answers.

Feel free to give donations, then secondary manifold batteries on the capacitor are shot, I'm 3 gigawatts shy of perfect and I may need a jet engine to hit 88mph... I do accept PayPal lol
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