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Old 03-05-2010, 02:50 PM
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So, I made use of some sunshine today and cleaned up the ride as well as added a little flare to the interior. It's always bothered me how much dead space there was on the passenger side of the dash in the GXP's, so I slapped on an emblem to try to fill that void:






And here's a few bonus shots, man does it feel good to get all the nasty salt off her!







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That's a hot GXP! I love the mod too. Is that a door badge?

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Very nice!
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Looking good man, i need to wash mine and post some pics ups, its filthy right now...
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Very nice indeed!
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that color is pretty damn good!!!
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Thanks fellas, yep it's a door badge!

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Nice whip man. I love that color. You don't see that much. Emblem looks good too. :thumbsup:
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Dude that sh*t looks bad as Fu*K,Love the color...

Well done on the choosing an area for the badge,on the dash...
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not to be a dick..but where does the airbag deploy on our cars? On top or bottom of the dash???
Woudlnt want that flying into my brain at 200MPH lol

But other than that it looks great!
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lookin good....mine is gettin washed up tomorrow and the the first coat of this.

http://www.adamspolishes.com/p-423-a...paste-wax.aspx

i cant wait
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Originally Posted by Z28 Autobot
not to be a dick..but where does the airbag deploy on our cars? On top or bottom of the dash???
Woudlnt want that flying into my brain at 200MPH lol

But other than that it looks great!
I actually thought about that, I'm hoping the air bag would deploy directly from the center causing the emblem to be forced downward. I guess it's not that much different than the arrowhead on the steering wheel. Eh, it's a rarity for anyone to be sitting in the passenger seat anyhow, I'm rolling the dice!!!
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Originally Posted by DP 08 GXP
lookin good....mine is gettin washed up tomorrow and the the first coat of this.

http://www.adamspolishes.com/p-423-a...paste-wax.aspx

i cant wait
While we're on the rather sidetracked topic: How does one effectively remove those spider web swirl marks?

EDIT: Nice color choice.

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well i like it!
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Nice, I like the badge..Probably woulda bugged the **** out of me too..If there wasn't the Monte Carlo on mine I probably woulda done somethin similiar
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To get rid of swirl marks/blemishes in the clear coat use a clay bar. Works wonders. Takes a little of time and effort, but you will be rewarded. Do it before you wax. I use this one

http://www.mothersclaybar.com/

Crazyjoe good use of that open space
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Originally Posted by Donk's SS
To get rid of swirl marks/blemishes in the clear coat use a clay bar. Works wonders. Takes a little of time and effort, but you will be rewarded. Do it before you wax. I use this one

http://www.mothersclaybar.com/
a claybar does absolutley nothing when it comes to removing swirls in the clear coat. a clay bar removes the **** that is stuck on your paint that doesnt come off when you wash it. in order to get swirls out of my car and peoples cars that i do i use a PC and these 2 things.

first i wash, clay, then hit it with this.

http://www.adamspolishes.com/p-97-ad...ar-polish.aspx

followed up by this.

http://www.adamspolishes.com/p-140-a...ar-polish.aspx

and toped with this.

http://www.adamspolishes.com/p-423-a...paste-wax.aspx

then you get this.



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I like it, I love how the 05s don't have all that chrome junk in the interior.
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looks good
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Originally Posted by Donk's SS
To get rid of swirl marks/blemishes in the clear coat use a clay bar. Works wonders. Takes a little of time and effort, but you will be rewarded. Do it before you wax. I use this one

http://www.mothersclaybar.com/

Crazyjoe good use of that open space
Lol no on the clay bar. I know about clay baring.

DP 08 GXP, thanks for the info. I might try out some of those Adam's products.



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