Appearance & Detailing - picked up my custom painted Ram Air hood..

I just picked my hood back up from being painted...I had some airbrushed flames added to the center part...

I still have to take the car back over for a final wet sand and buffing...
Will get some better pictures up once I get it in the sun and washed the Fluorescent lights mess with the colors...


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Not a fan of flames on later model cars but looks like they did a really nice job!!

Not a fan of flames on later model cars but looks like they did a really nice job!!

Yea I know what your saying...However, I don't like the LS1 style ram air hood painted all one color on the LT1 cars....And I started feeling like the black in the center looked like one of those stick on ram air things.lol..

SO to break it up I decided to do flames....I was torn between this style and the some Traditional ghost type flames.....

Yea I am very happy with the results...they are not really loud and I didn't want and crazy bright colors.....

They look great man!

Looks great!

Looks like they did killer work but I'm not a fan of flames on newer model cars unless it's say an all out custom car.

That's awesome! Looks great. Whomever did it is quite talented.

Thanks guys!

I am going to have the engine bay painted next...Prob be gloss black...

They guy that painted it actually just bought a 94 Trans Am so he will have a screen name on here soon and I am sure an amazing paint job on his Trans Am!

flames look sick man

flames look sick man

Thanks man!!

Looks good

Looks like they did a killer job, cool man. Bet you can't stop going out to look at it huh? :jest:

Thank you!

Looks like they did a killer job, cool man. Bet you can't stop going out to look at it huh? :jest:

LOL yea I keep poking my head out the garage door and looking at it...Looks a bit different in person...the flash took some of the deepness of the reds out but when you put light on it almost looks like the flames flicker....

Its a a good buddy of mine that painted it he is very talented and does amazing paint work... Ghost flames, traditional flames, hollow flames and ones like mine of course...

Sweet man!

I like it

Sweet man!

I like it

Thanks guys..I can't wait to get it out of the garage and washed and get some better pics up in the sun...

Nice job....very nice!!! Makes it stand out but still looks subtle. Me likey!!! :D

How'd you manage to get pics from a year into the future? :jest:

Nice job....very nice!!! Makes it stand out but still looks subtle. Me likey!!! :D

Thanks! That is exactly what I was going for...My car is def not a show car and I didn't want it too look cheesy or be too over done...

How'd you manage to get pics from a year into the future? :jest:

I had a Flux Capacitor installed too:secret2:

Lol I don't know didn't even notice it until you said something...Its the wife's new camera...lol

Car looks great man and that paint work is top notch but imho opinion those dont really look like flames at all, more like some kind of pattern over and over again.
Tumbler on this site does some amazing work but THE MAN Mike Lavallee airbrushes fire a way that is hard to duplicate for sure.
http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/9756/realfiretacoma1wt8.jpg
Anyways again your car looks awesome and good job on having something different done to your car. :chug:

Car looks great man and that paint work is top notch but imho opinion those dont really look like flames at all, more like some kind of pattern over and over again.
Tumbler on this site does some amazing work but THE MAN Mike Lavallee airbrushes fire a way that is hard to duplicate for sure.
Anyways again your car looks awesome and good job on having something different done to your car. :chug:

Yea this truck looks cool but def not what I was wanting on my car...
I wanted something a little more old school and a lot less loud than that truck...
....Amazing work but just too much for what I was looking for on my car...

As for it not looking like flames you would really need to see it without the flash on the camera....and he wasn't really trying to duplicate anyone in particulars work this is his own style....

Either way thanks!...

how about a full view pic?


GOD DAMN! that pic of the truck is crazy.

Car looks great man and that paint work is top notch but imho opinion those dont really look like flames at all, more like some kind of pattern over and over again.
Tumbler on this site does some amazing work but THE MAN Mike Lavallee airbrushes fire a way that is hard to duplicate for sure.

Anyways again your car looks awesome and good job on having something different done to your car. :chug:

you have it backwards. the OP has "flames". What you showed is "fire" or "true fire" which is obviously what Mike Lavallee is most well known for.

the OP got exactly what he wanted. But i still prefer true fire over flames :D

looks good though

how about a full view pic?


GOD DAMN! that pic of the truck is crazy.

I posted up some new pics on the first page....best view I can get for right not the car is still up on jack stands...I will get it down and outside this week and get some better full view pics of it outside...

Yea that truck is crazy! That is the kind of stuff you would want on a show car..

Matt

you have it backwards. the OP has "flames". What you showed is "fire" or "true fire" which is obviously what Mike Lavallee is most well known for.

the OP got exactly what he wanted. But i still prefer true fire over flames :D

looks good though


LOL much better said than my post! Thanks :chug: