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Old 09-17-2006, 04:24 AM
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Alright, so after a lot of work, I am extremely impressed with how it turned out. Started with sanding the rough finish off, and spraying adhesion promoter. Then came high fill primer, followed by lots of sanding. Then came black duplicolor rattlecan spraypaint (6-7) coats. Then lots of wetsanding until all orange peel was gone. Then clear, 6 coats, followed by wetsanding up to 2000 and polish and some Meguir's wax. The shine is incredible and these pictures don't do it justice. I wish they came out better but I got a crappy camera. Thanks Parbreak for the nice write up, it helped alot.





Hopefully soon I can get it back in the car and have some incar shots.

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Old 09-17-2006, 07:11 AM
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wow that looks awesome might tackle that project soon
Old 09-17-2006, 07:14 AM
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You're welcome!! Looks great.
Old 09-17-2006, 07:35 AM
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Are you planning on doing any other parts of the interior? That looks great and I'd reccomend doing other parts to make it more of a theme and 'kit' than a single solo peice.

Good job.
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Looks great, post up some pics when you get it in the car.
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That looks pretty damn good! I cant believe how shiney it is.
Old 09-17-2006, 08:43 AM
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That is *******. Good work.
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Very, very nice looking.....and a rattle can to boot! I think the gauge bezel + radio bezel + center console top painted to match is tasteful and not overdone. I've seen some door panel pieces painted, some look great while others do not.

Anyways, looks nice man

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very nice! shiny and looks like you could jump right into it! get some pics of it installed on the car sowe can see how wonderful it looks in tis natural enviroment
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Looks good, get some installed pix now
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Thanks for all the comments. Because i'm at school, my car is parked outside and it is pouring rain now, so no installed pics yet. I'm also thinking of adding a shift boot too so hopefully soon I can finish this up.
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Wow, looks great. You plan on doing other interior pieces like this?
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Dayumn Son!! I'd be too scared to use it after getting it like that!
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I'm not usually a fan of painted interior parts but that looks awesome. Great job
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Looks really good! I need to redo mine this winter.
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I did mine and it wore off where my arm rubs when I shift, luckly you dont have that problem, but I need to find a way to avoid that when I re do it, I think Im gonna put a lot more clear on it and keep it well waxed.

Anyways, yours looks great, props.
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Damn! Looking good!!!
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Looks awesome. Can't wait to see it installed.



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