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Old Sep 4, 2009 | 09:06 AM
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Did the "Pontiac" in matching color :



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Old Sep 4, 2009 | 02:53 PM
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i did mine about a month ago, i went semi gloss


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Old Sep 4, 2009 | 03:09 PM
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Did you primer 1st and how many coats of semi did you use? Any kind of spray paint work? I wanna do it on my bird.
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Old Sep 4, 2009 | 03:26 PM
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No primer. I taped it off, sanded with wet-or-dry sand paper (didnt use water). Sanded it, and cleaned it with grease remover. Sprayed light coats evenly on it, maybe 5-6 light coats. Looks like a sep. plastic panel and is flawless.

Also, I didnt remove the bumper.
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Old Sep 4, 2009 | 06:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Ws6Wicked
just had it done on my SOM ws6, this is only the 2nd one done on this color car that ive seen, the only other one i saw the guy did it in a gunmetal color

ive seen lots of SOM with CETA. theres one in my local fbody club that has it. though most ive seen have semi gloss or flat black, yours looks to be gloss black.
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Old Sep 4, 2009 | 09:48 PM
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Sorry.... but I think they look better the non-CETA way.
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Old Sep 5, 2009 | 09:09 AM
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Looks damn awesome you guys.

I absolutely love my CETA

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Old Sep 5, 2009 | 02:30 PM
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Wow. That red w/blk rear looks pimp. What are you guys using to do this?
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sweet, i need to do this too
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