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I got a new daily driver...big buffing project ahead!

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Old 09-15-2010, 05:44 PM
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that is sick. the difference is night and day. this gives me hope for my paint job. i have swirl marks out the ***.
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I worked on it some more tonight...I did the right fender & left 1/4 panel. I also did the !molding on the right side & worked on polishing the tail light filler panel, those 2 things took a good chunk of time.

I won't post any more pics after these, until it is done, since they are pretty much showing the same thing.

I have the doors, roof, bumpers & hood left & the fun of removing the other side moldings. :woot:

Left 1/4 before




Left 1/4 panel after





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Old 09-23-2010, 08:47 PM
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Nice work!
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i wish i had your abilities
Old 09-27-2010, 09:59 AM
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If you were a hair closer, I might try and con you into cleaning up my cars paint. . .

Nice work you've shown so far!
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Can we get a pic of the whole car or does it have to be finished first
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Here it is right now, just washed it really quick tonight. I had to take a few days off, I got rear ended at a stop sign last week & my back/ribs put me down from Thurs to today.



I still have to finish up the bumpers, hood & the driver's door...Then do some misc undercoating/painting & lower the back with the good old heater hose mod.

The pic doesn't really show how good it looks, it has come a LONG way.
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looks like a clean slate! Great job, how many mi on it?
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car looks good and hate you got into an accident hope all gets better for ya
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seems like just with that detail you should be able to turn that car around and sell it for more than you bought it for.
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Thanks for all of the compliments!

The car clicked over 86,000 miles today.

I saw plenty of miled out beaters for 2 & 3 grand more than I gave for this, so I feel good about it.
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Dude, great job. Find you a set of factory 17" wheels or a cheap wheel used and roll on your day. Minimal money spent with a great car as the outcome.
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Yes, wheels asap and it should look great



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