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Old Apr 1, 2012 | 09:30 PM
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- Will help you enjoy the car more everytime you drive it.
- Cheaper than any body work / paint your car may need.

Your paint maybe dull and clear coat peeling here and there but have you really seen some of every dd cars out there? (they are )
I recommend to do body and paintwork if your car has huge dents.
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Old Apr 1, 2012 | 11:16 PM
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i would work inside out imo.
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Old Apr 1, 2012 | 11:22 PM
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interior... Try paint correction with da buffer... itll do wonders..
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Old Apr 2, 2012 | 01:01 AM
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Originally Posted by PhantomR/T
take out interior, do exterior done, do interior. Exterior work can really do a number on an interior.

This...

That's the way I'm doing it because it's the logical way. I could care less about my interior as long as I'm working on the exterior. I haven't had carpet, headliner, interior panels besides the dash, door panels sometimes, and center console for over 3 years. Hell, I didn't have but a driver seat and a dash for over a year! Honey Badger don't care.
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Old Apr 2, 2012 | 01:24 AM
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Exterior without a doubt!! I like my car because of the exterior style. After that, I like the interior to be clean and good looking, but I have small tears in the seats right now. It doesnt bother me as much as the spider web on my hood and my paint cracking on bumpers, or the stains around the engine!!
You could do a little of both..
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Old Apr 3, 2012 | 10:24 PM
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Guys its hard to say, a couple years ago I would agree to do ext first but now I'd say int should be first. Our cars are now far from new and they're showing age and wear. So is every other car out there that's in a bone yard or fleabay....I want to collect some int parts.

I just picked up my 01 WS6, needed seats, carpet, door panel, radio, the outside was ok but I spent my time on the int. I bought leather and redid them myself, bottom line I completed the int first. Then buff, touch up etc.
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Old Apr 4, 2012 | 09:35 AM
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IF no one else will see the interior, you can get away with ext first but most will and its as bad as the outside.
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Old Apr 4, 2012 | 11:25 AM
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do the exterior first , if it looks good on the outside it will give you ambition to want to get it done on the interior faster .
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Ext first and get some dark tint, lol, honest thats what i did my int isnt that bad, and as others have said detailing can do wonders, honest if you have a camaro just get some fm5s on there no one will notice the other flaws lol
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Old Apr 5, 2012 | 09:58 PM
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I'd restore the exterior first. That's what I'm doing with my 1991 Trans Am GTA. The car is in the paint shop now, and then the new interior will go in afterwards.
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