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Old May 21, 2004 | 04:17 PM
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Old May 21, 2004 | 04:40 PM
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Nice car great pics!

Are your headlights tinted?
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Old May 21, 2004 | 05:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Todd2001SS
Are your headlights tinted?
...they shouldn't be! haha. thanks for the compliments
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Old May 21, 2004 | 05:28 PM
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ya good looking Z

what ya gonna do next to it?
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Old May 21, 2004 | 06:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Kens_02SS
ya good looking Z

what ya gonna do next to it?
not too sure. any recommendations?
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Old May 21, 2004 | 07:39 PM
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Make it faster maybe?

Nice car man, but it would look nice w/ some Corsa and maybe an emblem on the grille. Or maybe get the grille powdercoated or painted black.......that would look sweet!
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Old May 21, 2004 | 09:04 PM
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In the third pic, I hope your emergency brake is on! That is one steep hill!!!


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Old May 21, 2004 | 09:05 PM
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Very, very nice and clean looking. You've been posting for a while right? Just new pictures? Kind of got confused whether this was a new car or just new pics. Either way, great job!!! What are you using to treat your paint? It's making me want to cry it's so beautiful...heheh.


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Old May 21, 2004 | 09:06 PM
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Where in Austin is that? Some of those shots look like 360, near Mesa/Cat Mountain.

Man, I miss that drive.


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Old May 21, 2004 | 09:20 PM
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ya man, that's out 360 somewhere. not too sure where. i just follow roads until i find good backdrops for pics, hehe. i like black grills, but i really think the polished would look better on my car. i dunno, i guess since it matches the rims, lights, rear inserts, and clear corners, it probably looks best the color it is. i'm not a big fan of having an emblem on the grill either.

thanks a whole hell of a lot on the detailing compliments. when i bought my car, the paint was in some seriously shitty condition - swirls (machine swirls and common spider-web swirls), and scratches mostly. other than that, the paint looked decent. the previous owner just owned the car for about 3 years, probably waxed it once, and didn't do it right when he did do it.

so i got on autopia.org and found out how to detail my car - the way a daily driven car should be treated and in a very cost-effective manner. i first used meguiar's #83, followed by #9 to remove a good majority of the swirls...i did this all by hand. then i used nxt tech wax, and topped it with meguiar's #16. if you visit autopia.org, you will find a world far more advanced than just zaino, which tends to be what most use and talk about here at ls1tech

thanks again.
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Old May 21, 2004 | 09:35 PM
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i added some more pictures. i hope no one minds too much
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Old May 21, 2004 | 09:41 PM
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No prob. Just have to give cred where cred is due!! You can definitely tell you did your homework...so well in fact, that it makes me realize I need to do mine.
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Old May 21, 2004 | 09:44 PM
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Looks great man, I love you car.

Keep up the good work.
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Old May 22, 2004 | 07:08 AM
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thanks. it's always fun to detail a car when the results are so good.
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Old May 22, 2004 | 02:48 PM
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Nice looking ride. I was also going to ask where you took them in Austin, but seeing as you answered it allready.....
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Old May 24, 2004 | 09:36 AM
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I think the grill looks hideous. Leave the billet grills for trucks.

Other then that I think it looks pretty clean.
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Old May 24, 2004 | 10:02 AM
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you be mad pimpin yo

seriously, good looking car and nice pics
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