Beutifying the Pewter....
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From: Houston/Lubbock
get yourself something to set the camera on, tripod, milkcrate, anything sturdy. And tint should not that expensive at all I got my car tinted for $140, just find a quasi ghetto shop, make sure they do good work, walk in with a wad of cash and tell them that you will give them X amount of money, name your own price, to tint your car right now. I have found that works better than anything for getting a good deal for labor when it comes to tint and stereo places.
Good luck and use the suggestions posted already.
James
Good luck and use the suggestions posted already.
James
A friend of mine says he knows people that will tint my car for $40 bucks. So I figure they must be using wal*mart tint and not be doing a very good job. Is my assumption probebly right??
only way to find out is if he has some pictures of his work to show his craftsmanship, anybody with a good head on his shoulders will have some pix of thier work to showoff. Just like upholstry shops, Lemme see some of your work and I'll see if we can deal or not.
Wow, a lot of great looking pewter cars... I have yet to be disappointed in my color choice!
The first pic is a pretty good pic of the headlight mod. I have used transparent paint before and good luck with that?!? I would try putting window film on them before transparent paint IMO.
My window tint was $230 at Auto1 they did a very good job on the back glass. 15% only 50% side, I would do 35% side next time.
Billet grill is starting to grow on me... I may try that.
Brian
The first pic is a pretty good pic of the headlight mod. I have used transparent paint before and good luck with that?!? I would try putting window film on them before transparent paint IMO.
My window tint was $230 at Auto1 they did a very good job on the back glass. 15% only 50% side, I would do 35% side next time.
Billet grill is starting to grow on me... I may try that.
Brian
Originally Posted by 00PewterSS
Brian
FOr people cheap on money like me, check out my ride! Lots of little things go a long way!
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Originally Posted by vMaster0fPuppets
ok i bouihgt a billet grille thats coming in the mail. what do i paint back behind the grille??
Now depending upon the look you're going for will depend on what you're going to paint. If you want your new billet grille to just stand out, paint the area w/ the CAMARO black. You could just leave it pewter. You'll probably get more offset w/ the black from the billet, vs leaving that area pewter but I dont think either way is really "wrong".
Post pics when you get it done! I think I'm going to do a billet grill also. I have seen painted black and unpainted and I like the one painted flat black better, looks cleaner IMO.
Or you can just yank the grill off, find out it gouged the paint, add a pinstripe to cover the line up and never decide what to do after than like I have done.... lol
I guess I've posted the same pics of my car on here too much if other people are posting them
Oh, I love the retro Z28 look also, great job!
Brian
Or you can just yank the grill off, find out it gouged the paint, add a pinstripe to cover the line up and never decide what to do after than like I have done.... lol
I guess I've posted the same pics of my car on here too much if other people are posting them
Oh, I love the retro Z28 look also, great job!
Brian
Ok as of right now I have new badges, niteshades covered tailights, a billet grille, the whisper mod. I have a used hooker catback on the way to my house now. I plan to do a little painting behind the new front emblem badge I bought, and am gettin the windows tinted soon. Maybe ill be able to post pictures soon.
Could'nt resist a few more pewter pics 
Originally Posted by vMaster0fPuppets
ok i bouihgt a billet grille thats coming in the mail. what do i paint back behind the grille??
When you pull off the stock grille and set the billet grille in place you will see where to paint. If you decide to go black behind the grille you will have to mask off and paint behind it so it looks like this.
Originally Posted by vMaster0fPuppets
Does anyone know if theres a hood scoop to make the stock hood look like a ss hod and have pics
