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Aug 23, 2006 | 11:27 AM

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From: Central Indiana Honors: 4th grade spelling bee contestant

My CETA Mod

The car is Pewter Metallic. The CETA is Graphite. I actually bought Duplicolor Wheel Paint because it was metallic. Then I cleared over that to finish it off.

I didn't want to do the CETA until I had custom wheels. I just didn't think it would look right with the factory 16" wheels.

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Aug 23, 2006 | 12:24 PM

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looks good, Im gonna do mine black soon. You didn't rattle can the clear or did you? I was gonna get some real clear and use my brothers gun.

Aug 23, 2006 | 12:49 PM

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looks nice y2k..

Aug 23, 2006 | 01:06 PM

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Thanks fellas....I actually rattle canned both the graphite and the clear. Both were Duplicolor products. I absolutely love the Duplicolor clearcoat. I goes on so easy.

Aug 23, 2006 | 01:17 PM

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Looks good with the pewter, awesome job!

Aug 23, 2006 | 01:19 PM

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i like the subtle CETA mod you did...get a CETA trans am panel (the silver trans am) between the headlights and you would be set.

Aug 23, 2006 | 01:49 PM

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From: Central Indiana Honors: 4th grade spelling bee contestant

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i like the subtle CETA mod you did...get a CETA trans am panel (the silver trans am) between the headlights and you would be set.

No way! I'm not giving up my airbrushed 'bird

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Aug 23, 2006 | 05:46 PM

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different but i looks good

Aug 23, 2006 | 05:59 PM

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I think it looks really good! Congrats and welcome to the club

Aug 23, 2006 | 06:52 PM

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How did you get the paint to finish with even color ? I used that same paint to paint wheels, and i tried to do the CETA with it , but the paint just came out darker aand lighter in some areas. I switched to flat back then.

Aug 23, 2006 | 08:13 PM

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I think it looks really good! Congrats and welcome to the club

Thanks...what took me so long?

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Initially the paint laid down darker and lighter, but as I added more coats it evened out. I made a point to spray over the lighter areas and skip the darker areas on the first few coats. Then I put several layers of clearcoat over it, and that totally took care of any dull/glossy spots. The wheel paint said not to use the clearcoat over it, but I did a test first and didn't have any problems with it. I could foresee a problem with the look of it if I didn't use a clearcoat, but I didn't want a flat finish on mine.