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Old Oct 31, 2006 | 11:19 PM
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i finally, after a month of waiting and bullshit, got my car back and its now gunmetal metallic. it hasnt been cut and buffed yet so there's a little bit of orangepeel but for those of you who saw the mess up its a night and day difference...im ordering rims from tomz friday so dont hate on the stockers right now...im open for opinions/suggestions, oh and i plan on going with either the vfn sunoco cowl hood or the ss hood in the near future, plus the ss spoiler to top off the appearance. i was also thinking of doing the ss scoop itself gloss black and the berger panel gloss black to kinda do something different or if i went with the sunoco, do some black stripes along the sides of the cowl...anywho, sling me some suggestions/ideas!
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https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearance-detailing/566704-week-1-shaven-side-markers-keyholes-front-grille-preppin-paint-56k-no-no.html
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https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearance-detailing/578868-how-does-look.html
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p.s. this is by no means a formal photoshoot, the mirrors arent finished and neither is the car really, the clear still needs to be buffed....ive been waiting on my car forever and im finally happy to have it back and just wanted to share with you guys a project underway...after this week and then when my rims/tires come in ill do a nice photoshoot...
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Old Oct 31, 2006 | 11:42 PM
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looks good, great work...and to anyone that wants to ask why you left the one key hole, my tbss came stock with just the driver door key hole
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Old Oct 31, 2006 | 11:47 PM
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looks really good, i generally like the flat black berger but on your car i think a glossy one would look better also you need to stainless inserts for the camaro too
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Old Nov 1, 2006 | 11:35 AM
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Looks pretty good. If you don't mind me asking, how much did it cost ya?
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Old Nov 1, 2006 | 12:38 PM
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500 for supplies, a friend of mine and i did it at school in an auto body class...
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Old Nov 1, 2006 | 04:12 PM
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what type of school? highschool or college?
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Old Nov 1, 2006 | 04:50 PM
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its at a local college but im a senior in highschool...
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Old Nov 1, 2006 | 05:14 PM
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Looks good.

But why didn't you get the new hood and spoiler before you painted it??
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Old Nov 1, 2006 | 08:09 PM
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its not like its costing me money...itll be a few weeks before i can get the two and i was tired of my car looking bad from the previous owner...
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Old Nov 1, 2006 | 08:16 PM
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Looks good, keep it up!
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Old Nov 1, 2006 | 08:18 PM
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All that and you didn't fill the nose badge!
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Old Nov 1, 2006 | 08:31 PM
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haha..you talking about the camaro emblem spot right? i wanted to put it back on, i think it doesnt look right without it, too plain imo....
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Old Nov 1, 2006 | 08:32 PM
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some nice wheels will really set off that color!
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Old Nov 1, 2006 | 08:41 PM
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im ordering some 18x9.5 chrome zo6's tomorrow, im so ready to get em on! i know itll look 100x better with some rims...
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Old Nov 1, 2006 | 09:14 PM
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LOOKS SWEET MAN !!! car looks totally diff from the original color, im diggin the backed shaved markers, keyholes looks good man for real................
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i didnt have time to pull motor so engine bay is still black but i kinda like it, its kinda oldskool, plus im doing black for my hoodscoop and berger panel so itll all tie in
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wish you lived closer to me i need some of that hook up lol i bought a car thats black and has had metal flake it like real small flake of silver and blue you cant really see it until you get on the car real close but boy does it sparkle looks good at night only problem is i dont know the pain code color so im out on getting my spoiler and hood painted till i can figure out how to find out the paint code f'd up huh ...lol i dont know what im going to do .............lol
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Old Nov 1, 2006 | 09:32 PM
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Originally Posted by 98hardtopZ
i didnt have time to pull motor so engine bay is still black but i kinda like it, its kinda oldskool, plus im doing black for my hoodscoop and berger panel so itll all tie in

hey forgot to mention with that color of your car i think the black under the hood is like you said old school which i think is a awesome idea .....
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Old Nov 1, 2006 | 10:34 PM
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no doubt, kinda a win-win for me, less downtime, didnt have to pull motor and it still looks good!
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Old Nov 1, 2006 | 10:57 PM
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Black is the only color that you can pull that off with.

Nice job.
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