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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 07:58 AM
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Friday night we picked my car up from the body shop but I had got a sneak peak at it Wednesday. The owner of the shop is the best! They do superb work and he gave me a great price. They spent alot of time on it trying to get the color to match the headlight doors and fenders. I wasnt sure of what the previous painter had done and all attempts to contact him failed. They painted it twice and finally on the third try put a chromoillusion base and got it to match the headlight doors perfectly but it wasnt quite matching the fenders. He said he got it 90% match but if it were him he wouldnt be happy with it since he's picky. I said I was too when it comes to color so I went over there to take a look at it on Wednesday. When they brought it out in the sun the color really popped...looked prettier then I'd ever remembered it! I could see a difference in the fenders....just didnt have that metallic/pearl to it and he explained why. The other painter just did a lousy job of mixing the paints and applying them and he didnt clear each color as he went along so when he faded the purple into the orange it muddied it resulting in a flattish look . I always noticed the fenders looked rather dull. He also told me he was pretty sure all the trouble I had with the previous bumper and now the flames on the hood were the result of him mixing different products together that werent meant to be.

Anyway total to have the bumper primed/painted and fenders blended was $635. This weekend we took a few pics of it so here they are:









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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 08:03 AM
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Very nice!
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 08:21 AM
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Looks awesome, glad it worked out.
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 08:25 AM
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Thanks . It's going to take some getting used to not having the ground effects. I've been driving so slowly into parking lots for the past 4 years because of the gfx scraping everything. I've had to avoid going in some places altogether with it! Seems this area loves to have dips in every entrace of stores/shopping centers The past couple days its been so nice to not hear the scraping I am so used to!
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 08:32 AM
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yay you got it fixed!!!
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 08:46 AM
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Looks like some nice work. I like it without the GFX better.
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 09:04 AM
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Looks good, ...,
Now ya might hafta look at !badge mod with the new front bumper, ...
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 09:05 AM
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Yeah finally got it all fixed. Took forever and a day to get the bumper...was quite a fiasco . I like it better without the front gfx too.
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Looks awesome!!!!...now you just need to get the sig reworked.

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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 09:35 AM
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realy like the work thats been done!!!
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 09:36 AM
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Looks good man!

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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 10:07 AM
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Thanks alot for the compliments . Yeah my boyfriend already said he'd make me a new sig with the new bumper . My next mod planned is to get an aircompressor and finish the console I've been working on and also order a line lock
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 10:14 AM
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Originally Posted by PontiacFan
Looks good, ...,
Now ya might hafta look at !badge mod with the new front bumper, ...
Yeah I have been thinking about that. I know a guy who has done the hatch swap and put badges on his car that say "trans formula". I'm not sure what to do.
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 10:19 AM
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Very nice, got rid of the rock chips and scratches if u had some, brand new front bumper!
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 12:21 PM
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You finally got it fixed, nice work. I have been wondering the progress of your paint ever since I saw the pics of it all messed up.
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 12:33 PM
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Damn that was quick! Any plans on putting another WW front ground effects back on?
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 12:34 PM
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Not a fan of the flames, but it looks like a top-notch job. Hope it holds up for ya.
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Brian2006
Damn that was quick! Any plans on putting another WW front ground effects back on?

no more gfx for me....i had so much trouble with those from day one! BTW got your PM and will reply...have a lot of info to give you
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 01:18 PM
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That's AWESOME! looks MINTY once again!
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 01:27 PM
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Looks real good and I like it without the GFX as well...any plans for a diff hood? I think it would look mean with ws9 or vfn cowl hood.
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