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Old Mar 17, 2011 | 09:58 PM
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Old Mar 17, 2011 | 10:18 PM
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Old Mar 18, 2011 | 01:19 AM
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looks great how did you go about prepping it?
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Looks good!
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Old Mar 18, 2011 | 01:48 AM
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Nice job! What colors your car? May say in your sig but can't see on my phone.. Looks good.
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looks really nice i bet its more red in person but cam is eating the color
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Looks great. Did you use any adhesion promoter on it since its plastic?
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could you post a breif description of how you prepped and painted it?
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the color is duplicolor chevrolet orange1620. I searched the threads on hear to do this. sanding priming adheasion promoter and clear coat. all Duplicolor. My car is black. thanks for compliments. this takes some time but worth it.
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Nice. I just did the same thing last week, except I used semi-gloss black. Came out pretty damn good!
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