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Old Sep 13, 2010 | 04:48 PM
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had the car show this past weekend....the weather sucked for it...the show started at 10 and the rain started at 11 and didnt stop til it was over so i didnt get any of the other cars....i of course didnt place lol....i think i did have the best lookin paint in my class though....just a "few" pics of the start to finish i put her through.

after her bath waiting to be polished up




after the metal polishing was done





my paint before









much better





dressed up the engine bay





nice reflection of my Adam's banner


all polished up








gettin ready to head to the show







my puppy representing the Bucks






at the show


















shot of my brothers car and mine



all done
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Old Sep 13, 2010 | 04:53 PM
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lookin cleannnnnn
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Old Sep 13, 2010 | 05:19 PM
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looks good sorry to hear about the rain.
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Old Sep 13, 2010 | 07:22 PM
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DP!! I would have to agree your paint and the cleanliness of your car is amazing!!
Move down here we have so many show you would get tired you have to pick and chose which ones there is one or two every weekend this month and 3 or 4 next month I was at one yesterday and won a plaque the show was a top 40 there was 150 cars there and the SS get's a lot of attention so you would do very well here!!
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Old Sep 13, 2010 | 07:30 PM
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thanks fellas....there are some shows up here but with my work schedule i work a lot of weekends which sucks but bills gotta be paid lol....i had a guy ask me how i fit a V8 into a V6 car....i had to inform him it was that way from the factory and gave a little run down on our engines....i need to get one of those poster things that give specs on the car and what not....i dont think people have any clue what i have done to my car and what it really is so i get few looks and/or respect.
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Old Sep 14, 2010 | 11:36 AM
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Nice. My favorite thing about the GXP's are the seats.
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Old Sep 14, 2010 | 04:12 PM
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looks really good man
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two words..... tap shift
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Damn good lookin' car bro. Sucks to hear about the rain as well, all that work for an hour of good weather, just sucks. I have to say, those wheels were meant for that car, simply perfect! Thanks for the pics.

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Old Sep 14, 2010 | 06:18 PM
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Don't know where that came from LoL...but you get the jist of what I'm tryin to say
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Old Sep 14, 2010 | 08:18 PM
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lol thanks guys!
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Old Sep 14, 2010 | 09:04 PM
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Damn those are sum clean *** rims,car looks great with the drop and rims...Props to ya
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Old Sep 15, 2010 | 08:28 PM
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thank ya
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Old Sep 16, 2010 | 11:28 AM
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Are your grills missing in some of the pics for cleaning purposes? If so, how do you remove those? Is it easy?
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Old Sep 16, 2010 | 11:36 AM
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they just push out from the back. there is a place to put your fingers above the fogs to pull that one out and i was told that you can push the other 2 out if you take the headlights out but never tried that.
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Old Sep 16, 2010 | 08:18 PM
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very nice!!! wish i had gotten a grand prix gxp instead of a g8gt....
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Old Sep 16, 2010 | 08:22 PM
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Originally Posted by dee99gt
very nice!!! wish i had gotten a grand prix gxp instead of a g8gt....
What!!!
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Old Sep 17, 2010 | 10:19 PM
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that was a very surprising comment lol but yeah i took them out so i coud clean them up easier and wouldnt have to worry about anything getting on them while i was polishing and waxing
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Old Sep 17, 2010 | 10:56 PM
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DP what buffer do you have?
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Old Sep 18, 2010 | 08:35 AM
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flex 3401....i started out with the PC and sold that to my brother and upgraded to the flex.
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