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Old Oct 25, 2008 | 08:36 PM
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Default Did the CETA today
sanded with 400, sprayed a few coats of black primer, wet sanded with 1000, sprayed a few coats of satin black. done. came out very smooth and very badass.




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Old Oct 25, 2008 | 08:40 PM
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Looks very nice! I used a paint designed for black rubber bumpers. I liked how it turned out.
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Old Oct 25, 2008 | 08:41 PM
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Looks good.
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Lookin good!! almost makes me wanna get off my *** and do mine......nah

good work man!
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Looks very nice! I used a paint designed for black rubber bumpers.

Where did you get that stuff?
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Old Oct 25, 2008 | 11:37 PM
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Nice. I like the ceta mod.
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Old Oct 26, 2008 | 12:23 AM
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nice job!
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your car looks sick dude! for real.
nice job on the ceta. it drives me nuts seeing t/a bumpers all one color.
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Old Oct 26, 2008 | 03:30 AM
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Originally Posted by multmigs
Where did you get that stuff?
pep boys. just some krylon satin black spray paint. says good for all surfaces. dont know about plastic but my bumper shouldnt be flexing anyway...
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Looks very badass. love the CETA mod on TAs. thats the only thing i dont like about having a black TA is that i cant do the CETA!
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Looks very badass. love the CETA mod on TAs. thats the only thing i dont like about having a black TA is that i cant do the CETA!
+1 all the way around...
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Old Oct 26, 2008 | 06:01 AM
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OP, get some black decals for the rear pontiac and the side trans am! ceta looking good though...


i want to see a black t/a that has silver accents (decals an such) with a silver ceta.. i think itd look pretty sweet.. better than doing like a flat black on black..
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Gol, your car is one of the only cars with stock wheels that I over. It looks badass man!!
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OP, get some black decals for the rear pontiac and the side trans am! ceta looking good though...
rear black vinyls are on the way. as for the sides, i like the shaved look.

here are a few more to drool over


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my bad, didnt know it was clean on the sides... you gonna do black on the front license plate cover?


thats gonna totally change the look of the car..... for the good of course!
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i dont know about the front bird yet.

black would be alright, but only if i did black blackbird stripes. right now ive got silver RAM AIR on the hood so a silver bird on front would match that and stand out more.
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Old Oct 26, 2008 | 06:13 PM
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Originally Posted by noriceinside
i dont know about the front bird yet.

black would be alright, but only if i did black blackbird stripes. right now ive got silver RAM AIR on the hood so a silver bird on front would match that and stand out more.
the silver on red is definitely different! id like to see that in person.. either way you go its gonna turn out good man..
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Originally Posted by noriceinside
i dont know about the front bird yet.

black would be alright, but only if i did black blackbird stripes. right now ive got silver RAM AIR on the hood so a silver bird on front would match that and stand out more.
Take the silver **** off and do em both black.


And do the CETA bird and lettering on the back.

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kind of demanding... ^^^^^ lmao
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kind of demanding... ^^^^^ lmao
Yeah! LMAO!! Its like "No, **** that! Do it like this, goddamnit!!!" LOL!
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