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Old Feb 14, 2009 | 03:01 PM
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well i was in new york city and came out to discover that the box truck parked in front of me decided to back into my car and screw everything up. i don't have a before pic when it was all messed up but i have a progress pic and some after pics. what do you think? took the grille off and filled the holes and shaved the front emblem. just subtle changes.








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Old Feb 14, 2009 | 03:22 PM
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I like it, looks really good.
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Old Feb 14, 2009 | 03:24 PM
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Old Feb 15, 2009 | 12:30 AM
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no emblem makes it look very clean. you got me thinking on doing this.
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Old Feb 15, 2009 | 01:15 AM
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i also did this whenever i wrecked my 97 z28, the shaved emblem was a must since i was already doing body work on it anyways.

it really does more than people think, brings the car together much better, flow wise.
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Old Feb 15, 2009 | 07:28 AM
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i wanna find some newer clearer headlights and do the whistler mod as well but i might just get the halo's that have to two lights in them instead of 3. have you seen those? i've seen pictures but don't know where to find them.
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Old Feb 15, 2009 | 10:56 AM
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how much was it to shave the emblem?
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Old Feb 15, 2009 | 04:31 PM
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i did all the work to the front end myself so i just paid for a little body filler, paint, thinner, and hardener. thinner and hardener have really gotten expensive!
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Very nice man, planning on doing something like this to my TA.
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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 03:23 AM
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i want to do the same thing. if the nose flexes will it crack off? i cut out some of the foem for the intercooler
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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 06:44 AM
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It does look good, getting those holes filled in was a def plus!
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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 09:13 PM
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what did you use to fill the emblem spot?
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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 09:58 PM
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Looks good man !!!
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Nice job buddy boy.
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Old Feb 26, 2009 | 06:46 PM
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looks killer man. gonna do this on my nxt ss project car
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Old Feb 26, 2009 | 09:33 PM
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looks good.
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Old Feb 26, 2009 | 11:03 PM
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thanks. i just used body filler to fill the emblem spot. does anyone know where i can find those headlights i was talking about?
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Old Feb 26, 2009 | 11:23 PM
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I have always wanted to do that. It looks even better than I had figured it would. Nice job man.
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will it crack off?
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Old Feb 27, 2009 | 10:14 PM
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It depends on the bumper, I don't work with bumpers but I have a background in body work. Everything I've learned tells me some plastic bumper repair or dolphin glaze is your best bet on there, but if the spot was sanded to to bare plastic, body filler may be fine, I shoot lots of bumpers that the bodymen send over that have just bondo over the bumper sanded to bare plastic (it's kinda hairy and porous).
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