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Old Jul 28, 2008 | 10:19 PM
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looks good man, espessially the hockey stripes, you puttin anything between the break in the stripe?
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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 08:49 AM
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yea, im painting my z28 emblems to match the grey
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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 10:24 AM
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some clear coat, im dieing to get her out into the sun to look at it

the ends
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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 05:52 PM
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hey man are you painting this in your garage? I plan on doin the same thing. Did you take any precautions before doing that, i noticed you wet the floor but did you do anything else? thanks
Looks good btw
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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 06:59 PM
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that looks awesome! i need to learn to paint too.
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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 10:39 PM
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its actually a pretty nice building, its my families buisness, but weve done some garage jobs too.
as for tips,
dont use extremely bright lights, enough to see, more light = more bugs
the wet floor helps with the dust coming up, but take an air blower and clear out as much as you can before you whipe the car down for paint
this one is pretty obvoious, but stay clean, any kind of greese and oil will make paint not stick, as will wax, any kind of armour all, and tire shine, so lay off of that before u paint
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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 10:51 PM
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im not doing anything hardcore on the hood, just some accents on the side of the scoop.
im also doing a berger pannel essentially with the grey, i smoothed out the camaro it had on it
outside pics

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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 11:16 PM
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That look great! Nice wrok.
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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 11:56 PM
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Looks good, can't wait to see the finished product.
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Old Jul 30, 2008 | 07:38 AM
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looks good how long did you let it sit before taking it out of the booth? Also what kind of paint/clear did you use?

Oh! and what are you going to do with that black TA in the back?
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Old Jul 30, 2008 | 08:48 PM
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wow looks great! i wish i could paint my own car, cause it looks like sh**t. lol.
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Old Jul 30, 2008 | 09:32 PM
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looks good in the sun
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Old Jul 30, 2008 | 10:25 PM
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that shaved bodyline has me curious to see final pics. so far looks good
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Old Jul 31, 2008 | 12:59 AM
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Why didn't you shave the body line all the way through the frontfender? I would have thought that that part would be the easiest.
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Old Jul 31, 2008 | 09:42 AM
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i took the actual line out of the front fender, i just didnt mold the bumpers in, i did the same on the back bumper. everything still has some adjustment in to too, it needs the gaps closed up a little

and the black ta is an engine donor to another black ta lol.
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Old Jul 31, 2008 | 09:14 PM
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pre buffing, probably do that tomorrow, i forgot to get pics but i have the tail panel, back bumper, my custom spoiler, the mirrors and door handles all primed and sealed, painting tomorrow morning

what do u guys think about the wheels? im thinking of doing them in grey to match the stripe but idk
opinions?
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Old Aug 1, 2008 | 01:07 PM
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clear coat drying

too bright outside for my ghetto *** cameraphone lol



this is gonna be a love it or hate it piece, but i dont drive an ss, so i didnt want an ss wing, so to de-SS it i cut the posts off it

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Old Aug 1, 2008 | 01:33 PM
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looks good! you could have went with a 96-97 spoiler. I think it has the same lip w/o the posts. but the led brake light is almost worth it.
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Old Aug 1, 2008 | 05:26 PM
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true, but i got this one for $120 locally so it was easier lol
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Old Aug 1, 2008 | 06:34 PM
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nice work. just gotta get new wheels
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