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Old Aug 7, 2008 | 01:05 PM
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wow, you do awesome work. im also not a pink car fan (duh!) but id give that several looks at a car show, then id look around for the blond that arrived in it. lol

take some professional pics of it and ill add it to my screen saver.
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Old Aug 8, 2008 | 01:04 PM
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Here's the back coming together with the lights done in 35% poly and the tail light section done in base/clear with a flattening agent in the clear. Got new glass and moldings installed as well.
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Old Aug 8, 2008 | 04:32 PM
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lookin good!
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Old Aug 9, 2008 | 12:05 AM
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Looks great... comming along.
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Old Aug 9, 2008 | 06:19 AM
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yeah it does look aswesome. did you guys wetsand the clear flat?
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Old Aug 9, 2008 | 01:02 PM
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? No it's a flattening additive you can add to any clear coat You can vary the amount of additive from 20-50% to acieve different levels of gloss. 50% looks like a chalk board, the black area around the lights on this car is 30%
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Old Aug 10, 2008 | 04:15 AM
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looks like a challenger rear from a glance
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Old Aug 10, 2008 | 11:48 AM
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no, what i was saying did you wetsand the clear so that theres no orange peel?
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Old Aug 11, 2008 | 09:19 AM
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Oh I understand. No, we haven't done that yet. Mabye this week if I have time, but she wants it back, and it is still plenty shiny.
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no, what i was saying did you wetsand the clear so that theres no orange peel?
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Old Aug 11, 2008 | 10:35 AM
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that car looks amazing man! If I was a girl ... ewww, cooties ... I'd rock the **** out of that!
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That's a cool car for your wife, for sure! I think it would be cool if you painted the wheel centers that matte black that's on the back.
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Old Aug 11, 2008 | 04:28 PM
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I am trying to convince her to let me do the centers of the wheels matte black, the bolts stay polished, and the lips in kandy pink.
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Old Aug 11, 2008 | 08:14 PM
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^^^ those would be awesome wheels.
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INSANE

Too bad the first door ding will probably end in divorce

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I am trying to convince her to let me do the centers of the wheels matte black, the bolts stay polished, and the lips in kandy pink.
What about a translucent black for the spokes so it looks like black chrome?
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I love that idea... in fact I have a sprayable "anodize" product that bonds to polished aluminum. However she's wanting to leave them in full polish. I think it's bling overload.
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i think its bling overload too. oh well give her what she wants before you have to hear it lol.
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The car looks sick man. My brother said he saw it the other day driving when I showed him this thread.
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I take it you're Ken, then?
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Old Aug 22, 2008 | 06:06 PM
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Photobucket is acting up for me, so here's a few update pics as attatchments. It's just about done with the exception of the exhaust tips. I got some the other day from a guy that didn't even come close to fitting, I may try hacking up the stock Borla tips to fit.

For the wheels I think I've got her convinced to do black centers w/ pink lips ( ) so we'll see how that works out.
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Old Aug 22, 2008 | 06:37 PM
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Excellent work man, looks great. I'm in Orlando as well so I'm sure I'll see it on the road!
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