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Car repainted, so far so good.

Old May 10, 2008 | 08:07 PM
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Car repainted, so far so good.

So my whole car is being repainted, all dings knocked out and a few other goodies added on\fixed. Hopefully im picking it up on Tuesday

but this is whats going on so far:

stipped




fresh paint




Enjoy


update...

this is the most current picture that I have...



5\20\08... almost done!


 

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Old May 11, 2008 | 12:11 AM
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looking good so far.
 
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Old May 11, 2008 | 12:13 AM
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Are you painting it plain black?
 
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Old May 11, 2008 | 12:29 AM
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Yep, plain black.. don't really feel like going crazy w\ a color because I live in the north east...
 
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Old May 11, 2008 | 12:31 AM
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plain black is boring =/
 
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Old May 11, 2008 | 12:31 AM
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would have gone IP... and yes, i own a black car. too much hassle to keep clean
 
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Old May 11, 2008 | 12:34 AM
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Nah... i like black, i've had a silver car and a white car before and black is different. Plus I like how everything looks with black.
 
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Old May 11, 2008 | 12:35 AM
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Should have at least added some metallic flakes!
 
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Old May 11, 2008 | 12:38 AM
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Thats what I said to the guy that painted it and he said for some reason the flake doesn't come through that well... He said the flake makes it look dull from certain angles. I don't know paint that well so I just went with it.
 
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Old May 11, 2008 | 12:44 AM
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metallic flakes are money!
 
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Old May 11, 2008 | 12:45 AM
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LOL +1 I agree.
 
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Old May 11, 2008 | 12:45 AM
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Shoulda just left it sanded,that would be original.
 
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Old May 11, 2008 | 03:10 AM
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^^^ Lol
 
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Old May 11, 2008 | 01:34 PM
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should've put on beater rims. hopefully they won't mess up your rims.
 
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Old May 11, 2008 | 01:46 PM
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