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Old Nov 1, 2007 | 04:09 PM
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post pics ASAP
 
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Old Nov 1, 2007 | 04:11 PM
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I've always wanted to post this! LOL
 
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Old Nov 1, 2007 | 04:16 PM
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I have no idea what that is, what I used was House of Kolor Ice Pearl Gold. The whole job cost me $10k plus.
thats pretty cheap if its including all your parts.

did you paint your car only in the pearl? or did you use liek a HOC base paint first?
 
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Old Nov 1, 2007 | 07:33 PM
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Originally Posted by kris79
thats pretty cheap if its including all your parts.

did you paint your car only in the pearl? or did you use liek a HOC base paint first?
No not including parts... just paint job.. painted all the jams, under the hood, and had the tail lights painted with jus the round circles showing through similar to the Top Secret CF tail light covers. I also had the CF pieces coated with dupont clear.

The paint job itself was 10 stage. They used house of kolor black pearl as the base, 3 coats of that. Then 3 coats of the ice pearl gold, and finally 3 coats of dupont clear over all that.
 
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Old Nov 1, 2007 | 09:25 PM
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No not including parts... just paint job.. painted all the jams, under the hood, and had the tail lights painted with jus the round circles showing through similar to the Top Secret CF tail light covers. I also had the CF pieces coated with dupont clear.

The paint job itself was 10 stage. They used house of kolor black pearl as the base, 3 coats of that. Then 3 coats of the ice pearl gold, and finally 3 coats of dupont clear over all that.

i wanna see! sheit i would ahve went the easy way and did night hawkblack pearl since the outcome would be close
 
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Old Nov 1, 2007 | 11:50 PM
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i wanna see it!!
 
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Old Nov 2, 2007 | 02:59 AM
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where did you go for paint?
 
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Old Nov 2, 2007 | 04:06 AM
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Originally Posted by CarFanatic56
where did you go for paint?
Multi-Craft Autobody on California Dr. in Burlingame
 
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Old Nov 2, 2007 | 06:20 AM
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I thought you were going with a candy red?

We need pics!
 
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Old Nov 10, 2007 | 10:21 PM
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Pix link posted in the first post of this thread... keep in mind lighting wasnt too good and car hasnt been detailed yet. Should look better at meet next weekend.
 
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Old Nov 10, 2007 | 10:30 PM
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car is looking good phil cant wait to see it next week
 
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Old Nov 10, 2007 | 10:31 PM
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not to knock it but i would have expected more out of 10k... but car looks good
 
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Old Nov 10, 2007 | 10:34 PM
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post pics so we can see the gold
 
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Old Nov 10, 2007 | 10:41 PM
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Originally Posted by tomparker22
post pics so we can see the gold

 
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Old Nov 10, 2007 | 10:42 PM
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gotta see it in person to appreciate the effect.. unless the sun is shining hard or i have spot lights on it, my digital cam wont capture the gold at all. most ppl who have seen in person are impressed, but in pics it just kinda looks black.

Too bad fremont meet is at night, if it was mid afternoon, minus rain, good sun.. the car glows gold.
 

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