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Just painted my 85 Rx7!

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Old Sep 30, 2005 | 01:48 PM
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Just painted my 85 Rx7!

Just got it back from the Paint Place!! check out the link and tell me what ya think!

http://www.tamparacing.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=262264
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Old Sep 30, 2005 | 01:56 PM
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Looks great. Now you need an exhaust.
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Old Sep 30, 2005 | 01:59 PM
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Pretty....

Is that H1? Sparkling Black? It's hard to tell 'caust it's all wet...
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Old Sep 30, 2005 | 02:09 PM
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I like black on every car except the 1st gen. With that said it still looks smoking hot.
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Old Sep 30, 2005 | 02:17 PM
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What'd that cost ya?
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Old Sep 30, 2005 | 03:05 PM
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Originally Posted by pinkfloyd
I like black on every car except the 1st gen. With that said it still looks smoking hot.
Yeah, mine is black, and I'm not particularly fond of it. Thinking of going blue or green.
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Old Sep 30, 2005 | 04:13 PM
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Well the painjob cost 249 but I had 10 hours extra sanding done on it to get it perfect, its just Black with a clear coat, no sparkles or anything, I have to admit I didn t wantblack but my friends talked me into it, I think she looks great!
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Old Sep 30, 2005 | 04:22 PM
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looks great, i like the black. drop that thing down an inch and get a new exhaust and it'll look damn sexy. i wanna shave the antenna too
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Old Sep 30, 2005 | 04:27 PM
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Looks great! It's amazing how much new paint dresses up a car. What are your plans for the rest of the car? Motor, interior, etc?
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Old Sep 30, 2005 | 04:31 PM
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Loved my Sparkling Black Metallic... H1
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Old Sep 30, 2005 | 05:45 PM
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Where can I get my car painted that nice for 250 dollars? I'll sand it for 10 hours myself
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Old Sep 30, 2005 | 06:10 PM
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It looks good, although the World Rally blue pearl that i am painting mine is fecking shweet, just something to throw out there. i got a teazure pic pm me if ya wanna c. I think black looks good on our cars,i just can't have a black car in Texas, too hot.
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Old Sep 30, 2005 | 06:30 PM
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Looks awesome, im still in the process of prepping my car and can use all the tips I can get... Any advice?

Thanks!
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Old Sep 30, 2005 | 06:42 PM
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I took my car to maaco, I did TONS of bodywork on it myself before getting the car painted, I took out the rear side markers and layed a layer of fiberglass over them than sanded them down, than bondoed them, as with the Antenna, Im goign to have to take the car back though, because they let the car sit outside adter painting and it rained and now has permanint water marks.
As far as what I have done I have Installed a Mikuni Side Draft Carb +Intake, and a new catalytic converter although I have plans on running a full exhaust, Some good bodywork tips are do it right the first time! you dont want to mess up body work! Make sure you put enough harder in your bondo....and use as little as possible, go to www.ask.com and type in macoo and click on teh Maaco link and type in your zip code and it will find a Maaco near you.
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Old Sep 30, 2005 | 08:50 PM
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wow i have never seen a maaco job that nice... they usually have runs and spray your exhaust and wheels and everything.. not a very good quality place.. but yours turned out nice.
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