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Old 11-15-01, 10:21 PM
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Talking My freshly painted GSL-SE

I am so proud. It needs a decent front grill. Anyone here with a spare?
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Unhappy 2nd attempt......

Ok, the pic above sucked. This one is a lot better.
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nice lookin ride. looks clean
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very nice, how much did that set you back? I gotta get mine painted this summer along with a buttload of bodywork.

I'm so jealous of you guys with nice lookin 7's. <sighs> Oh well, this summer I hope :p

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Thumbs up Yippee-ki-yo-ti-yay....

What a fantastic little pony! You've got every right to be proud. Agree with speckamp, all my cars need paint-jobs, and a good job is soooo damn expensive. Wonder what it would be like to just do the Karate Kid? Wax on, wax off....

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You need to reply to those that post a question regarding your pain job cost. If anything out pure courtesy for others....
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You need to reply to those that post a question regarding your pain job cost. If anything out pure courtesy for
Chill out man, not everyone's on the forum 24/7.

Beautiful paint job btw!!
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nice one man looks like mine just alot cleaner hehe
im thinking of painting mine a dark yellow what u guys think?
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Nice. I think they look better with no grille anyway.
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paint job cost

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You need to reply to those that post a question regarding your pain job cost. If anything out pure courtesy for others....
Sorry, could not reply earlier. I have a friend at work who does custom paint jobs and he did me a favor and did this for 800 bucks. I had lots of body work done also. total cost was 1100 which inluded the clearcoat. Yes, I got lucky with this one.
Actually, the pic was taken right after it came out of his garage. Since then, i have polished the wheels and put a good coat of wax on it. Looks even better.

I am looking to get a 2nd gen to fix up next, around jan-feb.
Does anyone here has one to get rid off??
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did you remove the side moldings to paint or did he paint around them?
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Is that the stock sunrise red paint?
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just make yourself a front grille, it'll look unique, and if you do it right, it'll still look ok and keep the roadkill from smacking your radiator.
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by rxtasy
did you remove the side moldings to paint or did he paint around them? [/QUOT

he did a good masking job on it but it still needed some touch-up in that area. I thought of removing the molding but I just thought it would be too much to ask of him. You may have paint overspray on the top edge of the molding but you can actually shave it off with a blade and make it look good.
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Originally posted by nimrodTT
Is that the stock sunrise red paint?
No but it is fairly close. It's candy red urathane made by nason. I was gonna get the sunrise red but O'reilly's had a super deal on this one.
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Originally posted by Barwick
just make yourself a front grille, it'll look unique, and if you do it right, it'll still look ok and keep the roadkill from smacking your radiator.
OK, you got me interested. Anyone done this? Any links to pics? I would be glad to hear more on someone having made his own grill.
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O'reilly's sells paint that doesn't come in a spray can? ...I never knew.
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Originally posted by nimrodTT
O'reilly's sells paint that doesn't come in a spray can? ...I never knew.
Around here they do and they actually train the managers in automotive finishes, paint process etc. The guy I dealt with, told us exactly what we needed and the correct way to go about it for the kind of paint I bought. The results were very good
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