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Old May 16, 2005 | 11:12 PM
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ORIGINAL paint buffed out...*pix*

hey guys, ive had my paint buffed out and when i say that i mean high speed buffed, not an orbital, me and my co-worker did it. im happy with the results, cant count how many times people ask me where i got my car painted at..haha..
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Old May 16, 2005 | 11:17 PM
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Sweet!!!
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Old May 16, 2005 | 11:26 PM
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looks awesome, I wish I could've just done that with my car but instead next week its going in for paint and 2300 CDN later hopefully it will look awesome and turn heads once again...
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Old May 16, 2005 | 11:31 PM
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DAMN!!!! Nice!!!
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Old May 16, 2005 | 11:35 PM
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nice work man, thats damn shiney!
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Old May 16, 2005 | 11:36 PM
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yeah the colors look diff in some of the pics sorry bout that one
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Old May 17, 2005 | 07:23 AM
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great job!!!
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Old May 17, 2005 | 07:45 AM
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Is it bad to wax a car that's got oxidation marks on it? Will it help any?

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Old May 17, 2005 | 09:09 AM
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that is really nice. what type of wax did u use and what brand?
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Old May 17, 2005 | 11:18 AM
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wow
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Old May 17, 2005 | 02:34 PM
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damn bro that **** is hella clean...........you have come a long *** way from the nova hahaha....... keep up the clean grown *** man look!!! doesnt look like a 19 yo owns it fo sho
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Old May 17, 2005 | 02:49 PM
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Very nice!
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Old May 17, 2005 | 03:58 PM
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hey man...looking good...i have an 84 gsl that looks about the same

i really wish some place online sold remade front valences for cheap...seems like they are ALWAYS torn to hell...
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Old May 17, 2005 | 04:18 PM
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Man that looks awesome. Goes to show its all about the right stuff.
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Old May 17, 2005 | 05:03 PM
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That looks sweet. Just need to fix the front lip.
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Old May 17, 2005 | 05:27 PM
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I wish mine looked that good.
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Old May 17, 2005 | 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Tech_Greek
Is it bad to wax a car that's got oxidation marks on it? Will it help any?

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no its not bad to wax what you have, but it wont help at all, just spend the 100 bucks and get it buffed, imo i think its worth it.
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Old May 17, 2005 | 06:49 PM
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What do you mean get it buffed? Do body shops do heavy buffing like that? Will it take out oxidation?



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Old May 17, 2005 | 07:56 PM
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wow thats bad^ it wont totaly get rid of it but it will help..
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Old May 17, 2005 | 08:08 PM
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I'll just wait on the paint job, all I'm doing is paying for supplies, buddy owes me a big favor! :P $300

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Old May 17, 2005 | 08:27 PM
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Nice paint, and the best 1st gen color too! One of my GSLs has a new paint job, brown metallic like the original, but not nearly as nice as the other two that have their original paint.
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Old May 17, 2005 | 09:31 PM
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For mild oxidation I've had excellent luck with McGuirer's paint cleaner. Really brings out the shine. But that pic looks pretty severe, not sure if it would help that much. Maybe a strong rubbing compound or something...
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Old May 18, 2005 | 03:18 AM
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3M makes some great polishing compounds that really help with oxidation and scrathes. I've used them on my GSL-SE as well.



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Old May 18, 2005 | 02:12 PM
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wow! that SE is soo clean. Hopefully i can get mine to look like that soon, but first i need a engine rebuild
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Old May 19, 2005 | 01:00 AM
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All this talk of buffing...

They looked so nice above, that I had to go out today and polish mine :-)





Some more if interested :-)
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