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04-18-07, 04:54 AM
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im pissed now sam, my car looked pretty bad before but now if you park near me it will look even worse. car looks good , just get it back together before the meet. congrats
04-18-07, 07:49 PM
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the place that painted his car did not want to paint and warranty the hood being they did not do the body work on it. I think sam is going to have his buddy match the paint of the car and paint his custom hood
04-20-07, 07:20 PM
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Well, actaully, I'm either painting the custom hood black, or doing a carbon fiber wrap on it. The APC stuff is coming off. I just haven't decided what to put back on it. I wanted to post up some pics today before our local meet tomorrow, but I spent the all day getting the the 17's back on it, reundercoating the fender wells, cleaning the interior, and giving the girl a bath. I promise to get new pics this weekend. I apreciate the commets guys. This has been a long and sometimes painfull project. This car has been a reminder for me to appreciate how beautiful these cars are.
01-05-08, 05:34 PM
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Well.......it's been a while since I updated this thread. I do have something to add that's not as much as a performance addition, but still an addition all the same. When getting the paint and body work taken care of, I made a desicion too stay away from the body kit. The stock body lines were starting to grow on me, once I got rid of the molding and emblems. That left the 17"s I had on there sticking out like a sore thumb. After a long painstaking search, I have finally found a nice clean set of 15"X7" ROH Snypers. I think all the hard work is finally paying off.
01-08-08, 06:29 PM
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Thanks guys. I appreciate the comments. I never thought that I would ever get this car to this piont. I didn't want to throw a bunch of money at it, and never appreciate all the hard work. It's easy to take a car to a shop, give them all your money, and you take credit for it. But it's so satisfying to be able to tell someone, "yeh, I made that part" or " I did all the labor myself". There have only been a few things that I have to credit to other people, but I love every sweat and tear that I have put in this project.
01-10-08, 02:51 AM
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Excellant job man I love the color worth every penny when you do things yourself and the self gratitude is even better Now i get to park my car next weekend so i can do basicly the same thing but when my car is done im giving it to my daughter mine will not be built on performance though it will be all stock still with some upgrades to ignition maybe carb work and all interior work Great Job
03-05-08, 02:25 PM
#47
It's been a long and cold couple of months. Now that we are getting some nice warm days around here, I decided to start finishing up a few things on the interior that I have been putting off. If anyone else has burgandy interior, then you know what I starting to get into. The rear speaker panels have some sevier sun fade, as did the rear carpet. I had picked up a good rear carpet a while back, but it's black. Add the faded speaker panels, and it starts looking like crap in the hatch. Well I decided (after talking to good friend the other day who told me about SEM) to try and refinish those panels. I always doubt any claim of "spray painting" plastic, but there are some newer products out there specifically for that. So........it couldn't look any worse? Anywho, here is the products I picked up for the job. SEM burgandy interior paint, and SEM Solve adheasive and wax remover. I also used Scotch Brite pads to scuff them up and remove small scratches. Just let me say to do this in a WELL ventilated area. This is some stinky stuff.
I sprayed several thin coats to keep from having any runs. This is how it is recommended.
Both sides with 5 coats of paint.
Back installed in the car. This paint states that it can also be used on carpet. If another can can do the hatch carpet area, I might be doing that next
.
I sprayed several thin coats to keep from having any runs. This is how it is recommended.
Both sides with 5 coats of paint.
Back installed in the car. This paint states that it can also be used on carpet. If another can can do the hatch carpet area, I might be doing that next
.
