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that was a cool little get together at my house. whats funny is that there was another 7 there that didnt make any of the pics. my fc in the garage. lol. so i saw 9 rx7s today. 90 na. 88t2. 88 vert. 88 gxl. 86na. 82 and 85 gsl. 83 limited edition. not bad fellas.
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Originally Posted by LizardFC
The story on the Cheeto...
It was originally Dover White, and up until about 2 years ago it was in really good shape. I've seen pictures of what it used to look like. Then someone got ahold of it and decided to paint a crappy single-stage construction orange right over the nice factory clearcoat. No prepwork at all, just threw paint on it. He (I know only a guy would do this) even took the time to paint the door jams and a lot of the interior pieces. So when I got it, I noticed that the paint was chipping in places so I tried a little paint thinner on it and the stuff came off. I've spent a lot of time trying to unpaint this car without messing up the clearcoat underneath. Not an easy task.
I'm not a fan of orange, either.
It was originally Dover White, and up until about 2 years ago it was in really good shape. I've seen pictures of what it used to look like. Then someone got ahold of it and decided to paint a crappy single-stage construction orange right over the nice factory clearcoat. No prepwork at all, just threw paint on it. He (I know only a guy would do this) even took the time to paint the door jams and a lot of the interior pieces. So when I got it, I noticed that the paint was chipping in places so I tried a little paint thinner on it and the stuff came off. I've spent a lot of time trying to unpaint this car without messing up the clearcoat underneath. Not an easy task.
I'm not a fan of orange, either.
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Originally Posted by brillofc
your soon to be fb is called the cheese. lol
it was spraypainted yellow when i got it. lol
it was spraypainted yellow when i got it. lol
im going to have el nene 7 or fc3sfreek do the paint on her. when i get enough money.
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cool. any ideas on what color? the factory color looks good and you dont see too many. its like a dark metallic silver with hint of tan. hard to explain. the door jams and unfer the hood are still factory color.
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pics of the car before i bought it.
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pics of the car before i bought it.
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Originally Posted by brillofc
cool. any ideas on what color? the factory color looks good and you dont see too many. its like a dark metallic silver with hint of tan. hard to explain. the door jams and unfer the hood are still factory color.
i dont know why but i LOVE blue fbs.
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Originally Posted by brillofc
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pics of the car before i bought it.
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pics of the car before i bought it.
**crosses fingers***
clean.....define clean >.> Once it warms up a bit im gonna clean my engine bay a bit. Still debating final color when it goes to paint. Im either going to a darker red, or a concept idea of flat/matte black with deep cherry metallic flame licks along the body lines.
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Originally Posted by FirstRotaryExp
clean.....define clean >.> Once it warms up a bit im gonna clean my engine bay a bit. Still debating final color when it goes to paint. Im either going to a darker red, or a concept idea of flat/matte black with deep cherry metallic flame licks along the body lines.
I'd define clean as no body kit, no ugly oversized rims, patches of random stickers, blotchy areas of intense orange paint, etc.