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Re: Paint day is Friday!!
Posted: October 19th, 2009, 4:15 pm
by _-Night-Shade-_
wytbishop wrote:Wow that's really cheap. I bet the same work will cost me $4k here. Nice color. I really like it.
...That's like more than the car. For that kind of money I'd rather teach myself how to do it.
Re: Paint day is Friday!!
Posted: October 19th, 2009, 6:34 pm
by wytbishop
I already have waaaay more than $4k investied in this thing. Although you're right, I will do as much of the work myself as I can.
Re: Paint day is Friday!!
Posted: October 19th, 2009, 8:22 pm
by Dark_Rider2k3
Yeah the guy who did the job.. my dad's known him for ages.. been doing cars for 43 years.. and his son is just as good.. he does a lot of custom graphics (his son).. so they are really good people.
More pics shortly.
Re: Paint day is Friday!!
Posted: October 19th, 2009, 9:22 pm
by Dark_Rider2k3
ok 3 new pics from tonight:
Just some small things for them to do tomorrow.. but yeah almost done!
Re: Paint day is Friday!!
Posted: October 19th, 2009, 10:38 pm
by _-Night-Shade-_
It's not even the paint that gets me goin' but the clearcoat!

Look at that! It's like glass!
Re: Paint day is Friday!!
Posted: October 19th, 2009, 10:40 pm
by Dark_Rider2k3
Re: Paint day is Friday!!
Posted: October 20th, 2009, 1:01 am
by Inodoro Pereyra
Congratulations Dark_Ricer...er...I mean..."Rider"...
Finally all the waiting is about to pay off.
I'm amazed at the shine on that hood...

Re: Paint day is Friday!!
Posted: October 20th, 2009, 9:59 am
by Dark_Rider2k3
The rest of the car doesn't shine as much simply because they brought the car back into the shop to do some small things and it was getting dusty.. so they are cleaning it up now.
1 Hour until I get my car back

Re: Paint day is Friday!!
Posted: October 20th, 2009, 12:12 pm
by Dark_Rider2k3
Re: Paint day is Friday!!
Posted: October 20th, 2009, 12:16 pm
by _-Night-Shade-_
Wow man, looks sick! Big gap between the hood and bumper though

Re: Paint day is Friday!!
Posted: October 20th, 2009, 12:27 pm
by marcdh
Fantastic! Did they park your snow plough into the curb?! Banter aside, it looks fantastic.
Re: Paint day is Friday!!
Posted: October 20th, 2009, 12:49 pm
by Dark_Rider2k3
_-Night-Shade-_ wrote:Wow man, looks sick! Big gap between the hood and bumper though

Yeah I asked about it and he said that's the best he could do without f'ing up the fiberglass. He has the hood bend straight (and if you look from the side you can see the hood is perfectly aligned with the side), but the bumper is just a tad bit off...
I also have to ask about the turn signals on the front too.. they need to be put in their spot haha.
but yeah other then that it's awesome

Re: Paint day is Friday!!
Posted: October 20th, 2009, 12:53 pm
by _-Night-Shade-_
Yeah I guess some of those aftermarket bumpers just have shitty alignment.
Re: Paint day is Friday!!
Posted: October 20th, 2009, 1:56 pm
by Dark_Rider2k3
It almost looks like it sags around the headlight/hood area.. but it's looking at the sides when you see everything is right, it's just got an off alignment.
still happy with the results though
Re: Paint day is Friday!!
Posted: October 20th, 2009, 2:27 pm
by solo_ryder
Paint looks decent man.