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Old 06-07-2012, 06:32 PM
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Fresh Buff - Original Paint

I just got the car out again and did a fresh buff with some new products I have been looking into. Orders a Porter Cable Buffer and a bunch of Pinnacle Products. Here is the result:

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Old 06-07-2012, 06:33 PM
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Photos Done by my buddy Tony Berkshire.

Let me know what you think, pros and cons.
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That thing looks great! I like the stripes on the fenders too. good job!
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Car looks awesome! Love the 2 tone GS stripes! Are your wheels 17/18 combo or just 17's?
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How did u customize the third brake light with your name? Sweet looking car too
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I like the stripes on the front fender tbh, and the color is sexy. I like darker reds
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They are actually 18" all the way around. Got fatter bigger tires in the back though
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Your pictures are awesome! Man do I wish I had a photographer buddy to take pics of my junk. I love the color combo and the grandsport theme. Very cool car.

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Awesome can man, but not likeing the mud flaps. My car had them on it and I took them off before I evern got her home. over all super nice car.
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Your pictures are awesome! Man do I wish I had a photographer buddy to take pics of my junk. I love the color combo and the grandsport theme. Very cool car.

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Thanks Man! I used to live in Fort Collins man! Close to where you are at now! COTM nomination would be awesome!

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Awesome can man, but not likeing the mud flaps. My car had them on it and I took them off before I evern got her home. over all super nice car.
I never really had any opinion on them or even thought about them being on for that matter. I'll take a look at em and see how I feel about them.
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Thanks Man! I used to live in Fort Collins man! Close to where you are at now! COTM nomination would be awesome!
I was born and raised in FOCO. I just moved to Windsor last year. How long ago, and did you have your IROC? Maybe I have seen you?
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I lived there until '10. Yeah I had my IROC but the engine was out and never even saw one inch of road there. I would have loved to take her into the hills behind horse tooth or Poudre Valley. Gahhh makes me drool.
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Just a lil VHT on the Tailights..

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If you wet sand that vht with 2500 grit, and polish with your porter cable, it'll look like the lights came "smoked" from the factory.
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If you wet sand that vht with 2500 grit, and polish with your porter cable, it'll look like the lights came "smoked" from the factory.

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When done right, they can come out pretty good. That's the last set I did. The key is perfect prepwork along with consistant spray pattern. I throw away the can once it hits about 25% left because it starts spattering inconsistantly. I've since moved on to guns with "dropped" clearcoat.
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I already Sanded and polished them out. I used 2000 grit sandpaper and my buffer. They turned out good. I wasn't going for a "blackout" look, just a smoked look. Thanks!
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Your Iroc is gorgeous! I don't think the mud flaps on the rear look bad, but front not so good. Great photography also, love the gates of the grave yard. What color is your interior? Does it look as good as the outside?
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Car looks great...why the depressing backgrounds?
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Amazing
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Ok, since everybody is doing nothing but praising the car, I need to throw a negative at ya. It's too dark! Take it from someone with the same color. If the pictures aren't taken within a 3 minute window of lighting perfection, the dark red metallic photos very poorly.

In all seriousness, the car looks good. Good luck getting that 3 minute lighting window that our color car requires. I found really good light at midday on an overcast day, otherwise, my photos are always too dark.
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Your Iroc is gorgeous! I don't think the mud flaps on the rear look bad, but front not so good. Great photography also, love the gates of the grave yard. What color is your interior? Does it look as good as the outside?
The interior is the black type. It is in good condition. Dash pad is cracked though and the seats are a little faded but no rips or tears in the seats or anything.

Originally Posted by Arvizu9618
Car looks great...why the depressing backgrounds?
I thought the gates look pretty neat and have never seen anything like it in car photos. I never thought of it as depressing just a sweet gate. Plus the black wheels give it a dark evil look so I thought it suited it well.


Originally Posted by scottmoyer
Ok, since everybody is doing nothing but praising the car, I need to throw a negative at ya. It's too dark! Take it from someone with the same color. If the pictures aren't taken within a 3 minute window of lighting perfection, the dark red metallic photos very poorly.

In all seriousness, the car looks good. Good luck getting that 3 minute lighting window that our color car requires. I found really good light at midday on an overcast day, otherwise, my photos are always too dark.
Thanks for the critique. We didn't plan on a specific time of day to take photos. Me and my buddy just got off work and figured it would be a good time to take them. So nothing was serious professionally planned. It was about dusk time but I like the dark reflections of the paint on this. If it's too bright the car looks like a light red which looks terrible. It all depends on clouds in the area, sun position, and plenty other factors. I've never done any research on automobile photography.
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