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Old Jan 8, 2003 | 08:14 PM
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Finally Getting Some Paint

I'm so happy my car is getting painted =) Saved up some money plus got together all the Christmas money I got from relatives and my car is in the shop now. So far they've taken car of some rust spots and are smoothing out some imperfections on my hood. I was going to take pictures of the progress but my digi cam had run out of batteries. I'm getting it painted black with a small bit of white pearl. The best part is that its only gonna cost me a little bit over the cost of meterials. Some one owes my dad a favor so I'm getting a great deal at a really good shop =) I'll try and get some pictures of in progress work and the finished product. The only picture I currently have for now is on my sig until my friend comes back from Europe and I can get the rest of the before pics from his computer. Sorry for ranting I'm just happy I'm finally getting this done. Hope your projects are going along well.
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Old Jan 8, 2003 | 09:55 PM
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nice man......that is gonna be a sweet color......cant wait to see pics!
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Old Jan 8, 2003 | 09:58 PM
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Black with white pearl sounds like it'll look bad ***, I can't wait to see it finished.
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Old Jan 9, 2003 | 03:20 PM
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Sounds good, how much for materials??
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Old Jan 12, 2003 | 03:26 AM
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I'm not exactly sure, its Dupont though...I do know that the whole thing is gonna cost me under a grand...materials, body work and paintjob. Part of the reason its also so cheap is that its being done in Mexico, where labor doesn't cost nearly as much as here to begin with. I'm pretty much getting a paintjob that would cost a few grand here in the states for under 1k.
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Old Jan 12, 2003 | 12:22 PM
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cant wait to see it!! sounds awesome..
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Old Jan 24, 2003 | 07:22 AM
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Well here are a few pics of my car having some work done to it....Its actually almost done now so I'll should have some finished pics soon.



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Old Jan 26, 2003 | 10:42 AM
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sweet man, now all u need is some formula wheels :rockon:
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Old Jan 26, 2003 | 11:37 AM
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Very nice dude, I can't wait to see the finished product!!!
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Old Jan 26, 2003 | 06:05 PM
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i can't wait to see the black with white pearl paint. should look real nice
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