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Old Feb 15, 2009 | 07:33 PM
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Got bored Today

Well painted the rear window trim and took the nasty old tint off the car. The pics dont do the trim any justice it looks like new
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Old Feb 15, 2009 | 07:42 PM
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that looks great man. Ive been meaning to do this too... surface rust and primer overspray really subtract from the overall look of a car!
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Old Feb 15, 2009 | 07:46 PM
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^^^^^^ yes sir that is why I did it. Thank you so much. It is funny the TV show muscle car on Spike gave me the idea on how to make it look good.
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Old Feb 15, 2009 | 07:55 PM
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yea, it looks good! I have to do the same thing later this year, as well as the t-top trim and such.
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Old Feb 15, 2009 | 07:57 PM
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the Duplicolor Trim paint is the ****......works well
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Old Feb 15, 2009 | 07:58 PM
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Re: Got bored Today

Looking good, I've been meaning to do that for a while as well
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Old Feb 15, 2009 | 07:59 PM
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Now I just need to change out those nasty suports...LOL
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Old Feb 15, 2009 | 09:58 PM
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Gonna do the exact same to my car when its done being painted. I already have the 3m Black paint.
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Old Feb 15, 2009 | 11:43 PM
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Re: Got bored Today

Originally Posted by Tmic87TPI
that looks great man. Ive been meaning to do this too... surface rust and primer overspray really subtract from the overall look of a car!
haha, thats exactly what mine looks like


Originally Posted by ssean92
^^^^^^ yes sir that is why I did it. Thank you so much. It is funny the TV show muscle car on Spike gave me the idea on how to make it look good.
so how did you make it look good, besides painting it?

it does look really good BTW!
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Old Feb 16, 2009 | 01:28 AM
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yes lookins good i didn the same to the car and i think it just makes it look way better i love getting bored sometimes haha
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Old Feb 16, 2009 | 04:33 AM
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wow the rear hatch window looks so much better without defrost wires running through it. i know thats not what you did, but thats what caught my eye first lol

i'm thinking about doing the same thing to mine. the sun really does a number on it.
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Old Feb 16, 2009 | 07:32 AM
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Re: Got bored Today

Thanks guys for the coments, and yes it does look better with out the defrost lines. And I plan on putting the tint back on before summer but the old tint was nicked and pealing off and made the car look like crap. And the trim is probably one of the best things I have done appearence wise

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Old Feb 16, 2009 | 08:47 AM
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looks great! how did you remove the defrost lines?? i have old tint to take off and i want the lines off as well.
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Old Feb 16, 2009 | 11:58 AM
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I didnt have rear defrost so they were already gone....LOL all I did was take off the tint off the windows
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Old Feb 16, 2009 | 05:55 PM
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Re: Got bored Today

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I didnt have rear defrost so they were already gone....LOL all I did was take off the tint off the windows
I think some thirdgens didn't have rear defrosters from the factory.
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Old Feb 17, 2009 | 09:08 AM
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this car has been in Ga its whole life, so hence the no defrost
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Old Feb 17, 2009 | 11:51 AM
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Re: Got bored Today

That came out real good.How did you do it?
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Old Feb 17, 2009 | 03:28 PM
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Looks great!
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Old Feb 17, 2009 | 04:22 PM
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I taped off it all sanded it down, primed then painted, taping it off and putting the barrier paper on was the longest part...LOL
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