Wash, wax and a kinda new camera

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May 19, 2008 | 12:16 AM
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I bought the camera as a Christmas present to myself and still learning some of it's features. A true SLR digital by Sony which I already had lenses to fit. It takes all the AF lenses from my Minolta MAXXIM 35mm.

Paint looks great from 20 ft away, but there are blemishes and prep work flaws that mostly only I notice. Maaco at its best, but some of that has been repainted due to fender benders, none of which were my fault.

To the pictures...

And to the obvious question, yes the GFX have been textured because I was tired of fixing the nose all the time for steep drives and curbs...





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May 19, 2008 | 12:24 AM
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nice! whats up w/ the bumpy gfx? is it spay on bedliner or something?
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May 19, 2008 | 12:28 AM
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And here I was thinking purple would look horrible on these cars. That's hot Al. The textured doesn't look bad, surprisingly enough.
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May 19, 2008 | 12:37 AM
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I've had the stuff on there about a year now and scuffed the nose a few times. Holds up pretty good, but a little difficult to clean. Yes it is a bedliner
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May 19, 2008 | 09:24 AM
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I would try driving with a little more care, or a clear bra long before putting bedliner on a camaro. Car looks nice, but the bedliner is a downgrade IMO.
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May 19, 2008 | 03:46 PM
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It's not a matter of driving carefully or not, but more of practicality. As often as I have to ride the ferry in the Seattle/Bremerton area and as steep as they set the ramps sometimes for loading and offloading, it's not "if" the air dam gets scuffed, but "when" because it will happen, this is my daily driver. Whether you like it or not isn't my concern, but I appreciate the input.
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May 24, 2008 | 07:46 AM
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That purple is awesome. It reminds me of the purple 1995 Firebird Formula I had a while back. Is it the same paint code?
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May 24, 2008 | 01:11 PM
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I think it is the same paint code. Hawaiian Orchid is the color, also called Purple Haze.
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May 24, 2008 | 03:27 PM
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whered u get the sidemarkers pm plz
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May 24, 2008 | 05:39 PM
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Quote: whered u get the sidemarkers pm plz

They're e-Bay clear markers that I have applied Nite-Shades to. The park lights are the stockers I have done the same thing to.
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May 24, 2008 | 07:07 PM
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Looking good, not feeling the textured look, but it serves a purpose for you.
Hawaiian Orchid & Maui Blue are beautiful colors....cause I see them everyday .
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May 25, 2008 | 01:52 PM
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Quote: They're e-Bay clear markers that I have applied Nite-Shades to. The park lights are the stockers I have done the same thing to.
cool man thanx
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May 26, 2008 | 04:59 PM
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Quote: I would try driving with a little more care, or a clear bra long before putting bedliner on a camaro. Car looks nice, but the bedliner is a downgrade IMO.

Quote: It's not a matter of driving carefully or not, but more of practicality. As often as I have to ride the ferry in the Seattle/Bremerton area and as steep as they set the ramps sometimes for loading and offloading, it's not "if" the air dam gets scuffed, but "when" because it will happen, this is my daily driver. Whether you like it or not isn't my concern, but I appreciate the input.
PWNED
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May 26, 2008 | 08:15 PM
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I like the bed liner idea. I might do that now. It is really annoying from the debris kicking up and scuffing my chin and all of these road entrances that make your car dip and scratch the crud out of it. I don't care anymore. Your car looks awesome!!
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Jun 2, 2008 | 06:24 PM
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That was about 200 or 2001 I had it done. I got their $1200 job and it's held up pretty good (at least the parts that are still Maaco paint). The driver side fender, hood and nose have all been repainted elsewhere due to three different incidents, all in parking lots or service centers with me not in the car.
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Jun 2, 2008 | 09:54 PM
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To keep this on topic, if you search, it's all over the board many times over. I replied to some of those posts.
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Jun 5, 2008 | 09:57 PM
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You reversing up steep driveways also then? Other then the bedliner is looks pretty good.
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