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  1. 11-13-2008, 12:03 AM #41
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    wow that looks great! very clean work and attention to detail, wish i had a shop local to me like that without charging an arm and leg.
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  2. 11-13-2008, 12:23 AM #42
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    damn man... a lot of work done since ive seen it last week...if you need a hand on the reasemble to get it done in time for next week let me know....if im off i will try to come through
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  3. 11-13-2008, 12:26 AM #43
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    that looks great Brian. Can't wait to see more
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  4. 11-13-2008, 01:07 AM #44
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    I cant wait til you finish this thing dude.
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  5. 11-13-2008, 09:45 PM #45
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    Ok so it is finally PAINTED!!!

    Now some good news and some bad news. The good news, even with large flakes, the color laid down very evenly and smooth. The bad news is yesterday I asked the painter if he wanted to shape the sideskirts now or wait until after the car was painted, he didnt want to do it then, so he said to wait until it was painted. We baked the car for two 45 minute cycles at 150 degrees in order to get it to cure. The painter tells me an hour later that he wants to test fit the sideskirts, we do and bam it scratches the bottom part of the fender. Not a big deal because once its installed, it covers the scratch, but he is going to fix it tomorrow anyway. Even after baking it twice, the clear is still soft, so we need to give it a few days.The next issue as we are taking all the masking tape off, we see a small dent in the right front door, WTF!!!! We spent 15+ hours wetsanding this car with guide coat, when I left last night, where wasnt a single flaw on this car. So then one of the prep guys fessed up that he was trying to clean the roof and he leaned up against the car, but he said he didnt notice a ding or else he would have told us before we painted it. The good news is, the ding is above the door reinforcement bar but below the body line, so we have full access to it from inside the door, we are going to have a paintless dent removal guy take it out on monday, so that will be gone. More good news, this clearcoat is AMAZING. Its worth every god damn penny. The shine this car has straight out of the booth is insane. My first 8g and this one never shined like this, even after a full polish/detail. I could honestly say that if I wanted to, I could skip wetsanding and compounding the clear coat and just leave it as it, thats how well it shines. Being that the paint is still "soft", my plan on starting re-assembly tomorrow has been changed. I am not touching this damn thing til monday, I want to wait at least 48 hours for that clear to really cure.

    So here are some pics.

    this is the acura basecoat being applied...





    damn even after an hour or so of cleaning, the engine bay is still FILTHY



    and after a base of acura silver, 3 bases of the mclaren silver and 3 coats of clear







    this roof was sooo dinged up before, now its perfectly smooth..






    if you look at the front of the fender, you can see how sparkly the finish is, even with this crappy camera
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  6. 11-13-2008, 10:08 PM #46
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    looking hot man the sparkle will be damn good noticible hahaha shine on boy
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  7. 11-13-2008, 10:25 PM #47
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    WOW!!! I can't believe i am only now seeing this thread! way sick bro! I will have to keep an eye on this
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    Coming along nicely Brian. Good job dude.
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  9. 11-13-2008, 10:46 PM #49
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    impressed... which my paint was that well done..
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    damn dude that is a great finish! gonna me straight sex when its all said and done
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ivory8g View Post
    damn dude that is a great finish! gonna me straight sex when its all said and done
    Yea, its just foreplay now...lol

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  13. 11-14-2008, 01:39 AM #53
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    amazing came out super clean
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    WOW, that is pure sex

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    The paint job looks really good so far...can't wait till you get it all put together and see the final product.

    All these new paint jobs recently I have seen...really really makes depressed that I can't get one right now.

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    wow very nice... i like the engine bay the most so far :)
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    Nice...I sure wish I could play my own xbox right now...
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    Quote Originally Posted by VegasMatt View Post
    Nice...I sure wish I could play my own xbox right now...
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    looks great brian!
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