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Old 03-30-2009, 12:46 PM
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Default Stole a piece of sean's car.

well I bought it anyway since he couldn't use it.



Mcdonalds special baby! Now here's the Q...

Should I just strip the mustard yellow paint off and leave it the black powdercoat finish it is originally, or strip it all off and polish it?

engine bay looks like this right now.
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Old 03-30-2009, 12:53 PM
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I think black would look better...
 
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Old 03-30-2009, 01:27 PM
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Leave that yellow, its good for 10rwhp!!!


but actually paint it black, the polished would not match at all.
 
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Old 03-30-2009, 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by mustangvsix
Leave that yellow, its good for 10rwhp!!!


but actually paint it black, the polished would not match at all.
Ditto!~
 
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Old 03-30-2009, 01:46 PM
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So you guys are basically saying a polished STB in my engine bay, would be like putting a gloss black 03/04 cobra spoiler on an entirely white car then, right?!
 
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Old 03-30-2009, 01:51 PM
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Originally Posted by PColav6
So you guys are basically saying a polished STB in my engine bay, would be like putting a gloss black 03/04 cobra spoiler on an entirely white car then, right?!
Who said anything about gloss black?

Actually, white could look good with the rest of your car.. IDK, may be too bright for all of the plastic. On the other hand, the yellow would match your dura-crap battery quite nicely!
 
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Old 03-30-2009, 02:16 PM
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your missing 2 cylinders
 
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Old 03-30-2009, 04:00 PM
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What dumbass painted that **** yellow . Although yellow matches the Pee-Cola theme rahter nicely....

White would look really cool actually, but wouldn't wear too well because the hood-liner rubs it slightly. You can see the wear spots on the top corner. Black always looks good, but if you plan on a polished manifold like you were talking about before the stb would look great polished. So what I'm basically saying is if you decide to go with the polished manifold polish the stb too, if not black. Lol.
 
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Old 03-30-2009, 04:01 PM
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I like how Pcola put like all of his weights on one dumbbell and conveniently placed it in the first pic. :P
 
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Old 03-30-2009, 04:08 PM
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I wanted to be different, so I voted polish.
 
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Old 03-30-2009, 04:33 PM
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I like that one better then mine, minus the color though.
 
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Old 03-30-2009, 04:35 PM
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Looks like everyone wants to be black around here. Well I stripped all of the yellow off (and the black underneath), aircraft stripper is some good ****. lol. I guess I'll paint it black for now. Fuggin weather's going to be **** tomorrow-friday so I won't be able to get it done till the weekend.



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I like how Pcola put like all of his weights on one dumbbell and conveniently placed it in the first pic. :P
Conveneniently placed my ***, those dumbells are only 21lb. lol
 
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Old 03-30-2009, 04:40 PM
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I voted black. Unless you plan to polish anything else under the hood it won't match anything and be a lot of up-keep.
 
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Old 03-30-2009, 04:54 PM
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I actully want to see what It would look like color matched to the car. But it needs to actully be the same color white not some random can of white from autozone.
 
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Old 03-30-2009, 04:57 PM
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To give an idea of color matched.



 
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Old 03-30-2009, 05:21 PM
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I dont see ****.
 
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Old 03-30-2009, 05:27 PM
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black!
 
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Old 03-30-2009, 06:09 PM
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Originally Posted by SeanStang
To give an idea of color matched.



Failure at pics
 
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Old 03-30-2009, 10:52 PM
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Same here I think Black
 
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Old 03-30-2009, 10:54 PM
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Originally Posted by spike_africa
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I dont see ****.
Originally Posted by PColav6
Failure at pics
What the **** are you guys talking about? I see the pics fine, even when Kevin quoted it.
 
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Old 03-30-2009, 10:57 PM
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I dont see em
 
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Old 03-30-2009, 11:25 PM
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I've been able to see the pics fine every since the thread started.
 
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Old 03-31-2009, 12:32 AM
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if you still have the hood liner on your hood, take it off, you dont need it. i have had mine off for two and a half years and my hood is fine. that will solve the rubbing problem that sean was talking about
 
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Old 03-31-2009, 08:45 AM
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Originally Posted by SeanStang
What the **** are you guys talking about? I see the pics fine, even when Kevin quoted it.
You can right click them and copy the links... But hot linking isn't working.
 
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Old 03-31-2009, 08:35 PM
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Both will look good but if you already have a little experience with polishing just go for it since most of the prep work is spraying on aircraft remover it should be easy. You shouldnt have to sand anything. Then go ahead and polish a few more things under the hood to make it look more showy.
 
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Old 04-05-2009, 04:31 PM
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Finally got the primer on, color tomorrow.
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And did this
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After I'm done with this I'm going to repaint the CAI, so it will be glossy to match.
 

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Old 04-05-2009, 04:45 PM
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Lookin' good.
 
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Old 04-05-2009, 04:56 PM
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i seriously want his car if he sells it.. everything he does is so professional and tediously done.
 
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Old 04-05-2009, 05:19 PM
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Originally Posted by krenogin
i seriously want his car if he sells it.. everything he does is so professional and tediously done.
Haha..thanks. I wish I could say that about the vinyl blackout though..that was the hardest mod I've ever done, doesn't look so great upclose. Going to get some quotes to have it painted gloss black and get all of the spoiler holes filled this summer...I'm not selling this car with a wing on it.
 
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Old 04-05-2009, 05:37 PM
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That blackout looks awesome.
 


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