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Old 10-06-2009, 02:02 PM
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Default Gave the interior a slight make over...

Was going for a grey burlwood effect, but the end result came out more like granite. Will probably keep it like this for quite a while.

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interesting
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i like it,did u paint it? i know michaels arts and crafts sells funky paint liek that
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I like it. Very stoney! lol
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I saw this in person on Sunday and I must say it looks great!
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Old 10-06-2009, 05:35 PM
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Originally Posted by liltofuboix
interesting
Isn't it though?

Originally Posted by rosedaleny806
i like it,did u paint it? i know michaels arts and crafts sells funky paint liek that
I did in fact paint it myself, but it's just plain acrylic paint and spray paint.

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I like it. Very stoney! lol
Lol thanks!

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I saw this in person on Sunday and I must say it looks great!
It was good meeting you man, let me know if you ever want a helping hand on your stuff. When's the next meet?
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That looks very interesting, quite realistic. Not sure if I would want my car to look like it's made out of stone thought.
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Originally Posted by AndreyCo
That looks very interesting, quite realistic. Not sure if I would want my car to look like it's made out of stone thought.
If you or anyone else want it to look like something else(maybe wood) let me know...
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Do the whole exterior! lol
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that does look good.. if you were looking for burlwood or anything classictrimwtp.com does a really good job

http://www.classictrimwtp.com/gallery.html?topcoll=1

click on wood there and you can see some pics of their designs.. i had a BSP carbon fiber print done on my interior trim.. about to send my window switches, steering wheel trim, and engine cover to be done as well
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Originally Posted by XD40tC
Do the whole exterior! lol
LOL that would take weeks....The A,B, and C pillars are all going be painted as an ash burl, or dark birdseye.
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so all those pieces are just held on by clips? looks good btw
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Looks pretty good!
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Did you sand that obnoxious texture out of the gauge panel? I couldn't tell.
Hit the vent rings and the pieces on the steering wheel!!! I painted all of my interior pieces body color. Looks great!

Yours is a bit different, and I can dig it!
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Originally Posted by xseveredveganx
Did you sand that obnoxious texture out of the gauge panel? I couldn't tell.
Hit the vent rings and the pieces on the steering wheel!!! I painted all of my interior pieces body color. Looks great!

Yours is a bit different, and I can dig it!
Sure did! The vent rings are all painted gunmetal grey.
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gotta say that looks pretty good. did you hit the steering wheel trim too? it's the one piece i've been scared to attempt to pull to paint.
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Originally Posted by randomsuper
gotta say that looks pretty good. did you hit the steering wheel trim too? it's the one piece i've been scared to attempt to pull to paint.
didn't you do like an all blue trim job that i wanted badly?
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