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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 11:53 PM
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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 11:55 PM
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looks terrible.

lol

I like it!
Old Aug 18, 2008 | 11:59 PM
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i probally would of just painted the sides of the waterfall and the shifter trim. the radio door being painted doesnt flow well unless the whole thing is painted, just IMO. nice job tho!
Old Aug 19, 2008 | 12:15 AM
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looks awkward w/o the bottom painted
Old Aug 19, 2008 | 04:03 AM
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looks awkward w/o the bottom painted
agreed! but still the paint job looks nicely done!
Old Aug 19, 2008 | 04:35 AM
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looks good.. not diggin the vvt-i tho.
Old Aug 19, 2008 | 04:41 AM
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paint hte whole thing man.. u wont be disappointed..
Old Aug 19, 2008 | 05:18 AM
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Yeah pop out the vents carefully and paint it all.......it will look really nice......once you did the door to the radio you kinda lopsided the piece.
Old Aug 19, 2008 | 05:23 AM
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did u paint some of the steering wheel too?
Old Aug 19, 2008 | 05:39 AM
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me likes much
Old Aug 19, 2008 | 05:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Rawkerstatus
looks good.. not diggin the vvt-i tho.
X2
Old Aug 19, 2008 | 10:04 PM
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nevermind i just noticed it's actually just a wheel cover
Old Aug 20, 2008 | 06:33 AM
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Great job

Do the steering whl silver spokes next
Old Aug 20, 2008 | 01:38 PM
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yeah what is that wv-i thing or whatever. very silly and out of place looking.
Old Aug 20, 2008 | 06:45 PM
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Originally Posted by no-tec
yeah what is that wv-i thing or whatever. very silly and out of place looking.
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Old Aug 21, 2008 | 04:08 AM
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paint quality looks good...def. get rid of the vvti logo. RICE
Old Aug 23, 2008 | 05:27 PM
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Nice paint job but I think it's not flowing right.
Old Aug 25, 2008 | 06:48 PM
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what's the best/cheapest way to do this? I'd like to paint the waterfall but I don't have any painting exp..
Old Aug 25, 2008 | 07:03 PM
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Originally Posted by freep
paint quality looks good...def. get rid of the vvti logo. RICE
I wouldn't say it's rice... just unncessary.

The paint looks like you did a nice job, but appears awkward b/c you painted the radio door but not the HVAC area. Would have looked better if you left the middle section of the radio door stock.
Old Aug 26, 2008 | 10:15 AM
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very nicely done. i like it. :]



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