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Old Jun 18, 2011 | 06:18 PM
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Graphite [summer 2010] , then green [January 2011- present] THANK YOU "Yellowhoodie" and "Kevin" for the inspiration



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Old Jun 19, 2011 | 04:22 AM
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i think an orange would look sick to go with the foglights might flow a lil.
Old Jun 19, 2011 | 04:31 AM
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Old Jun 19, 2011 | 04:48 AM
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^^^ everything looks good on white



Originally Posted by skatenc123
i think an orange would look sick to go with the foglights might flow a lil.
Fog lights are gone! The last picture is the most recent! I just want a completely clean look for now. Badge less grilles on the way! Regardless, im considering orange as well!!
Old Jun 19, 2011 | 04:56 AM
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Never seen orange stockies before ( then again, I never looked through SL to see if someone did it lol ) Would be interesting to see tho.. Hell, if it turns out bad, you can always re sand and do it all over again
Old Jun 19, 2011 | 05:22 AM
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Old Jun 19, 2011 | 05:24 AM
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i got badgless grills and black rims
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Old Jun 19, 2011 | 05:39 AM
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Originally Posted by skatenc123
resanding rims suck
Agreed. I had to redo them before and its a pain in the ___
Old Jun 19, 2011 | 06:31 AM
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yea i had to sand through idk how many coats of yellow and clear then clear and black it sucked so much.
Old Jun 21, 2011 | 08:14 PM
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just finished the rims last week
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Old Jun 22, 2011 | 06:13 AM
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if i could sugest maybe taking the window visor things off. i think itd make amuch sleeker looking ride. btw glad to see another burgandy car.
Old Jun 22, 2011 | 01:32 PM
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I was thinking about taking them out also because I have a sub in the trunk that makes them rattle whenever my windows are down and its extremely annoying
Old Jun 23, 2011 | 11:00 PM
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Originally Posted by skatenc123
yea i had to sand through idk how many coats of yellow and clear then clear and black it sucked so much.
how you sand it? I have to redo 1 wheel. I used 2 sheet of180 grit . After 2 hr it is still only 3/4 done. And I cannot get into the spokes' corners. Help.
Old Jun 24, 2011 | 01:06 AM
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i used 180 grit to i think. for the corners of the spokes i just wrapped it around a pencil and taped it and got in there the best i could. yea 2 hours sounds about right its rough.
Old Jun 24, 2011 | 01:29 AM
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lol, nice pencil trick, my index finger is hurting now.
Old Jun 25, 2011 | 04:03 AM
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180? i guess i was being too gentle with it when i was using 1500 grit. i have to redo a couple so maybe ill use different sand paper this time around
Old Jun 26, 2011 | 01:23 AM
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I was wondering if anyone has seen/own a lowered white tc with yellow stockies? Ive been searching through this whole thread and cant seem to find one lol, trying to picture it before I do the work
Old Jun 26, 2011 | 07:34 AM
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heres me burgandy on yellow maybe somebody can photoshop it?
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Old Jul 1, 2011 | 02:46 AM
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thanks dude, I didnt know anyone that can do photoshop though, lmbo so my friends and i just took a hack at it the other day to see how it looks..

Old Jul 1, 2011 | 03:15 AM
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