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Old Feb 26, 2007 | 05:14 AM
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So Carlos and I went over to Wareham to Dave's house Saturday morning and we were there all day just chillin and doing a few mods to get an early jump on the season. DaveDave did a great job with everything Carlos' xBallin xB now has spacers and we baked my headlights and painted the housing black, and we re-did my engine cover. The engine cover looks really wet, but the flash was on... it came out great and now the next step is the CF letter overlays that I ordered from Randode. Here's a bunch of pics... enjoy!

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Old Feb 26, 2007 | 06:32 AM
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lol.. i dunno if i'm ready to head back to davedave's house again yet. give me another 5 years... hahahaha
Old Feb 26, 2007 | 01:30 PM
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Hey dave when can you help me with my Halos?
Old Feb 26, 2007 | 02:01 PM
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thoughts on any of the stuff that was done?
Old Feb 26, 2007 | 02:16 PM
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I think it was a good job. I want to get my lights done too. Salik your car look mean now. I like the mean look.
Old Feb 26, 2007 | 02:19 PM
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yeah i love the new look. the pictures dont do any justice, it looks even better in person.
also, i didnt actually think that carlos' spacers would make much of a difference, but its amazing since you can definitely notice as soon as we put the car back down. itll look much better once he pus his rims on.... i think i may get some spacers too
Old Feb 26, 2007 | 03:43 PM
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Yeah, jesse is def. retired from painting my car...LOL
Old Feb 26, 2007 | 03:46 PM
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i like the xA engine cover and the cleared out turn signals. I think i may steal a friend's xA one day and do her headlights + engine cover for her.
Old Feb 26, 2007 | 03:47 PM
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yo dave, i wanna do the amber markers into smoked
any hook ups?
Old Feb 26, 2007 | 03:49 PM
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and white housing
ill meet up wit u one weekend
never baked before
so since u kno how to i can trust u
Old Feb 26, 2007 | 03:59 PM
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yeah I'll go too so when can FINALLY FIX my Dashboard
Old Feb 26, 2007 | 04:04 PM
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question on the engine cover spray. You used a primer and then what type of spray did you use, not color but brand?
Old Feb 26, 2007 | 04:11 PM
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I really like the way the xA's lights turned out! That looks amazing.
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Originally Posted by oni424
question on the engine cover spray. You used a primer and then what type of spray did you use, not color but brand?
it may have been dupicolor but its all at his house so davedave can answer that when he checks out this thread

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I really like the way the xA's lights turned out! That looks amazing.
thanks for the compliments!
Old Feb 26, 2007 | 07:50 PM
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That pic of Davedave removing the cover from the headlight assembly needs choir music. And that heater looks like Nomad from Star Trek, lol. Nice work!
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Been thinking of doing the same to my engine cover, did you just clean it prime it and spray it or did you have other prep that had to go into it?
Old Feb 26, 2007 | 09:05 PM
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we had to sand off the old paint that was on it (it was painted previously but we re-did it), then primed, sanded to get rid of imperfections, primed again i think, then coats of paint and then clearcoated to give it some shine.
Old Feb 26, 2007 | 09:07 PM
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nice thanks for the heads up
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xBallin!!!
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Originally Posted by L4rry_B1rd
xBallin!!!
hahah word!

btw if anyone wants me to do anything it will be only fridays sorry salik and carlos got my last available sunday

btw im not free =X

but talk to me and we will work somethin else.

i dont remember who posted. but if u want the tC headlights smoked (or the houseing painted) then it would probly cost u 30-40 (probly 30) for the sidemarker only, and probly twice that for the painted housing. it all depends.

paiting the dash will be about the same either. plus u gotta buy the paint and stuff.

just talk to me maybe we can work somethin else

and yes i would rather not do anything electrical.... why? ask jesse....



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