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Old 04-18-2009, 09:48 PM
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painted my front and rear lip, sideskirts, and grill to match. what you guys think? Maby some slips next would look nice with it.

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Yeah looks pretty good man...
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pretty good for spray paint i like it alot so i think ima have my friend spray it in actual vsm silver next month
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What did you paint it with??? Looks really good man!! Maybe some close ups?
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Looks really good! Now time for some wheels!!
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painted it with rustoleum metallic silver, when u get close to it you can tell its rattle canned because its not clear coated
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Nice!!!! I painted my own side skirts, too! (I have yet to buy a lip kit)

Sanded them down like 4 times, primed, sanded, primed, silver coating (x3), and then clear coated (x2).
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did your paint turn out that durable? mines pretty iffy, but i didnt clear coat it because when i did it made it look glazy, what kind of clear did u use?
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look for a top coat/clear not just clear and wet sand using 2000 grit befor the top coat then you with be looking mint
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eh im not too worried about it because my friend who actualy does body work for a living is goin to re paint them for me soon
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