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Old Mar 30, 2005 | 09:51 PM
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my front bumper was incorrectly painted by the previous owner so i decided to fix that today along with removing the "H" from the front grille, i also put in silverstar headlights and turn signal bulbs, and put in new spark plugs.

nothing special, but i thought i'd share... i'll be getting some better pictures(with the car out of the garage) soon.


before::



side vents all taped off with their first coat of paint:



silverstar headlight and turn signal bulbs:





lower grill painted and H removed from the upper grill:









Modified by THE_HX at 12:09 AM 3/31/2005
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Old Mar 30, 2005 | 09:53 PM
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Looks much better
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Old Mar 30, 2005 | 09:56 PM
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a little bit goes a looong way

looks great!
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Old Mar 30, 2005 | 09:58 PM
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Your "after" pics aren't all too revealing... but seems to have come out pretty good.
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Old Mar 30, 2005 | 09:58 PM
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100 times better now
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Old Mar 30, 2005 | 09:59 PM
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looks alot better
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Old Mar 30, 2005 | 10:01 PM
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what kind of paint did u use?
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Old Mar 30, 2005 | 10:01 PM
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looks damn good
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Old Mar 30, 2005 | 10:04 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ff_terror &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Your "after" pics aren't all too revealing... but seems to have come out pretty good.</TD></TR></TABLE>

yea i know, i didnt have time to go anywhere to take pictures, but i'll get some better ones.

the paint was just some random black krylon stuff i had laying around.

thanks for all the comments
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Old Mar 30, 2005 | 10:06 PM
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lovely
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Old Mar 30, 2005 | 10:07 PM
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looks sick
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Old Mar 30, 2005 | 10:17 PM
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Niiiice......
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Old Mar 30, 2005 | 10:25 PM
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Looks like my car..but better.
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Old Mar 30, 2005 | 10:29 PM
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It's the small things that count .
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Old Mar 30, 2005 | 10:30 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mycord &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Looks much better </TD></TR></TABLE>
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Old Mar 30, 2005 | 10:30 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mycord &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Looks much better </TD></TR></TABLE>
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Old Mar 30, 2005 | 10:37 PM
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Old Mar 30, 2005 | 10:40 PM
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Old Mar 30, 2005 | 10:57 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Built to Spill &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Looks like my car..but better.</TD></TR></TABLE>

wanna trade?
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Old Mar 30, 2005 | 11:02 PM
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looks alot cleaner bro
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Old Mar 30, 2005 | 11:02 PM
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clean job...paint looks good
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Old Mar 30, 2005 | 11:04 PM
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thank you
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Old Mar 30, 2005 | 11:04 PM
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looks hot.
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Old Mar 30, 2005 | 11:05 PM
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Old Mar 30, 2005 | 11:45 PM
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good work
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