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Old Nov 25, 2005 | 03:33 PM
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Hes no B*A*M, but tried his best.

About 8 hours, all of most were from sanding down the letters, and stripping the existing paint.



Its like a grayish army green with a touch of bronze/gold flake.

Also cleared the bottom HONDA letters..

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Modified by Sean R81 at 12:43 AM 11/26/2005


Modified by Sean R81 at 12:48 AM 11/26/2005


<FONT SIZE="6"> updated pics on pg3.</FONT>


Modified by Sean R81 at 12:31 AM 11/27/2005
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Old Nov 25, 2005 | 03:34 PM
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***** hard. whats the paint code on that sucka?
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Old Nov 25, 2005 | 03:34 PM
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Old Nov 25, 2005 | 03:35 PM
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damn. it still looks good
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Old Nov 25, 2005 | 03:36 PM
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clean and shiny!
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Old Nov 25, 2005 | 03:36 PM
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aha don't ask.. it was one of those random card packs that had a "incase someones custom paint was pooched". So its not any dealer colour, its just a random blend.
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Old Nov 25, 2005 | 03:36 PM
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Thats awesome, extremely glossy.
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Old Nov 25, 2005 | 03:36 PM
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looks amazing... spray can?
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Old Nov 25, 2005 | 03:38 PM
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Thats a pretty hot valve cover
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Old Nov 25, 2005 | 03:40 PM
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nah, $800 gun
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Old Nov 25, 2005 | 03:41 PM
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mint!
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Old Nov 25, 2005 | 03:42 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Sean R81 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">nah, $800 gun </TD></TR></TABLE>

haha - i see now why it looks so good....
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Old Nov 25, 2005 | 03:43 PM
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that valve cover is ******* ****
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Old Nov 25, 2005 | 03:43 PM
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I like it alot
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Old Nov 25, 2005 | 03:44 PM
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The pic really doesnt do it any justice, I dont know how I can take a nice pic of it, its dark and my lighting in my kitchen sucks, but I tried.

The light on the side is from a lamp, thats what it looks like in the day, its almost ARMY/Cameleon.
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Old Nov 25, 2005 | 03:54 PM
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Nice.
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Old Nov 25, 2005 | 03:56 PM
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looks like a car's actual paint quality
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Old Nov 25, 2005 | 03:58 PM
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Impeccable! Nice work man.
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Old Nov 25, 2005 | 03:59 PM
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Beautiful
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Old Nov 25, 2005 | 04:03 PM
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Well its the equivalent to a $3200 paint job. Only done to a VC. My buddy works at a local GM dealers body shop where all the local cars get sprayed. I sold him some Mugens and he hooked me up.

Thanks Tony!

and its going on this car..

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Old Nov 25, 2005 | 04:06 PM
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Looks very good
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Old Nov 25, 2005 | 04:06 PM
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HOT valve cover and car More pics yo. What part of Canada you from?
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Old Nov 25, 2005 | 04:08 PM
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Im from Ontario, just between Montreal and Toronto
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Old Nov 25, 2005 | 04:16 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by MONTCO Si &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">that valve cover is ******* **** </TD></TR></TABLE>
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Old Nov 25, 2005 | 04:19 PM
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looks amazing, great color
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