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Finally got my car back from the body shop! *pics*

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Right now it's stock but I plan on rebuilding the engine and putting a turbo on it eventually. I'll have to get all this paid off first which may be a while. In the meantime I'll probably put a cold air intake on it to increase the power slightly.
 
your suppose to rebuild the engine THEN repaint! Looks aight, I would have used a HINT lighter red maybe the next red to that, but they did a good job from what I can see. one thing I do when I get my cars painted is find out when their shooting it and watch to make sure their not cutting any corners on me. Some paintshops will say their giving you a multicoat and turn around and give you one shot most people can't tell the difference but one shot doesn't last as long.

again nice car, and nice paint job. next time you can save yourself a bit by sanding and preping yourself.
 
Originally posted by: narzy
your suppose to rebuild the engine THEN repaint! Looks aight, I would have used a HINT lighter red maybe the next red to that, but they did a good job from what I can see. one thing I do when I get my cars painted is find out when their shooting it and watch to make sure their not cutting any corners on me. Some paintshops will say their giving you a multicoat and turn around and give you one shot most people can't tell the difference but one shot doesn't last as long.

again nice car, and nice paint job. next time you can save yourself a bit by sanding and preping yourself.
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Yeah, I'm doing it all backwards. The car only has 89k miles on it though so it'll probably last a lot longer. I'm gonna wait to do the rebuild until I can afford a turbo. The red actually is a lot brighter than it looks in the pic. My digital camera just sucks with low light. I kept the original red... I didn't realise how bright of a red it was though. lol. Guess my paint had gotten really dull. It's like fire engine red. 😀 The paint looks a lot nicer now. It's hard to tell w/ the camera but there were a lot of imperfections and scratches before.
 
Looks really nice! have you done any suspension + brake mods? I'd do those first before I upgrade power.

btw, nice house and awesome lawn! Looks really well taken care of!
 
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