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Old Nov 3, 2008 | 02:56 PM
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Drove to Vegas this weekend to drop my car off at the SEMA convetion. Will be returning this Friday to pick the car back up, will shoot some pictures of the actual convention later this week.


Before and after I made my car blue:














My friend Vladimir who was cool enough to drive with me to Vegas and back.




On the road:




















How to get to Vegas in 3 hours or less:











I stayed at THEHotel at Mandalay Bay.








Mexicans can't drink Vodka.




Rolling into the show area:











Various pictures of the Show being setup:



































Andy's new look:



Teammate Archie's 500hp Mirage:




Some 350z I saw being finished at Auto Explosion.



Car Placement Pictures and Random Shots.


















Took us over 5 hours to get back due to Traffic. Sucked.
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Old Nov 3, 2008 | 03:11 PM
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Love the tint dan where did you get it done. And nice cincity sticker
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Old Nov 3, 2008 | 03:13 PM
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what tint?
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Old Nov 3, 2008 | 03:30 PM
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lol......That's cool I like the whole pic story to Vegas!
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Originally Posted by dspiel
what tint?
Your window tint! looks limo to me LOL
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Old Nov 3, 2008 | 03:41 PM
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oh, i have 5% on the rear and small side windows and 35% on driver and passenger window. Some place in Santa Monica did it when i first bought my car. i wasn't sure what you meant since its nothing new.
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Old Nov 3, 2008 | 03:50 PM
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Damn, my drive there would be 3 days. Wish i lived closer
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nice 350zs
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Old Nov 3, 2008 | 04:28 PM
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nice pics!
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Old Nov 3, 2008 | 04:42 PM
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all i see are little red "x's" after the GT-R
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Old Nov 3, 2008 | 04:52 PM
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I would give my Left-Lug-Nut to go to SEMA.

Nice pics.....I hope you post more after the show.
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Old Nov 3, 2008 | 05:06 PM
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Man, your blue tape skills suck... lol. See ya at SEMA homie... where is your car going to be at?
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Old Nov 3, 2008 | 05:27 PM
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^my car is in front of the convention entrance, look at the last few pics. I am in LA wont be in Vegas until Friday.
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y are you holding out on me with those cf door handle covers? ill see you friday night well get drunk and lose some money!!!
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Old Nov 3, 2008 | 07:12 PM
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Nice chronicle of events and very nice ride. I fly out to Vegas tomorrow to meet up with my crew. I was told no cameras, no one said anything about yours?
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sickk
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i hear you can't take a camera into the sema show, is that true?
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Old Nov 3, 2008 | 07:24 PM
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if it its true i regret not taking more pics
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I'll definitley be there tomorrow p.m so we can all get together and have a little meet or something! That would be fun!
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Old Nov 3, 2008 | 07:38 PM
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Cameras are allowed, hopefully run into some of you guys there.
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