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Old 04-27-2006, 08:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Bubble
one word of advice: When you sand down, use 400 then 1000 then 1500 grid. It takes time. (few hours) Be patient
Yea its all good i got the steps down. Im planning on taking the existing doors, hatch, and fenders and hitting them with the da sander with 320, then blocking with 400. shooting base. clearing. wetsanding with 1000 then 1500.

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Old 04-27-2006, 08:41 PM
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I just got a ticket 1 and a half weeks ago for my overlays....i was going 68 on the 5 north, a cop pulled me over and wrote me a ticket for it...the pr!ck, just be careful bubble, cops have nothing better to do....and it wasnt profiling either, I was wearing my suite and tie coming from work....grrrrrrrr so fr!k!n p!ssed
Old 04-27-2006, 08:42 PM
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oh no. DON"T shot base after 400. You still have quite a bit of scratching marks. The OEM has very rough skin. 400 will take off all the rough skin. 1000 to smooth it out. Whatever you see there is what you get. Don't skip.

like this one:



Took me nearly 5 hours to sand them down to a perfect, smooth surface. Using both machine and hand.

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Old 04-27-2006, 09:32 PM
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two hours, da sander and block, this is 400. smooth as glass, ionon how ur 400 has soo many scratch marks on it..


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painters usually shoot the base after 400. at least all the painter i know, if you dont give the base something to grab hold of itll sag and run...

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Old 04-27-2006, 09:57 PM
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^^

thats teh Smooth..


i think a good way to put it is, if its too smooth, the snake will slip off. if its semi rough, the snake will have good grip to get up on that center console like it would on a plane!!!

BIATCH!
Old 04-27-2006, 10:00 PM
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lmao, snakes on a ***** f&*$kin painted center console biatch!
Old 04-27-2006, 10:53 PM
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The dark tint looks great on DB!!!
Old 04-27-2006, 11:03 PM
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Nicely done bro!

BTW...does Mr. Gia have any big projects at the moment? Wanted to bring my car in to get some stuff done.
Old 04-27-2006, 11:29 PM
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very clean looking rear lights..

how are the brightness of the tail, reverse, brake, and turn signal lights? do the reflectors still work?
Old 04-28-2006, 07:22 AM
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glad they came out nice.. glad my tutorial helped
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Originally Posted by GTNPU Z
Nicely done bro!

BTW...does Mr. Gia have any big projects at the moment? Wanted to bring my car in to get some stuff done.
bring them in. If old oakland busy, they will send you down to Monterey location. Majority of my work done at Monterey this time.
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Nice man...pm'd.
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signal in action
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Old 04-28-2006, 08:24 AM
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hey Bubble, where did you get the VHT spray?

Also, how does it look when lighted up? I had problems with the spray being uniform when i tried a different brand of spray tint before. Does this one come out perfectly fine?
Old 04-28-2006, 08:32 AM
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Originally Posted by aznmojo
hey Bubble, where did you get the VHT spray?

Also, how does it look when lighted up? I had problems with the spray being uniform when i tried a different brand of spray tint before. Does this one come out perfectly fine?
+1
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love the dog.....
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looks great for now...but just hope the sun dont fade it out
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what paint did you use??
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Hey bubble.

Since you removed the panels ill ask this 1 also, how do u remove the part on the roof that like the pillars, the part that runs from the lines of the hatch to the hood, they are removable i know, do they screw out? or snap?

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do you spray the outside or the inside ? where can you buy the spray at?


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