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Old 05-28-2013, 07:00 PM
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Default 3 weekends later I finished sanding and painting my waterfall 07

So I got tired of looking at all the small chips in the horrible coating on the tiny bumps on my waterfall and decided to sand and repaint it.

First I disassembled and pried apart the gauges from the main waterfall peice. Disassembled the door, springs and button.

Took 8 hours to sand the parts down and another 4-5 of finishing sanding. Then many coats of primer and paint, sanding and paint then finally clear to get this.



Don't mind my dirty floormat or crappy cell phone pic




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Old 05-28-2013, 07:13 PM
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Waterfall no??
Old 05-28-2013, 07:14 PM
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^^^

I see what you did there lol

I like it...not to too shiny
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Originally Posted by ZS14RR
Waterfall no??
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turned out pretty good man
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dont like texture? got a installed picture?
Old 05-28-2013, 07:33 PM
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Originally Posted by mattleegee
dont like texture? got a installed picture?
I didn't not like it but I tried a coat of paint before sanding smooth and it just kept clumping in a few spots. The smooth look definitely adds a nice upgraded touch!

Originally Posted by taryon
turned out pretty good man
Thanks! Took enough weekends without a waterfall for it to come out good.

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Old 05-28-2013, 08:51 PM
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nice work, I'm gonna try and wrap mine in carbon fiber and put suede on the dash
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Great work man.

Post pics when it's re installed
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+1 for installed pics

Looks good
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Installed pics please.


Mine isnt scratched up and I always have 3 shih tzus in my car. What gets it scratched?
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Originally Posted by DarkCreep
Installed pics please.


Mine isnt scratched up and I always have 3 shih tzus in my car. What gets it scratched?
Previous owner, they were only 2 small scratches but they were staring at me everytime I got in the car
Old 05-29-2013, 11:24 PM
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Looks good, my dash is currently apart and myself and a friend have been slowly doing the same thing as you

It is such a massive PITA
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Updated with a new pic
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Doesn't look too bad. Good job for a DIY project.
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