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Old Nov 8, 2004 | 05:55 AM
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I want to paint my car this color hehe
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Old Nov 8, 2004 | 06:05 AM
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actually that might be kinda hot on a Z!!
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Old Nov 8, 2004 | 07:00 AM
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u'll have to dip your car in chrome.
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Old Nov 8, 2004 | 07:22 AM
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paint it
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Old Nov 8, 2004 | 09:06 AM
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Just don't expect to use it on the road after that... it's illegal to have more than a certain percentage of the car reflective (don't know the percentage offhand).
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Old Nov 8, 2004 | 09:09 AM
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That won't pass inspection right? If you do that to your Z, you'll have to make it a show car only.
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Old Nov 8, 2004 | 01:08 PM
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It is paint, i saw the process video at SEMA last year. This year I saw 2 cars painted with it, that Mercedes and a wide body M3
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Old Nov 8, 2004 | 01:09 PM
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Old Nov 8, 2004 | 02:16 PM
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thats hot anyone know the percentage i might be able to come up with a hot design based off a bugattii
and where do you get the paint whats the process?

taht m3 is hot
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Old Nov 8, 2004 | 03:43 PM
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ChromeFX gives a similar finish: http://www.alsacorp.com/products/chr...x_prodinfo.htm






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Old Nov 8, 2004 | 03:48 PM
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Foreshadowing...

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Old Nov 8, 2004 | 05:18 PM
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lol, i bet you that it would be very hard to see while on the road. especially sunny days. practically an "invisible" car.
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Old Nov 8, 2004 | 05:30 PM
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I want this, regular paint is boring
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Old Nov 8, 2004 | 08:18 PM
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so nismo kid is that van street legal?
or not
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Old Nov 8, 2004 | 11:29 PM
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this was what we wer going to do befoire the red but we couldnt get the carbon fiber and kevlat to match. I think it would show alot of fingerprints also !!!
hahahahaha

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Old Nov 8, 2004 | 11:30 PM
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and it is just chrome paint it is no different than painting your car normally
any shop can do it
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Old Nov 8, 2004 | 11:33 PM
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the paint process is kinda like candy and I think you can get the paint from BASF
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Old Nov 9, 2004 | 02:42 AM
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Originally posted by emoke
so nismo kid is that van street legal?
or not
You should probably ask them.
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Old Nov 9, 2004 | 02:56 AM
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illegal here in the States. You are not allowed to have any big portion of the car chrome unless it's the bumper i believe.
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Old Nov 9, 2004 | 06:25 AM
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ZPresence was painting some under the hood stuff with this paint that looked like that. he said it was incredibly expensive stuff though.
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