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Old 03-29-2005, 11:00 AM
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props on the diy paint job
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Old 03-29-2005, 11:17 AM
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Your whole car looks good, I'm into it. Paint is nice on the car and the wheels. The only thing I can't dig on it though is the painted drum brakes in the back. I can tolerate painted stock front calipers, but bright red drums in the rear?
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Old 03-29-2005, 12:15 PM
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holy NEWB of the year award
good work mang
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Old 03-29-2005, 12:54 PM
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Originally Posted by projekteg
looks very good man! especially after the wire tuck and cleaning up the engine bay! how did you prep your wheels for paint? i have painted rims and they keep chipping every now and then and i have to respray them after about a month which gets annoying as hell
goof off/green scotch bright/more goof off/paint prep alcohol stuff (same stuff i used when I was tack clothing my car)[quote

Originally Posted by crx88Si
looks good.. wondering the sus setup?
H&R OE sports and KYB GR-2's The ultimate low dollar suspension... I got the springs used for 20 bucks Also I have a ST sway bar, and a egay rear strut tower bar. I'm gonna make a upper front when I have some time. $80 dollar welder to the rescue!

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Setup looks good.I love the Volvo bov
Did I buy it from you? I remember I bought most of my ---- from ppl on this board. Long time classifieds supporter .

Originally Posted by BoosTedZSix
very nice job. needs a drop though. haha. no pics with the bronze wheels on?
Sorry no... for some reason it was raining all the time when I had the rims on.. and my other night pics ended up way too dark. I'll get some soon enough. Oh and its dropped... just not a lot.. I live in pot-hole-ville USA

Originally Posted by BLACKSI
wow nice paint for a diys jobber did you use a gun or just rattle can it?

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I used the cheapest HVLP gun I could find. I bought it from Pepboys. Ha. The paint was off the shelf ---- you find @ Murrays Discount Auto. 35 bucks for a gallon of black. My car is a moving Duplicolor commercial.

Originally Posted by bambooseven
Your whole car looks good, I'm into it. Paint is nice on the car and the wheels. The only thing I can't dig on it though is the painted drum brakes in the back. I can tolerate painted stock front calipers, but bright red drums in the rear?
Better than rusty... "gonna get tentanus when you look at it" colored. I suppose I could do black or something... *shrug*

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holy NEWB of the year award
good work mang
Maybe a newb here... but I've had my car for a few years now... and been lurking for jsut as long. I had a whole shitload of posts on CRXResource, HT, dseries etc etc. But I will take that award anyway. . Later. Time for class.
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Old 03-29-2005, 01:14 PM
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you got gas hooked up to that welder, or just running flux-core? i have the mig120 but havent gotten the gas tank and regulator yet.
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Old 03-29-2005, 01:14 PM
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looks very good man! especially after the wire tuck and cleaning up the engine bay! how did you prep your wheels for paint? i have painted rims and they keep chipping every now and then and i have to respray them after about a month which gets annoying as hell
scotch brite is your friend.
i just rubbed mine down with alcohol a few times before i painted them, they havent chipped yet. but i did use engine paint, maybe it adheres better?

oh yeah car looks great!
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Old 03-29-2005, 01:36 PM
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paint job is pimp
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Old 03-29-2005, 01:39 PM
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you got gas hooked up to that welder, or just running flux-core? i have the mig120 but havent gotten the gas tank and regulator yet.
yeah, it welds like poo! :P we need gas!!!!!!!!!!
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Your car ------- OWNZ, The only think I think is you'd be better off with ABS charge piping. other than that everything is sick
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Old 03-29-2005, 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by whiterice
you got gas hooked up to that welder, or just running flux-core? i have the mig120 but havent gotten the gas tank and regulator yet.
It is a fluxcore only welder. It was 80 bucks.. i mean really.. who cares. Those welds are pretty bad I know.. I got the setting down now and I can almost lay a consistent bead down. There is of course splatter and flux everywhere... but its easily cleaned. I'll take a pic or two next time I have the downpipe off.

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Your car ------- OWNZ, The only think I think is you'd be better off with ABS charge piping. other than that everything is sick
I've been planning on getting some mandrel bent stuff... easier to just weld as much of it together and use a few couplers as possible. Where are you getting the ABS pipes from?
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