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Old May 9, 2009 | 08:54 AM
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nice headlights. i've been working on mine in my spare time... maybe they'll get done this weekend lol. did you sand your primer at all or just blast it with paint when it dried?
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Old May 9, 2009 | 09:20 AM
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^blasted it with paint lol. and i did a good amount of coats of paint too. I never count or nothing since i try to spray light coats, and a hell of alot. but if you want glossy look, you have to spraylight coats, then wait for it to dry but not fully dry cause you want the next coat to kinda mix with the one before, like you have to build the paint up to get that glossy non textured look from ratle cans, and it gets difficult at times to build it up without it running. Just gotta be careful, but you dont have to perfect the color paint, because if you clearcoat it then that will make it shine anyways.
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Old May 9, 2009 | 01:35 PM
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kevin i hate you. haha.
what kinda piping did you get? clear image? hahn? dejon?
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Old May 9, 2009 | 01:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Gestapo007
^blasted it with paint lol. and i did a good amount of coats of paint too. I never count or nothing since i try to spray light coats, and a hell of alot. but if you want glossy look, you have to spraylight coats, then wait for it to dry but not fully dry cause you want the next coat to kinda mix with the one before, like you have to build the paint up to get that glossy non textured look from ratle cans, and it gets difficult at times to build it up without it running. Just gotta be careful, but you dont have to perfect the color paint, because if you clearcoat it then that will make it shine anyways.
After the paint completely dries I normally polish out all the "orange peal" to a mirror finish.
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Old May 9, 2009 | 03:54 PM
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kevin i hate you. haha.
what kinda piping did you get? clear image? hahn? dejon?
Got powdercoated black dejon chargepiping with red silicone couplers and T-bolt clamps, a greddy bov flange and a Greddy type RS BOV with recirculation tube, and a Hahn BPV Delete plate. doesnt it just sound sexy. Only came out to like $600 lmao. im gonna regrat that in a few weeks dont worry


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After the paint completely dries I normally polish out all the "orange peal" to a mirror finish.
I dont know how to polish or what to use. you gotta teach me for the future.
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Old May 9, 2009 | 04:04 PM
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Old May 9, 2009 | 06:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Gestapo007
Got powdercoated black dejon chargepiping with red silicone couplers and T-bolt clamps, a greddy bov flange and a Greddy type RS BOV with recirculation tube, and a Hahn BPV Delete plate. doesnt it just sound sexy. Only came out to like $600 lmao. im gonna regrat that in a few weeks dont worry
haha i still hate you. and it does sound sexy. its gonna sound sexier on the car! think i should buy some charge piping and and intake and everything i want now, and keep it in the garage untill warranty is out? there are some good prices on group buys on here. lol. but idk if i can stop myself from putting it on when i get in at the doorstep.
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Old May 9, 2009 | 06:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Gestapo007
I dont know how to polish or what to use. you gotta teach me for the future.
You can just pick up a thing of paint polish form the auto parts store and rub the **** out of it. On headlights and small things you will have to do it by hand. The one that I have that works decent and you can find it any were is mothers paint polish. It takes time but the end result is well worth it. You just apply and rub it in until it turns clear then wipe it off and repeat until it looks like glass. It will take awhile but everything will come out of the paint or clear. To get my front bowtie perfect it took me about and hour and a half, but it was like a mirror by the end of it.
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