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Hi guys some of you might remember that i was asking about paint opinions and some of you wanted to see the car after it was done.

well here it is hope the pictures do it justice! Car got done in Dandy monday morning if any of you need to hire a booth PM me and i will give you john's details very cheap and great service he helped us so much helped mask up and even threw a few coats on him self, He said to me as long as im happy with the job and i walk out of there smiling then he is satisfied really nice guy!

ANYWAY i took as many pictures as i could came out a bit green not sure why but still looks good at night with my HID kit tell me what you think guys.

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Finished product gave it a clean and shined up the tires with some product and came out looking stock which was my goal to begin with.

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looks the shit.. good work

Thanx man gotta really thank my dad the most man f**k he put long hours into the car i mean there is not even an imperfection in it and if anyones ever sprayed a black car they will understand how hard that is. I got to buy him a johnny Blue or something :)

Umm well me and dad did all the prep on our own after work and late nights materials were around 700 including tapes paints clear hardener bog etc all the little bits and pieces and the john in dandy sprayed my parts for me bumpers skirts etc so all up from him it cost me 800 for his time to spray and the hire of the booth etc and he jumped in and helped out and masked the car up with us and was extremely helpful.

thanx man . I have a quick question do you guys think i should spray the bottom lip matte black like they come out or leave it as is? Because im getting alot of people saying not to do it but i have a feeling it will look more factory if i do it....????

Looks great man and just like new!

As for your front lip, it would not really matter as your car is already black.

Mine was painted Gunmetal Grey, same colour as my car and it nice as it blends in.

I probley do it if you had the Wine Red colour R32, the Matt Black front lip just sticks out bit too much, a big contrast.

Looks great man and just like new!

As for your front lip, it would not really matter as your car is already black.

Mine was painted Gunmetal Grey, same colour as my car and it nice as it blends in.

I probley do it if you had the Wine Red colour R32, the Matt Black front lip just sticks out bit too much, a big contrast.

yea your right but i just thought because its a separate piece it should be different like at night no one will care because its all black but during the day i went to a car yard it is pretty noticeable in the day looks mint. see how tho your going next Thursday to st.kilda yea? if so we can talk more then

cant wait till i can do this

nice work!

Do what?

Spray it ?

If your doing it your self you will have so much fun just the whole process is like a learning experience and its great to do i mean now i can offer a little advice to people on the whole process and what to do and what not to do so its really good and i mean my face is like this :P when im driving it so the hard work and long hours did pay off.

yea your right but i just thought because its a separate piece it should be different like at night no one will care because its all black but during the day i went to a car yard it is pretty noticeable in the day looks mint. see how tho your going next Thursday to st.kilda yea? if so we can talk more then

Yeah sure man!

I show you my front lip when were down there and it might help you to decide to paint it or not.

Yeah sure man!

I show you my front lip when were down there and it might help you to decide to paint it or not.

Yea sounds good man. Are you meeting at the car wash first?

Yea sounds good man. Are you meeting at the car wash first?

Nah Im in Richmond at the time and finish at 6pm so no point me driving up Noble Park then back down.

Me, GTTR34 and Nismo Racer are meeting up in St. kilda 1st cuz those two work around there and you can come on down too.

Check the thread too!

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