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check this thread out for info on the prep!

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/sh...&threadid=20771

and no, this was my first attempt!! turned out pretty good if i say so myself :/ the prep took me a while, but worth the effort! i bought a book on the prep work, but didn't read it :D just pickeed it up here and there from talking to people!!!

PM me or email me if you have questions etc.

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park next to a new falcon in that colour, see how close they are!!

can give the paint code for that no worries!! yeah black is a little hassly to paint over !

but the colours do look very close, bit of a shame can really see the gold pearl on the car and the stripes very well!!

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Nah left the engine bay black, will look cleaner overall!!

and way way less work!!!

engine bay still looks pretty standard, polised the engine/cam covers with a drill based buffer but thats about it!! will post some if you still want them!!!

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that is one nice paint job! My mum recently bought a new Toyota Echo (don't laugh, i know it's crap :P but it's our 4th car) and it has a pretty damn cool paint job, blue/gold. In one light it's blue, in another gold. It looks pretty awesome even if the car is a piece of junk :S

But yeah, AWESOME paint job. Seems your hard work really paid off!

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