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Old Mar 1, 2017 | 07:32 AM
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De gustibus non est disputandum
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Old Mar 1, 2017 | 10:19 AM
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Originally Posted by ejboyd5
De gustibus non est disputandum
"In matters of taste, there can be no disputes" ... and so true!

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Originally Posted by Easy Rhino
That's not my thing, but whoever did that did a good job, and they look good.

It almost replicates the neon-lighted stainless steel diner look of a bygone era. It works.
Thanks.

I painted them myself with my $9.95 HF paint gun.

The first thing I did was to sand out the manufacturing flaw in the O.

Then buffed out the aluminum, then paint. Many, many hours went into them.
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Originally Posted by stratplus
Thanks.

I painted them myself with my $9.95 HF paint gun.

The first thing I did was to sand out the manufacturing flaw in the O.

Then buffed out the aluminum, then paint. Many, many hours went into them.
OH MY GOD... you didn't repair the flaw, did you? There goes the whole value of the car. LOL
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