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Old Feb 28, 2009 | 02:11 PM
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Default primed my 79 last night :)

so i went into the shop at 530, after work, got out at 230 am

we were removing trim, sanding it down, i removed the interior completely here are some pics:


they have their own paint mixing setup its sweeeet:


the interior after itook out the carpets, had to take out the insulation as well:



shaved the front in:


and the rear:


masked it up:


and primed her up:


this is the filler primer coat gonna sand this one down to smoothness today hopefully and put one more quick coat of primer and then it will be getting ready for paint
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Old Feb 28, 2009 | 02:54 PM
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You work fast! What color are you planning?
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Old Feb 28, 2009 | 03:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Criste
You work fast! What color are you planning?
well... at first i was going to go with black. then i decided on yellow. then black again, then red. then black . now im pretty 99% sure im going with red its like a deep bright red still have a few days to change my mind ^^

as for working fast, theyre my brothers in law and im working there too. we arent getting payed by the hour im gonna pay them for the finished job. i'd rather it not take 6 weeks if its all good and well to get it done in 1-3weeks. if you work 8 hours a day for 2 weeks, thats 80 hours. now 3-5 people working on it, you can get it done within a week ill see if thats possible

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Nice... Call me jealous.
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Old Feb 28, 2009 | 04:37 PM
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Nice work, I love the bonded bumpers. I did the same thing to mine
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Old Feb 28, 2009 | 08:23 PM
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That's about how mine looked 3 years ago. Congrats on the progress so far. Looking forward to the finished pics.
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