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Old Apr 1, 2007 | 09:27 AM
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The car is painted once again amd i think for the last time... the graphite mettalic pearl just kind off got old so i decided to go with a diff color... i did all of the work myself except paint it... the color is a "PPG" vibrance TRUE CANDY BLUE with concept 2021 clear!!

by the way i think i need to go with diff wheels
also pics are not to good i need to take them with a better camera these were took with my palm treo














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Old Apr 1, 2007 | 09:29 AM
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Whoa... the pics are a bit fuzzy but I bet that looks stunning in person. Nice.
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Old Apr 1, 2007 | 09:30 AM
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yup you need a better camera...

what type of clear was that??

hmmm, i kinda like that graphite colour !!!

oh yeah,,,what were your wheels doing in the paint booth !?!?!

nice blue regardless
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Old Apr 1, 2007 | 09:33 AM
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yup you need a better camera...

what type of clear was that??

hmmm, i kinda like that graphite colour !!!

oh yeah,,,what were your wheels doing in the paint booth !?!?!

nice blue regardless
concept 2021 clear... and i was just abt to put the wheels back on to move it out... we painted the car jacked up all the way around on jack stands...
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Old Apr 1, 2007 | 09:35 AM
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Whoa... the pics are a bit fuzzy but I bet that looks stunning in person. Nice.
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Old Apr 1, 2007 | 09:42 AM
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Nice.. If I had extra dough lying around, I'd change the color on my Artic White. Not because I don't like Artic White, but just to have a different color.
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Old Apr 1, 2007 | 09:44 AM
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I like your wheels.
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Old Apr 1, 2007 | 09:51 AM
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Looks good!!

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Your camera does the picture no justice. I agree with rsc128 :yesdnod: Veery nice looking color!
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.....muuuuch better......

Get some crisp photo's up with a friends camera if you can ........


..I'll bet that baby glows in the dark.........
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thanx once again everyone... do you all think the wheels look good on it?
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Old Apr 1, 2007 | 01:18 PM
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thanx once again everyone... do you all think the wheels look good on it?
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Old Apr 1, 2007 | 01:31 PM
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I would like to see pics of the car in daylight to see how it looks with the sun hit the paint
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Default The wheels look great...
I like both colors.... but I guess you needed a change... It is a lot of work... but the pride, "Priceless"
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Old Apr 1, 2007 | 01:34 PM
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thanx once again everyone... do you all think the wheels look good on it?

Absolutely!
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The new color looks good, sure would like to see some better pictures in the daytime and those rims got to go
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Looks like an awesome color..hope you can get some higher quality pics up soon so we can see it better...
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Looks cool even w/ the crappy pics... is it similar to nassau blue?
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That colour looks good

But I think we need some daylight pictures
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