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Old Jul 26, 2008 | 12:35 PM
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I love the widebody conversions but whenever I see a car with just the rears done, to me it just looks odd.
No disrespect to the TS, obviously just my opinion and to him it probably looks great and that is all that matters!!
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I love the widebody conversions but whenever I see a car with just the rears done, to me it just looks odd.
No disrespect to the TS, obviously just my opinion and to him it probably looks great and that is all that matters!!

no disrespect taken. and i agree it is a look you either love or hate. it reminds me of the 80's 911's that had huge rear fenders and flat fronts, only not as extreme. but the same kinda look. i will most likely do the fronts at some point, but just not now.
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Originally Posted by scotp71
no disrespect taken. and i agree it is a look you either love or hate. it reminds me of the 80's 911's that had huge rear fenders and flat fronts, only not as extreme. but the same kinda look. i will most likely do the fronts at some point, but just not now.
Good point. Maybe some people do it at different times for money reasons. I wanna eventually do a wide body also and I will probably do exactly what you did. Nice car
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Old Jul 26, 2008 | 03:05 PM
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Looks like the body panels at the shop you bought them from are pre-painted. Did you find that the panels were a good match, color-wise?
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they were painted. they had the factory paint and these panels came off a 07 zo6, apparently. i just washed the car today and got my first good look at it clean on a bright sunny day and it looks perfect. even looking for a difference i cannot see one. i really got lucky.
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they were painted. they had the factory paint and these panels came off a 07 zo6, apparently. i just washed the car today and got my first good look at it clean on a bright sunny day and it looks perfect. even looking for a difference i cannot see one. i really got lucky.
WHat about all the seals and other little parts necessary for the build? Did they have all that stuff already? They sold you all the stuff and the little incidental parts necessary to make it go smooth?
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Its really cool to see our parts on your car! I'm glad it worked out
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Hey would you mind if i put those pictures in our customers cars section?
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Hey would you mind if i put those pictures in our customers cars section?
absolutely not. go for it.
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WHat about all the seals and other little parts necessary for the build? Did they have all that stuff already? They sold you all the stuff and the little incidental parts necessary to make it go smooth?
yep. everything i needed was there. beyond smooth.
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Awesome. I have Geico insurance also. Will someone back into me now.

J/K I couldnt deal with the heartbreak.
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