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Old Sep 30, 2012 | 07:53 PM
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Looks great, the cup wheels will top it off.

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Old Sep 30, 2012 | 07:55 PM
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Nice look...got to love the wide body.
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Old Sep 30, 2012 | 08:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Zap City
Nice. Who did the paint work? Black cups are the way to go for sure.
friend in Daytona, off Nova Rd. awesome work and great prices. PM me for his name and #.
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Old Sep 30, 2012 | 08:24 PM
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Originally Posted by gwalsh88
Nice!

Can you see the side markers at night?
yes you can , the painter put little round stickerson the lens in front of the bulbs, then on the last coat he pulled them off and applied the last coat.
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Old Sep 30, 2012 | 08:26 PM
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Thanks everyone for the compliments.
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Old Sep 30, 2012 | 08:32 PM
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Looks good!

I'm partial to that color!
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Old Sep 30, 2012 | 08:33 PM
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Real nice work! Can't wait to get my nose n fenders
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Old Sep 30, 2012 | 08:35 PM
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Old Sep 30, 2012 | 11:22 PM
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Wowza! Very nice!
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Old Oct 1, 2012 | 10:55 AM
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gorgeous and the cup wheels will only make it better. Consider black roof and halo......
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Old Oct 1, 2012 | 01:31 PM
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Love the look, I think Black side marker lights would bring it all together better, but that is splitting hairs. Nice job.
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Old Oct 1, 2012 | 02:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Racer
Love the look, I think Black side marker lights would bring it all together better, but that is splitting hairs. Nice job.
instead of painting the marker black , I bought a black zr1 spoiler to kinda split things up alittle bit.

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Old Oct 1, 2012 | 06:39 PM
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Your car looks great, well done!

I love the body color side marker lights but since they are Blue are they still functional?
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Old Oct 1, 2012 | 07:01 PM
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Originally Posted by R&L's C6


I still like my coupe but ........... I do love those wide bodies.
.... somedaay...?
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Old Oct 1, 2012 | 07:17 PM
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Originally Posted by cmonkey713
Your car looks great, well done!

I love the body color side marker lights but since they are Blue are they still functional?
yes they are, the painter put little round stickers on the lens in front of the bulbs, then on the last coat he pulled them off and applied the last coat.
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Originally Posted by Tom_Slick
.... somedaay...?
Man, I haven't seen you posting in a long time, you doing alright.....
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Looks good
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Very, very, Niceeeee!!
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Old Oct 3, 2012 | 06:15 PM
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Well done, looks super.
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