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Old 02-07-2009 | 03:57 PM
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Hey guys.

Here's a teaser shot of what I'm in for this weekend.. since we all love teasers









That's all for now! Hopefully I can finish up tomorrow.. but I have lots of HW to do too
Old 02-07-2009 | 04:46 PM
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oh bro... no way you'll be able to really fix that one. u might want to call it quits.


naw i'm just kidding! i can't wait to see the afters on this one - more of your usual sickness no doubt
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Originally Posted by MuttGrunt,Feb 7 2009, 06:46 PM
oh bro... no way you'll be able to really fix that one. u might want to call it quits.


naw i'm just kidding! i can't wait to see the afters on this one - more of your usual sickness no doubt
Thanks!!

I said that too when the paint was laughing at me after m105/megs yellow wool. but I busted out my burgundy wool, and Billy's m105 water trick, and then I WAS THE ONE laughing

It's gonna be about 95-98% correction. I'm just not comfortable enough with my skills yet to go all the way to 100% because I'll be afraid of burning through the paint..

I really need to get me a PTG
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wow.... took all that! thats some tricky stuff.
even when the pro's go for 100% - i don't think its a good idea. of course that's normally done on show cars and such. without a paint depth gauge i think it's foolish to polish that aggressively. 95% is fine, and 99.99% of the population won't know it's NOT perfect. never mind the extra time i'd take to achieve true perfection. that'd y u get guys on autopia with super crazy details like todd's famous lambo gallardo that he spent three complete days on. i can't imagine the price tag to something like that from a guy like him.
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Originally Posted by MuttGrunt,Feb 7 2009, 07:50 PM
wow.... took all that! thats some tricky stuff.
even when the pro's go for 100% - i don't think its a good idea. of course that's normally done on show cars and such. without a paint depth gauge i think it's foolish to polish that aggressively. 95% is fine, and 99.99% of the population won't know it's NOT perfect. never mind the extra time i'd take to achieve true perfection. that'd y u get guys on autopia with super crazy details like todd's famous lambo gallardo that he spent three complete days on. i can't imagine the price tag to something like that from a guy like him.
I think it cost the Gallardo guy like.. $3kish
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wish i could make 1k per day
Old 02-08-2009 | 01:23 AM
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he did a month long detail that consisted of him taking apart the engine bay too and detailing every bit of that!

anyways, looking forward to this!
Old 02-08-2009 | 01:32 AM
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Originally Posted by SpecC,Feb 8 2009, 03:23 AM
he did a month long detail that consisted of him taking apart the engine bay too and detailing every bit of that!
Old 02-08-2009 | 05:31 PM
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Originally Posted by SpecC,Feb 8 2009, 03:23 AM
he did a month long detail that consisted of him taking apart the engine bay too and detailing every bit of that!

anyways, looking forward to this!
Which car was that? the Carrera RS?
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Originally Posted by espelirS2K,Feb 8 2009, 06:31 PM
Which car was that? the Carrera RS?
i think it was quite recent. it was a vauxhaull VX-R nurburgring edition


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