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Old 07-24-2011, 09:03 AM
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^^LOL, such an awesome looking tails and you're looking at the reflection?? haha.. i had to go back and see what you're looking at.
Great job on the super gloss tails man, very very nice indeed!
Old 07-24-2011, 01:21 PM
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haha..its just the ally way in my condo complex, I have a double garage ,some have the singles... hey guys ,appreciate the kind words..
Old 07-24-2011, 01:37 PM
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I wish my condo had garage option like that. My car "hangs out" under the sun and rain and dust and dirt all day.
Old 07-24-2011, 08:14 PM
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Originally Posted by yogregb
haha..its just the ally way in my condo complex, I have a double garage ,some have the singles... hey guys ,appreciate the kind words..
So all the garages are in the back and connected to each other? Or are the garages a separate building from the actual condos? I've never seen a set-up like that before... Around here, garages are in front and are part of the condo or townhouse and you have a 25-foot driveway in front of your garage door.
Old 07-25-2011, 10:31 AM
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That looks very sick!
Old 07-26-2011, 02:57 PM
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I actually like the faded look you did. Looks great!
Old 07-26-2011, 05:09 PM
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that's some finesse, great finish. i'd pay to get that done lol
Old 07-27-2011, 12:42 AM
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so the way you did it is that you buffed out some of the nightshades with the PC or did you spray extra on the surrounding areas?
Old 08-02-2011, 03:29 AM
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^^ any1 know?
Old 08-02-2011, 11:41 AM
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That looks stunning, fantastic job sir. Thankfully it was the reflection of your thumbs up on the picture, and not the reflection of a ***** which is what I would have done to see how many people I could silently rick-roll... LOL.. I'm with everyone else, Im copying it !
Old 08-02-2011, 02:09 PM
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^^^HAHAHAH didn't even think of that.
Old 08-02-2011, 02:13 PM
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looking good. your car is always looking so fresh and so clean!
Old 08-02-2011, 04:11 PM
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I love the look and wish I had the skills and place/space to do that to my car! Well done Sir!
Old 08-02-2011, 06:42 PM
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that looks phenomenal! please share the recipe
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Alright, basic recipe... First get the DIY that Wakeboard did and remove your lights.... Get yourself some 1/4 fine line tape or 1/4 pin stripe tape, that will work, the reason is, you can do figure 8's with that stuff.. Mask off the center portion of your lights, GTR style. Once you have the outline, mask off the rest with painter's tape, 3/4 or 1 inch, including the reverse light and small 3 led side marker light. I sprayed 2 good coats of nite shades, let dry... then pull the tape off the center portion of tails leaving the tape on the reverse and side marker light. Now spray one more even coat of nite shades, you end up with one coat over the center portion and 3 coats along the border of the tails. When dry, pull the tape off the reverse and side marker lights, your now ready to clear coat. Apply 5 to 6 heavy coats of clear over the entire light, let dry a couple of days at least. Depending how well you clear coated and how clean you kept everything, you'll need to wet sand the lights, I used 1500 and 2500 to get it smooth, you'll end up taking about 1 to 2 coats of clear off... when done get your random orbital polisher out (won't get the same results by hand) and some fine polishing compound and buff out to a high gloss. Mine took about 6 passes of polishing with progressive foam pads... between this and wakeboard's diy you should come out with the desired result hope this helps and good luck bros
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