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  1. tripwire1124

    Painted Engine cover plate today....

    ive never liked the thought of spraying down my engine, for the fact that im a little cautious about it. is it safe to do that to our engines? has anyone had any problems after doing this? since youve been doing it for so long ill take your word that its ok to do. i may have to try it.
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    Painted Engine cover plate today....

    pigpin, haha actually its one that i made out of a street sign a while back. used the same pattern that he had on this site.
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    Painted Engine cover plate today....

    im planning on it...probably be till monday before i get to it. also wanting to do the strut tower caps, as well as the front cover that goes over the radiator, and maybe the fuse box lid.
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    Painted Engine cover plate today....

    please forgive my engine bay....it needs much attention
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    Painted Engine cover plate today....

    i sanded down the rough texture with a DA sander with 220 grit. then i sprayed the first coat of primer then wet sanded it, then put two layers of paint follwed by wetsanding, and just layed down a thick layer of clear and havent sanded that yet...all was sanded with only 1500 grit wet paper and...
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    Painted Engine cover plate today....

    what do you all think? i didnt want to do black because my whole car is black but i do like the way it turned out. Next is to do my air intake to match...maybe with some kind of lettering on it. anyways check it out... it is still a little wet and ill need to wetsand and buff it later.
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    Another Caliper Color Thread

    what if you just polished the caliper, to make it a little shiney, has anyone done that? similair to this
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    Plasti dipped grill

    i literally just did my rear surround and my window trim. can you maybe post a picture of your whole car. i wanna know what the grill looks like as a whole...
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    Help me pick an Ebay spoiler

    i personally am wanting the 3 piece ww spoiler myself...but out of these pictures i would like the benz one.
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    any interest in gen1 sport front and rear bumper

    will wait for pictures...
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    any interest in gen1 sport front and rear bumper

    im interested in your front bumper...can you get a quote for me to 46845?
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    How Many LS's Are On LVC??

    2000 ls v8, magnaflows, other small things checking in.
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    Hmmm worn suspension components..

    agree on the hub, as youll be taking everything apart anyway. ball joints i believe require new control arms so that you can do yourself. tie rid ends you can do yourself as well, just make sure an alignments is done shortly after. how were sway bar links?
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    Headers In!

    sorry to bring this back up but any updates on this?
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    Made a SRT-4 fanboy pretty pissed today

    nope its silver with black trim...its like an '08ish.
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    Plasti dip trim

    she had a tutorial on plasti-dip rims too right? i remember watching that one when i thought about doing this to my rims.
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    Made a SRT-4 fanboy pretty pissed today

    Haha i got a buddy who just bought a gti and he thinks its all that....i love sr3/lima road now that construction is finished...outran a Grand Prix gxp out there the other day...
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    Burning rubber smell, minor smoke from under hood

    doh! my bad...too many other car issues and crossed thoughts haha
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    Burning rubber smell, minor smoke from under hood

    try looking at the belt? mine was making a burning rubber smell and a noise under the hood and pulled the belt off and my a/c compressor was going out. just thinking outside the box. but if your for sure its coming from the wheel/brake area then check the splash guards rubbing the tires while...
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