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Post by aircooledaddicts Thu Jan 12, 2012 6:03 pm

Most of you have probably seen this car at some point. ASbug had it before me and it has always had a ugly paint job that just killed the "cool" factor of this Bug. He originally had pllans of painting it but just never got around to it. It's taken me some time as well but she is finally rid of her "flames" cheers Just thought I would post some pictures of the stages she went through. I still have some stuff do do but for the most part she is back together.

What she looked like befor the paint
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Here is some shots of the body work getting done
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Fresh paint Cool

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All back together
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Post by Grifspop Thu Jan 12, 2012 6:08 pm

Looks good, Gary- the wheels look better now that the distracting paint is gone
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Post by Attorney Isaiah Loophole Thu Jan 12, 2012 6:14 pm

Nice! Much better!
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Post by aircooledaddicts Thu Jan 12, 2012 6:16 pm

Thanks!
I'm actually going to have the wheels powder coated black soon. They will look exactly the same but better Laughing
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Post by Attorney Isaiah Loophole Thu Jan 12, 2012 6:21 pm

I will trade you my mahle baby burners for those turtles if you still wanting to get rid of them.

They look like this....
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Post by 57RTOval Thu Jan 12, 2012 7:44 pm

That's looks awesome Gary! Time to fix your avatar too. Smile
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Post by LB Bedwell Thu Jan 12, 2012 8:21 pm

def makes a difference, totally different car now.
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Post by aircooledaddicts Thu Jan 12, 2012 9:24 pm

Thanks everybody. I'm really happy with it.
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Post by Knumb Knucks Thu Jan 12, 2012 9:29 pm

Lookn Good
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Post by 720boy Thu Jan 12, 2012 9:54 pm

look good what color is it. looks white with a little silver
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Post by aircooledaddicts Thu Jan 12, 2012 10:14 pm

720boy wrote:look good what color is it. looks white with a little silver

It is actually a 3 stage (base, pearl, & clear) 2010 Lexus pearl white Looks really cool in the sun.
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Post by ASBug Thu Jan 12, 2012 10:59 pm

That looks sweet!
Good Job!
Oh yeah,
I just put on the 4th BBS CH-028.
I'm rolling on 18's again!
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Post by aircooledaddicts Fri Jan 13, 2012 3:55 pm

I also wanted to do something different that I havent sen in the Bug scene yet so I decided to do Sharpie art on my dash. I know everybody won't like it but its just the dash and it is telling a "story" with the art we are putting on it. I started some yesterday and a couple friends came by today and help add some more. Eventually I want to cover the dash. It will be my Bugs tattoo Smile

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Post by bumblebuggy Fri Jan 13, 2012 5:02 pm

I like it!
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Post by tronview Fri Jan 13, 2012 5:21 pm

Nice job Gary. Looks tight.
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Post by dirtyd73 Fri Jan 13, 2012 7:59 pm

That dash is sweet
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Post by DOODLE BUGG Fri Jan 13, 2012 8:03 pm

that thing is awsome
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Post by peregrine67 Fri Jan 13, 2012 8:12 pm

It gives the car a whole different personality than the flame job.
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Post by aircooledaddicts Fri Jan 13, 2012 8:19 pm

Thanks! I didn't think anybody would like it Laughing
I just wanted to add something that made it stand out from the crowd but didn't ruin the look outside. Plus if I ever get tired of it a little acetone takes it right off.
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Post by fluxcap Sat Jan 14, 2012 7:34 am

aircooledaddicts wrote:Plus if I ever get tired of it a little acetone takes it right off.
Or you could just paint some killer flames over it! Laughing

Looking forward to seeing it in person without the flames.
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Post by aircooledaddicts Wed Feb 15, 2012 6:58 pm

Put on some new wheels today Smile I found a restored set of original Sprint stars. 4.5 on the front and 5.5 on the rear. Ran into a few problems at first.....had to grind the calipers on the front to clear the wheels. Then on the rear my 195/65/15 tires rubbed the fenders really bad so I had to change to 165's and now all is good Smile
It actually sits a hair lower in the front than these pictures show. It settled back down some after I moved it back into the garage.

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Post by Attorney Isaiah Loophole Wed Feb 15, 2012 7:22 pm

I love the sprints! but where did the turtles go?
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Post by aircooledaddicts Wed Feb 15, 2012 8:00 pm

Attorney Isaiah Loophole wrote:I love the sprints! but where did the turtles go?

I sold them to Raul in our club for his vert Super.
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Post by rican11 Wed Feb 15, 2012 8:13 pm

Here they are...

[img]Pearl my RHD 1302 from Japan Turtle10[/img]
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Post by Attorney Isaiah Loophole Wed Feb 15, 2012 10:45 pm

rican11 wrote:Here they are...
Pearl my RHD 1302 from Japan Turtle10

Looks good! If you get tired of them and want some mahle's instead let me know! I've got a green square those would look awesome on!
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