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Old 7/28/11, 08:40 AM
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Painted side rocker panels

So here is a before and after pics of my painted rocker panels. I still dont have the roush splitters on yet. Paint dude said let it air out for a bit before you put them on.

My pictures suck- very hard to grab a good pic of the newly painted pieces cuz of the shadows.

it needs to be lowered a little and what do you guys think about a lower strip along the bottom- like the roush stripe? to break up all the grey.

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Old 7/28/11, 09:59 AM
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That looks good! Great color!
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noticed your in plainfield nice. Your car would look awesome all kona blue rockers kinda like the blue angels edition.
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who the hell is that in the background? lol

hard for me to see the difference, but from what I can see it looks good!
Old 7/28/11, 10:21 AM
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thats my wife going to get the mail and i didnt notice she did that till after lol.

yeah from pics its super hard to tell- paint job is close to black already but the biggiest factor i like is how smooth they are for washing and waxing.

in person it looks awesome.
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what process did they use to get it to stick and stick well/reliably to the plastic? any ideas?
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No he didnt really tell me in detail the process- but the rear valance did take him 3 weeks between all the coats of primer he had to use. He mentioned a prep kit but thats about it.
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yikes yea i was thinking it would be something like that...
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Originally Posted by way2qk4u2c
noticed your in plainfield nice. Your car would look awesome all kona blue rockers kinda like the blue angels edition.
Yeah, u local too? I can't tell from the mobile app. I thought about painting them, but I like the carbon fiber too. Maybe next spring I'll do something with them. Was it expensive to get yours done?
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Looks great! The color of the car is so close to the color of the plastic its hard to tell unless you are up close. I think the Roush splitters will break things up a litte on the bottom. I dont know about the stripe though. Maybe try to Photoshop it on there or something!

You're wife totally photobombed you! LOL
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Are these the same grey panels, prepped, painted, and clear coated?
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Looks Great!
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Originally Posted by emba129
Are these the same grey panels, prepped, painted, and clear coated?
yes they are
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Looks pretty good
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I'll see if i can get updated pics with the roush splitters and stripes soon

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i have a new front end and stripes going on this weekend so i will have to get a recent update soon

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Definitely better.
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It looks great. Stripes on the sides are so yesterday.
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do you have the contact for the body shop? Id like to be knowlegeable when I speak to a local shop in CT.

thx
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1000% times better!!! looks great
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Yep... I love your car. I saw a 13 in SG roll by on the highway and seeing it sold me on the color. I love white and black, time to hit the middle.


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