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Old Oct 17, 2009 | 03:42 PM
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It looks really bad, but 10x better from 20' away. When I sober up I'll paint the door jams, lol.
Old Oct 17, 2009 | 03:44 PM
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Congrats, ur car looks like a giant tampon.
Old Oct 17, 2009 | 03:58 PM
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I may put the 6ULs on later if I can manage to sober-up.
Old Oct 17, 2009 | 04:00 PM
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This muthafucka is going to floss when I put the r-pack lip on it, lol.
Old Oct 17, 2009 | 04:03 PM
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LOL wtf did you paint it with? A brush?
Old Oct 17, 2009 | 04:13 PM
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Tempera?

Reminds me of the time my friend's brother got trashed and shaved the left side of their golden retriever.
Old Oct 17, 2009 | 04:21 PM
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Looks way better dude! Nice job Take some closeup shots.

R-lips with 6UL's and it'll look better than 90% of the miatas on the road.

I personally dont like all white with a hardtop, looks too much like an egg. What made you go with white? Drunk from lastnight or started early today? lol

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Old Oct 17, 2009 | 04:23 PM
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An egg...haha.

Roll on technique?
Old Oct 17, 2009 | 04:27 PM
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Reminds me of the time my friend's brother got trashed and shaved the left side of their golden retriever.


Surely there must be pictures of this?
Old Oct 17, 2009 | 04:40 PM
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Originally Posted by hustler
I may put the 6ULs on later if I can manage to sober-up.
From the beer or the paint fumes? lol.
Old Oct 17, 2009 | 04:41 PM
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I used "rustoleum car" whatever. It would look better with a brush.

I can throw the black hardtop on it, but that would require effort.
Old Oct 17, 2009 | 04:46 PM
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Originally Posted by miata2fast
From the beer or the paint fumes? lol.
I was 8-beers in when I proclaimed that I achieved drunkenness.
Old Oct 17, 2009 | 05:06 PM
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Originally Posted by hustler
I was 8-beers in when I proclaimed that I achieved drunkenness.
Is that when you decided to start painting?! There isn't enough overspray.
Old Oct 17, 2009 | 05:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez


Surely there must be pictures of this?
God I wish. The best part was the dog knew there was something horribly wrong with its coat and it just looked worried and lethargic until it grew back.
Old Oct 17, 2009 | 05:50 PM
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rccote's sig looks awesome. I need to put the black top on this car.
Old Oct 17, 2009 | 05:54 PM
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Looks much better than before. If you do the top and windscreen surround black, mask a line and hit the rockers with the black too, IMO.
Old Oct 17, 2009 | 06:11 PM
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rustoleum? Dammit. You should have spent an extra $40 and bought boat paint to roll on. Would have come out much better.

Black hardtop. Black r-lip. Graphite wheel paint. Something like this except black out the windsheild surround and rview mirrors too. In other words, copy Rccote!

Old Oct 17, 2009 | 06:48 PM
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So you just used the spray cans? My experience with those is that they dry crazy slow. Thinned out roll on dries like 100x faster. Either way, gj on you, looks way better and doesn't have to be perfect. I love the current color of my car but there are spots up close where they didn't do good prep and the paint has flaked off. Nothing like Mineral Grey with sections of Mariner Blue showing.
Old Oct 17, 2009 | 06:57 PM
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Originally Posted by hustler
rccote's sig looks awesome. I need to put the black top on this car.
myshit

Old Oct 17, 2009 | 07:02 PM
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You just lost much respect for your JDMyo hood risers.



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