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Old Feb 11, 2009 | 10:55 PM
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Default My car is (finally) out of the paint booth!

The color is "Polished Metal Metallic" and is a Honda color, from the
new '09 Accord. TONS of metal flake.

The ghost stripe is the same paint mixed with white pearl and extra
silver metallic flakes. The effect is subtle but looks fantastic in
sunlight.

This is a good day.

Please excuse the camera phone pics. My painter kinda surprised me with this today. Real pics will come when I reassemble the car.

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Can't wait to get my front mount in that bumper.
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Old Feb 11, 2009 | 10:56 PM
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niiiiice!
Old Feb 11, 2009 | 10:57 PM
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Wow, awesome. I really like it, ghost stripes and all. I cant wait to see it put together.
Old Feb 11, 2009 | 10:58 PM
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I did not like that color when I worked at Honda. However, it looks GREAT on your car! Love the ghost stripes too!
Old Feb 11, 2009 | 11:00 PM
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I chose the color to compliment my nickel 6ul's. lol. I also got the smoked ebay marker lights and front turn signals.
Old Feb 11, 2009 | 11:08 PM
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looks great man. I'm not a fan of stripes at all, but yours actually look good...very nice
Old Feb 12, 2009 | 02:07 AM
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Not thrilled with the color or the flakes, but the paint looks good either way. Ghost stripes are pretty cool I suppose. Be sure to post more when its back together. Cant wait to paint mine.
Old Feb 12, 2009 | 04:20 AM
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very nice wish i could redo mine!!!
Old Feb 12, 2009 | 09:16 PM
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Kudos. Looking forward to seeing the finished product...

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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 09:20 PM
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That looks sooo ******* good. I love the subtle stripPes. Those look siiicccckkkk.
Old Feb 12, 2009 | 10:54 PM
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Looks great, I like that the painter didn't just mask things off. Subtle stripes look good too, congrats!
Old Feb 13, 2009 | 04:06 PM
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Congrats! Nice paint job! Glad to hear you were pleasantly surprised by your painter. I've heard too many paint job horror stories.
Old Feb 13, 2009 | 05:58 PM
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looks great. I can't wait to get mine painted in a few weeks
Old Feb 19, 2009 | 07:11 PM
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Best I can do with the light available and my cheap camera. The car is kinda dirty from running around this week. I can't wait to put my Tein's on it!

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Old Feb 19, 2009 | 08:17 PM
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that looks awwwwwsomeeeeeee makes me want to paint my whole car.
Old Feb 19, 2009 | 08:32 PM
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Like the ghost stripes, although I dont like how the wheels look with that color.
Old Feb 19, 2009 | 09:53 PM
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uhg i cant wait to do bodywork and paint my car....
Old Feb 19, 2009 | 10:06 PM
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Exactly what I had considered doing on the black car-same color scheme except even more ghost/closer to base color stripes, like they almost weren't there...

I really like it.
Old Feb 19, 2009 | 11:17 PM
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argh, I just want to wipe those stripes off, they look like streaks
Old Feb 19, 2009 | 11:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Stein
Exactly what I had considered doing on the black car-same color scheme except even more ghost/closer to base color stripes, like they almost weren't there...

I really like it.
Same here. I'd like to get my car repainted one day (probably never happen, but a man can dream right?). If I did, it would be silver with the faintest silver stripes. Like you said, barely their.

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