Got my black side moldings and bottom trim painted to match

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blue-sun

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Like the title states, I got my ugly black side moldings and bottom black edge painted Super Red to match the car. I also had a small dent repaird on the drivers side door.



From 7-10 feet, the car looks amazing! 5 feet and closer, and you can really see the difference in paint color and luster (hey, it's a 12+ year old singe stage red paint job) between the new paint and the older paint.



I have plans on getting the entire car resprayed sometime next year when I've got the coin for it, but this'll do for now. . .



Here's a before pic



Front End

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And the dent in the door on the drivers side

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Now a few afters



rear 3/4

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front side view

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Front bottom view

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I've got a few pics that I took that I have to upload still to my site. . .these above were taken at a meet & cruise about 3 hours after picking her up from paint. . .



I'll post my other pics tonight when I get home and up load them. . .



David
 
the interiour is deceptively large for a 2 seater. There are storage compartments behind the seats and a storage console between the seats (depending on year and option) but it's realatively easy to do.



NO exterior on it?



David
 
blue-sun said:
the interiour is deceptively large for a 2 seater. There are storage compartments behind the seats and a storage console between the seats (depending on year and option) but it's realatively easy to do.



NO exterior on it?



David
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Might, but he said its in really good shape. I'll probably offer to do a quick interior exterior upkeep.
 
And some taken a few hours ago, after buffing out some body shop induced swirls and fading. . .they used some heavy cleaners on the paint to get the moldings and trim "Armor all" free. . .guess using that tire gel on them wasn't a good idea, eh?



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The top half of the car was gone over with AIO using a white pad. . .I haven't used AIO in a while, and with the white pad, I'm pleased with it's cutting power. Alot of the swirls installed by the body shop were removed.



Sorry about the quality on some of these pics. . .taken indoors



before drivers side fender

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after

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Drivers door before (notice the hazing below the mirror

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after

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I've got an extra set of OEM rims with auto-x tires that are painted gunmetal...



Unless you wanna donate $ to the "but blue-sun's MR2 some rims" fund, they'll have to do. . .
 
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