to repaint? or not to repaint?
05-18-2006, 04:19 PM
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RE: to repaint? or not to repaint?
If you wax your car regularly, the difference won't be enough to need "aging." ...whatever that is.
05-18-2006, 04:25 PM
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RE: to repaint? or not to repaint?
Let us know how it all goes and post up some pics after it all gets painted.
05-18-2006, 04:31 PM
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RE: to repaint? or not to repaint?
How much is the final cost with a new hood? (assuming you get a good quality one)
How much did you guys pay for yours?
05-18-2006, 04:34 PM
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RE: to repaint? or not to repaint?
man I look at some of yours guys's cars and my car looks like crap, but then again it's a DD.
From the looks of your bumper i'd say if you can paint it to get rid of those bugs...
do you do a lot of highway driving, or was it the previous owner?
05-18-2006, 05:40 PM
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RE: to repaint? or not to repaint?
My car is a 97, and when I got my new hood, I told my guy to match it, and he did it perfectly.
Don't tell them to "age" it, just tell them to match it....its what they do.
05-18-2006, 07:16 PM
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RE: to repaint? or not to repaint?
"aging" is the term the guy at the shop told me. Its matching, same thing, How they do it? I don't know, but these guys are pretty good. Since I have my secret connection at ford, Ill be using the ford body shop to fix my stuff :P
05-19-2006, 05:06 AM
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RE: to repaint? or not to repaint?
if you use your car as a daily driver. NO it will just get scratched up.
05-19-2006, 06:57 PM
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RE: to repaint? or not to repaint?
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ORIGINAL: rbstang
if you use your car as a daily driver. NO it will just get scratched up.
Yea...that's why I wish I had a silver or grey stang sometimes.
05-19-2006, 08:06 PM
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RE: to repaint? or not to repaint?
buy a nice bottle of touch up paint and you're good to go
05-19-2006, 09:53 PM
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RE: to repaint? or not to repaint?
I'm thinking about buying one of those clear bra's someone recommended. Anyone know where to get these?