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Old Dec 30, 2007 | 05:17 PM
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painted my climate control/cd player piece.

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Had a couple scuffs on it so I decided to paint it today.

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Old Dec 30, 2007 | 05:25 PM
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should have left it... or took a longer time doing it... sorry...
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Old Dec 30, 2007 | 08:28 PM
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Old Dec 30, 2007 | 08:42 PM
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eh cant say its an improvement (nor can i say anything bad about it).... did it bother u so much it was alil lighter gray?
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Old Dec 30, 2007 | 08:53 PM
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Humm...why not EB to match the outside? Just feels more lost in the interior now. Unless thats what you were going for?
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Old Dec 30, 2007 | 09:05 PM
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Before > After
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Old Dec 30, 2007 | 10:53 PM
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Its wet in the picture it was raining when I put int in the car thats why it looks a little funny. I wiped it off and I guess it looks glossy from the camera. I used flat black and it looks really good in person.



I'm going for an all black interior. I'm painting my tail and head light housings black tommorrow, along with the rest of the grey interior pieces.

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Old Dec 31, 2007 | 11:16 AM
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Looks very poorly done .
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Old Dec 31, 2007 | 11:50 AM
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looked better sliver
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Old Dec 31, 2007 | 12:49 PM
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I think Helen Keller could have done a better job
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Old Dec 31, 2007 | 12:53 PM
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I think Helen Keller could have done a better job
ouch
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Old Dec 31, 2007 | 02:42 PM
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should have waited til it was dry to install it again...
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Old Dec 31, 2007 | 02:45 PM
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should have waited til it was dry to install it again...
holy cow you changed your avatar lol .... how the hell you been ?

OP, you should have maybe used some sand paper as well... maybe even a clear coat.

Then it could have looked like this

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Old Dec 31, 2007 | 02:46 PM
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Old Dec 31, 2007 | 03:00 PM
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I'll take a pic tomorrow in the day time. It was wet from the rain the paint wasn't wet.
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