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LilS gets hooked up in Austin,TX

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Old 01-30-07, 09:38 PM
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I met LilS on these forums when I moved here to Austin. I saw his car in person....it looked like crap but I didn't want to tell him that. That is, until he came to our shop and asked us to fix some things on it. The bodykit he had on there didn't fit, you could stick 3 fingers in the gap on his rear bumper. The paint was terrible, they might as well have painted it orange because it had so much orange peel and runs...it was just a hack job from Houston or where ever he bought the car from. I may sound like I'm exaggerating but the bodyshop that did his kit stuffed some cardboard and glassed over it on parts of the kit. We found sandpaper left inside the door caps...it was horrible. We were changing the kit on my wife's car and putting on the Mode Parfume so LilS decided to put the old kit on his car. Anyways on to the pics...

Here's the door caps that we removed. We had to repair every single one. One was beyond repair and needed to be replaced.



some girl backed up into his fender/drivers door..you can kind of see the damage here



we did a little bodywork, filled in some chips, got my old kit ready for paint



and after clearing


and final assembly


he needs a few things here and there but its 100 times better now trust me...
Old 01-30-07, 09:44 PM
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looking good
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before and after pics would help but the car looks good. I love my color. Nice work. Where in TX are u?
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We're in Austin TX, LilS has before pics and I'm hoping he'll post some up...my camera guy AKA painter FORGOT to take before pics!!!ugggghhhh
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Nice work... Those retros are the bomb...
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Im confused bout the MP kit.
So he has your MP kit?
whats up with your GS?
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he has the explosion kit that came off my wife's car. My wife now has the MP kit...make sense? Man its a shame our painter didn't take before pics....
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Car and paint looks good!
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Lookin' good
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whoa the paint looks great.

I say he should get rid of the sc430 rims and get some nice black rims with polished lips
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sorry about the before pics..lils said he had a whole bunch....but the car has come along way
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car looks good
Old 01-31-07, 03:25 PM
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cars looks sweet. i like the white one too, what kind of rims are on the White gs?
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The white one has Work Euroline SL's
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Some good work there I should take a trip up to Austin sometime


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