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I do everything at home. Yes, painting the car too! *Pix Inside*

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Old 12-16-08 | 10:53 AM
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jeff your a mad scientist! man i bet your neighbors HATE you lol. your right though prep work is most important step. so r u gonna do a wire tuck? i bet that would look smooth...
ne present gs owners with a wire tuck done?
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Old 12-16-08 | 10:56 AM
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wow i didnt know you were part of team 16niss.. that name is hella funny to me.. i didnt understand it for the longest time til someone asked me what the 16th letter of the alphabet was..

awesome DIY man
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Old 12-16-08 | 11:15 AM
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Is that what 16niss means?
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Old 12-16-08 | 12:02 PM
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HAHA woah. thats awesome.
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Old 12-16-08 | 12:06 PM
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you are insane ! and 3 projects !!!! WOW and Here I am thinking all hard about my fender work hahaha thats Nothing compared to what you are doing

I have done many 240 engine bays and theres a reason why i stopped ! alot of work

PROPS and good youtube write ups
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Old 12-16-08 | 12:38 PM
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Jeff...Your garage turn out to be your own private repair shop..Look like that is a LOT of works bro..Can't wait to see the finish touch..Great JOB...dude...
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Old 12-16-08 | 01:09 PM
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wow just wow !!!!!!!!
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Old 12-16-08 | 01:19 PM
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you should have your own shop. And do it for a living.. if you don't already
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Old 12-16-08 | 01:19 PM
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looks good!!

Ive trailored cars to a self serve car wash before. Most of the time I use one of those 'as seen on TV', hand held steam cleaners and a bunch of old bath towels.
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Old 12-16-08 | 02:29 PM
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Originally Posted by JeffTsai
Some people gripe about the cost of body work at a good body shop. If they have ever tried it themselves then they would not complain about what it costs. It is truly a insane amount of work to get a GOOD paint job. I'm just demonstrating to everyone here what it takes to lay down a quality paint job.

Prep work is about 85% of the entire job, the actual painting is the easy part compared to everything else. I have some friends come over to help and we are on day 2 of prepping the car for paint lol.

Yes, I agree, you get what you pay for and there IS alot of work involved especially if you want a quality job. I know firsthand, my brother runs qc for a bodyshop that caters to luxury cars and exotics.
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Old 12-16-08 | 02:45 PM
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I shaved the Bay on my GTI, was a painful *** task, but the result is sooo worth it!!

My friend did his too, here is a pic for inspiration!!

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Old 12-16-08 | 02:58 PM
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is the bottom of your windshield cracking??????????????
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Old 12-16-08 | 03:15 PM
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damn you do all kinds of stuff. must be cool to have a place to do work like that.
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Old 12-16-08 | 03:25 PM
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please tell me i'm not going to be put to work when i get there... lol.
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Old 12-16-08 | 03:34 PM
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Originally Posted by ICEBERGS
Dude you are like the mad scientist!!!!! Your the ultimate Do it Your Selfer....huge props to you man...damn i wish you lived in SC i wuold gladly pay you for your skill!! Keep up the good work!! Damn i think you need your own show!!
Gotta agree, I consider myself a DIY guy but I have to bow down to you!
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