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Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 7:12 pm 
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hi guys

just finished painting the plastic surrounds on my dash and console
i painted them with daihatsu metalic grey.. with some clear over the top
to help with wear and tear..

what do you think?????????????

 

 

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Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 7:21 pm 
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that looks cool. gives me some ideas on what colour to paint mine again. its currently close to the colour of the car but i wanna try and make the bits smoov and have like a piano black finish like on the monaros etc

 

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Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 7:33 pm 
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ive seen a few that have been painted white or silver but i thought they were a bit to bright..
so i did it metalic grey. i wanted something different without being over the top....

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Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 7:35 pm 
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looks good blends in nicely

 

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Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 8:42 pm 
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looks great .. :)

 

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Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 10:26 pm 
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Love it! Great work! Very tasteful :-)

 

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Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 11:14 am 
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looks great but i think the gear stick has to be cut down a bit. Its too long. LOL

 

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Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 11:55 am 
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stomper wrote:
looks great but i think the gear stick has to be cut down a bit. Its too long. LOL


believe it or not i have already cut an inch n half off it. LOL
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Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 7:53 pm 
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nice
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Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 2:26 am 
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Best custom one ive seen IMO.

 

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Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 2:30 am 
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thats looks nice. subtle and nice......great blend =D and may i say it looks damn clean :shock: i would be happy to get my car that clean

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Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 10:38 am 
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thanks guys
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Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 10:39 am 
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that looks f**k mint as! top job mate!
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Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 9:31 am 
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G'day

Looks great, you see a few 2 many that are just done in wild colors with nothing else in the car that matches. Yours blends in nicely, top job :P

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