I just came home with this......

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spree
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I just came home with this......

Post by spree » Thu Sep 29, 2011 6:56 pm

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Interesting paint job huh??!
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Re: I just came home with this......

Post by Van » Thu Sep 29, 2011 8:12 pm

Why would someone paint the top and lower parts of the car black? Gold isn't a bad color.
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Re: I just came home with this......

Post by spree » Thu Sep 29, 2011 11:25 pm

It is actually a black car with the gold bit painted on. Bizarre though eh! It had some writing in vinyl on it at some point too......
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Re: I just came home with this......

Post by Captain Slow » Fri Sep 30, 2011 9:33 am

Saw that advertised and thought it was a bit of on odd thing to do. From what I recall, it sounded like they made a fairly decent job of creating the stripe.
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Re: I just came home with this......

Post by bigdickbuster » Fri Sep 30, 2011 10:56 am

spree wrote:Interesting paint job huh??!
A little bit lower with the paintcoat (to the protective strip and everything will be allright. Now it looks hmmmm... weird?
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Re: I just came home with this......

Post by spree » Fri Sep 30, 2011 12:13 pm

1 dodgy paint job = total bargain for me! :hopping:
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Re: I just came home with this......

Post by Cyclone_27 » Tue Oct 04, 2011 7:36 pm

I think the car dont look too bad, the gold should be down to the protective strip though. How much did you get that bad boy for?
You oughta get some gold alloys for it :bla:
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Re: I just came home with this......

Post by piper1st » Mon Oct 10, 2011 10:35 pm

LoL ... is that you a 480 junkie now Spree!! haha!! :rofl:
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Re: I just came home with this......

Post by spree » Fri Oct 14, 2011 6:39 pm

piper1st wrote:LoL ... is that you a 480 junkie now Spree!! haha!! :rofl:
Lol I know. It came up so cheap that I couldn't resist... £150!! I now have my GT4 and two 480's behind my house....

It came with a lovely Alpine head unit and a Sub in the boot. :crazy:

I'm going to break this one though as it needs too much work. I have swapped the Cetus wheels onto my other one to replace the Pictor's and am swapping bits over to replace anything dodgy.

Most parts will be available if anybody wants anything?
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