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BillBoost37 01-10-2007 08:58 AM

Show us your ugly side
 
That's right, we all know that the camera is kind to our old cars. Many of us have "secrets" that we haven't shown or shared. This thread is aimed at showing the blemishes and everyone knowing that few of our cars are perfect.

Car had body work before I bought it and the emblem is about 1" higher than it should be.
https://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b...7/P1010604.jpg

SSEimatt93 01-10-2007 09:20 AM

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Okay, here we go
Rear bumper, above and to the left of the drivers side exhaust tip, there was some paint transfer from the Previous owner, its rubbed down to the plastic, its black.
Ikkkk
Attachment 55331
Supercharged badge is starting to oxidize, same with the wheel! :shock:
Attachment 55332

harofreak00 01-10-2007 09:31 AM

as much as a whore my cars up... they are actually pretty rough ;)


Originally Posted by harofreak00
i have come to realize that my paintjob sucks, and as soon as my windshield gets put in, im thinking about a brand new sexy black...

doesnt look to bad from far away, actually looks pretty good
http://images.cardomain.com/member_i...4_200_full.jpg

you can see all the defects on the hood, scratches, perminant waterspots, fading...
http://images.cardomain.com/member_i...4_189_full.jpg

rock chips have completely gone through the paint all the way down to the plastic
http://images.cardomain.com/member_i...4_192_full.jpg

this is the fading/perminant water spots on the hood
http://images.cardomain.com/member_i...4_188_full.jpg

tons of little scratches on the mirrors
http://images.cardomain.com/member_i...4_190_full.jpg

an extremely weird keying of some type
http://images.cardomain.com/member_i...4_191_full.jpg

scratches on back pillar
http://images.cardomain.com/member_i...4_195_full.jpg

here you can see the difference between the hood and the fender
http://images.cardomain.com/member_i...4_196_full.jpg

not sure what causes these, they do not buff out...what should i do?
http://images.cardomain.com/member_i...4_198_full.jpg

same problem, they look like its water forming under the clearcoat or wax...how do i get this off?
http://images.cardomain.com/member_i...4_199_full.jpg


redwingsfan34 01-10-2007 10:30 AM

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Attachment 55330
just a little scratch nothin big :lol:

Cheetah 01-10-2007 11:22 AM

Redwingsfan, that has an interesting look :lol:

BillBoost37 01-10-2007 11:22 AM

Show your ugliness Greg....

GoldenBullet 01-10-2007 11:28 AM

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just a few blemishes:

Attachment 55329

https://i138.photobucket.com/albums/...ookie611/7.jpg

:lol:

Grimm 01-10-2007 11:29 AM

Hey Haro, some of that like the key scratching, clear coat failure and chips in the front end can't be fixed, but a ton of that shown in the pictures could easily (OK it would take several hours of work) removed with a polisher. A lot of it like the scratches on the mirrors and the water spots are just on the surface and can be removed with some compound. By hand it would be very time consuming and tiring, but if you can spare a couple hundred bucks for a DA polisher, pads and polish I think you would be very pleased with the results.

BillBoost37 01-10-2007 11:30 AM

Grimm...show us your ugly hood...

Grimm 01-10-2007 11:31 AM


Originally Posted by BillBoost37
Grimm...show us your ugly hood...

That and the stone chipped flares.... I'll have to wait until I get home. I'm sure my camera phone wouldn't show anything. I really have to get it under the halogens to really see it well.


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