Show us your ugly side
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DINOSAURUS BOOSTUS
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Show us your ugly side
That'* 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.
Car had body work before I bought it and the emblem is about 1" higher than it should be.
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From: Lethbridge, Alberta, _______Canada._______ West Coast Bonneville Fest ___05,06,07 Survivor___
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
Supercharged badge is starting to oxidize, same with the wheel!
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
Supercharged badge is starting to oxidize, same with the wheel!
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as much as a ***** 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
you can see all the defects on the hood, scratches, perminant waterspots, fading...
rock chips have completely gone through the paint all the way down to the plastic
this is the fading/perminant water spots on the hood
tons of little scratches on the mirrors
an extremely weird keying of some type
scratches on back pillar
here you can see the difference between the hood and the fender
not sure what causes these, they do not buff out...what should i do?
same problem, they look like its water forming under the clearcoat or wax...how do i get this off?
doesnt look to bad from far away, actually looks pretty good
you can see all the defects on the hood, scratches, perminant waterspots, fading...
rock chips have completely gone through the paint all the way down to the plastic
this is the fading/perminant water spots on the hood
tons of little scratches on the mirrors
an extremely weird keying of some type
scratches on back pillar
here you can see the difference between the hood and the fender
not sure what causes these, they do not buff out...what should i do?
same problem, they look like its water forming under the clearcoat or wax...how do i get this off?
Originally Posted by harofreak00
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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.
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From: West Michigan
Originally Posted by BillBoost37
Grimm...show us your ugly hood...