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Well, no pics, haven't seen the car since the last update. Talked to the body guy yesterday though, and I'm dropping off the accent bulb housings to him tomorrow before heading out of town tomorrow night for 10 days. He's telling me he should have it primed by the time we get there tomorrow evening, and already has the DCW spoiler molded in and set up and most of the little dents already straightened.

It's a matter of fact now that we will be going with the factory red. I had to drop $350 unexpectedly on a new oil scavenge pump for the Vette, and may have to rebuild the turbo's as both had oil pushed past the seals.

More pics to come sometime over the weekend most likely. Not really going to have computer access for a few days after tomorrow.

hmmmm I was thinking.... would it be possible to wait a bit and save the extra $500 to make it the color you want? It just seems to me, after you found the color you want, the plain red *although nice* isn't what you really what and will regret it down the road. Just my .02...... And you have pm my friend

hmmmmmm...... I think things might have changed?

I know nothing!

Saw the car today, the trimmed bulb housings for the accent bulbs fit like a champ. But the biggest kicker is the DCW spoiler. It came out far and beyond better than I could have ever expected. Here's some pics:











That thing was molded in soooooo much better than I could have ever expected. The transition is completely smooth, it's as if the lip was a part of the car.

This post has been edited by Fastbird: Apr 10, 2009 - 10:15 PM

Looking good!

lip looks good

NICE!! i was planning on doing the same type of thing on my celi as well with the duckbill.

Trust me man....It's worth it. I'm still all grins after seeing it. Bein told car should be just about done when we get back in town on Sunday.

did you ever get those hellica stickers again ? if you didn't, let me know, I have something you may want

you'd be the second member to have a set. and the first one haven't installed them yet.

Haven't ordered a new set yet. If you have a set in black to part with shoot me a pm with price. We were just planning on going back to Likwid Art for them but if you have and are not using them.....

Like this ? but properly painted ? I can even send them unpainted and you have them professionally painted by your painter.
check buying and selling for details

Ok, back in town, expect some updates this week. Painting has begun but is behind schedule from what I'm being told. More to come.

Ok, another minor update. Bodywork is done, all panels have been fitted and aligned, support repairs have been made (pulled, nothing replaced, came out pretty good), color is going to be laid this weekend. Threw a couple more pics of the spoiler cause I love it so much. My ONLY complaint is that for as well integrated as it is, there's an edge at the side to the quarter panel. We talked about building up the quarter panel to suit with filler, but problem there is if anything hits it there is the very realistic chance of it chipping. The bottomside edge of the spoiler isn't done yet, he's got a sealant to lay and sand that will blend it nicely, and he did a phenomenal job clearancing the spoiler for the third brake light.

i dig it

Quality job.....looks good.

Ok, talked to the shop today. Car was in the process of being taped, spraying is starting tomorrow!

the duckbill looks fantastic!
cant wait to see it finished man.

Wow....ummmm.....wow. Got a call from the body guy tonight. He says "Hey, do you have time to come by and look at it?? I have the paint shot but the color came out different and I'm on the fence about it. I want you to make the decision on if we need to change it or not."

So we went up there..........pics to come in a little while.........

Here you go. The first batch is with the flash on the camera on to dampen the fluorescent lighting in the shop:













These were with the flash off to help bring out the color better in brighter light:











OH MY GOD is all I can say. My wife and I absolutely LOVE it. The copper effect isn't nearly as prominent but the red is just amazing in person.

This was with the base/clear and three coats of clear, last approx 1 hour old when we saw this. he's got lots of sanding and buffing to do but is anticipating the car being ready for pickup come the end of next week. Then it gets to hide in the garage while I complete a few "other" things and layer up some good old Zaino to really make it pop.

This post has been edited by Fastbird: May 2, 2009 - 12:17 AM

Wow.