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Interior/Exterior Clown car no more!

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Old Feb 13, 2012 | 03:58 PM
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Clown car no more!

I've had this car for a few years and upgraded and repaired many things since I have owned it. Well I finally got it painted the way I wanted it. it finally doesn't look so must like the clown car it was( literally owned by a clown named Sparkles)


Here are two before paint:




After paint here with the winter ride height and tires.







 
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Old Feb 13, 2012 | 04:34 PM
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Nice. It wasn't that bad to begin with.
I think you must have been paronoid since you knew a clown owned it.
 
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Old Feb 13, 2012 | 04:36 PM
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Oh this is so much better and still: no offense, but you're only halfway..

Change:
Rear lights: this dark looks foolish. Just clear the chrome out: looks awesome!
Front lights: colormatch the rings to the body? Get the original xenons back
Grill: surrounds in black, not matched to the body
Seats: get them new covers, in black

Now we're talking

But that's just my €0,02
Being European and all, we have a bit of different things we like I guess.
 
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Old Feb 13, 2012 | 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Floor-is
Oh this is so much better and still: no offense, but you're only halfway..
None taken
Change:
Rear lights: this dark looks foolish. Just clear the chrome out: looks awesome!
Didn't like the Clear tail lights, they looked funky to me.

Front lights: colormatch the rings to the body? Get the original xenons back
Oems were halogen with broken adjusters. may match the rings?
Grill: surrounds in black, not matched to the body
Old Grille surrounds were black and looks crap once the plastic starts to get old turns a grey color.

Seats: get them new covers, in black
at first I didn't like them red but for the price I couldn't pass them up. they've grown on me since.

Now we're talking

But that's just my €0,02
Being European and all, we have a bit of different things we like I guess.

Didn't care about it being a clown car the checkers and tri-color scheme just got obnoxious the longer I owned the car. And the shark fins are coming off in the spring.
 
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Old Feb 13, 2012 | 05:30 PM
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Originally Posted by CrazyIvan
I've had this car for a few years and upgraded and repaired many things since I have owned it. Well I finally got it painted the way I wanted it. it finally doesn't look so must like the clown car it was( literally owned by a clown named Sparkles)


Here are two before paint:




After paint here with the winter ride height and tires.







Looks good. Great improvement in the looks
 
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