thanks.car came out of the primer booth this morning to be blocked down again, and prepped for paint. Anyone heard of a decklid spoiler for sale?

 

but

 

Gotcha! Entire car sanded,cleaned,and prepped for paint. In the process of being taped up as I type this. I so excite!!
i just got word my friend has an extra spoiler he'll give to me if he doesn't buy a TL in the next month!

 

coming around awesome....

 

I meant to put up the pic of it in the booth a couple of hours ago but I got busy. Well it went in and came out just a little bit prettier..
Car is in process of being reassembled,only interior for now.

 

dude that looks clean !!!

and just like that she is painted

 

yep. just like that unfortunately, there's a spot where you can still see the key marks , i guess they forgot to lay primer, it's only a small section on the quarter panel, but it's bugging both me and my buddy. So, tommorrow they're going to wetsand and buff, and if it doesn't come out : repaint it is!
other than that; im extremely happy with the outcome. Looks amazing in person.

 

dude that is awesome.....looks like your friend likes perfection and so so you

 

Well,they sanded and buffed the scratch,and it faded a little, but we're going to end up repainting tonight.Reassembly tommorrow

Meanwhile, new windshield:

 

ooooo fresh NBP once again

 

the car came out of the booth for the second time this morning, all reassembled, just snapped a quick pic when it got put in the wash bay. its cloudy,raining here so i won't be able to get any better pics today. once it clears- ill post a lot from my digi camera

 

SICK !!!

the fresh NBP looks awesome....

cant wait for you to wash/wax it and post some nice pix !!!

 

Car was detailed last night, just stopped raining so i drove it out of the shop and snapped a couple of pics, still really ugly weather here.. but im in love with the car all over again! You can definitely see the blue SO much clearer,even under flourescent lighting, i can't wait until its sunny. Wheel guy appointment was today, but we decided to wait until the weather gets better, so that'll be this coming week!

 

Looks pretty damn good, fresh coat of NBP is sexy

 

thanks, yea im lovin it. and swoosh you can't wax fresh paint for 60-90 days. so just easy washing and quik detailer.

 

fresh NBP

yeah i knew you cant apply wax as it mixing up with the paint ? (something like that) but didnt know how many days and details as such...

 

Just had my front end painted. I just rinse with water and gently wipe off with a microfiber towel.

 

no waxing because it will trap any contaminants during the "curing process". thanks man, i can't wait till i can see it in the sun and my wheels are done.
^ im actually going to dust the car every day, and wash it with meguiars whenever it gets dirty.

 

Just installed the Isimple Gateway; I'm very happy with the results. Easy installation. I think the hardest part was putting the plug back on and figuring out exactly where to mount the unit. Took less than 30 minutes and is really worth it. Especially since I got it for only 50 bucks!

 

Sick!!!

 

Sure looks beautiful, coming out of the booth!

 

Wow...so this is what the car would look like if I repainted it, huh...sick, man...gorgeous!
How about a fresh clear vinyl applied now...I have a daily highway commute so I would def. get it.

 

^^^ THIS !!!

great advice by Jer.....def look into it....if i ever get my car repainted am not pulling out of the bay without a hood/bumper/rear view mirror clean vinyl wrap !!!

 

Jer, and guys, I'm actually skeptical about those clear bras. We had a car here at the shop with it on (quite a few actually) and they don't help as much as i initially thought, a type S (07) came in with it on the entire bumper,front half of the fenders and front part of the hood, and to my amazement: It seemed almost as if everything got thru it! maybe the paint didn't chip as much, but every nick could be seen and felt, it looked horrible,not to mention the time it took to clean off the adhesive.

 

Paint can only be immaculate for so long. With the vinyl stuff you're just delaying the inevitable. Plus, like you said, rather not have the adhesive and be able to feel/see all the bumps.

 

very impressive...love the weds!

 

Oh wow nice...

I hate those vinyl stuff on the car but in Boston if I repainted my TL, then I might think about it lol

 

thanks guys, weather has still been pretty shit here guys, sorry i haven't gotten any good pics up yet,

 

^^^That's interesting information, thanks for sharing that, man...so the clear bra isn't the solution either...just drive 15mph on backroads all the time and that's it!



J.

Looking good, man...do you have more and better shots of your rear aspec lip conversion in comparison to the base rear?!?

 

Pretty much J, my gf gets pissed off because I drive 5-10mph down my dirt road.

 

yea seriously, not to mention the ugly yellowing it gets after a couple of years. and i don't have any pics of the conversion J, only how it sits now,

 

Finally had time and some good weather here in Boston, snapped a few quick pics in the sun of my TL.
unfortunately, i don't have any programs to resize the pics and they are "too large" for acurazine. So i uploaded them to Flickr. and created a "set"

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8022045...7630028139081/

if anyone can upload them straight to acurazine for me it would be greatly appreciated!

 

Azine should resize them on it's own. See if you can bring up the album and then select all and copy the IMG code. Idk if Flickr can do it but I know PhotoBucket can.

Nice pics by the way, that close up of the paint is

 

just a few of my favorites from that link

 

WOW
Awesome brother

 

well done bro !!!

 

Wow, love the close-up shot!

 

Boston ?!!!!!
Where are you?

 

brighton most of the time, but i won't disclose where my baby sleeps every night

 

I am at Huntington. Going to Wentworth.
I am usually at Brighton too. Dad's pizza store. Inbound Pizza

I think never saw your car but seen a White Type-S on Comm ave.
But in mission hill there is one TL just like yours with black rims

I will find you watch................your mirros

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