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12secondv6 · 12-19-2005, 12:13 PM

26's!!!!!!

HardcoreZ28 · 12-19-2005, 12:40 PM

Wait wait wait....did anyone else notice the first post where the car sounded bad and the valves were tapping and such? Then later on a few posts later it's running like a dream? Yay for magic!
A top notch will cost you more than $1800 in materials alone plus another 8-10k in labor so don't expect much from this shop and don't be disappointed if it's cracked and peeling by the time you get your license.
Get the engine running correctly, take a class and learn how to paint it yourself....and spend the next 3 years taking your time to do it right. And DO NOT Joyride!

Brando56894 · 12-19-2005, 02:00 PM

8-10 grand in labor?

BigAls87Z28 · 12-19-2005, 02:22 PM

WHA! Wow, didnt know paint jobs were that expensive. Well, super awesome mega detailed ones yeah.
IMO, this kid should sand the crap out of it, fill in the low spots, spray it with primer and just take it to a quality Macco shop. IMO, he will probably be happier with that, and you spend nearly as much money.

Brando56894 · 12-19-2005, 02:28 PM

thats what i was thinkin al, 8-10 grand for labor sounds like a ****load of money

V · 12-19-2005, 02:28 PM

getting cars painted sucks, thats why ill be painting all my cars myself in the future, after a few i should get the hang of it. and 27"s are where its at. I have 20's(giovannas) and they look tiny on my truck, i want to upgrade to 24's but they are a lotta money. The cheap large wheels you can buy suck due to more rotating mass which wont allow the vehicle to stop nearly as good, thats why they charge so much for good 20's and larger.

Brando56894 · 12-19-2005, 03:19 PM

yea the 20s on my dads rumble bee look small as hell compared to the rest of the truck

WayFast84 · 12-19-2005, 03:28 PM

im getting 17x9.5 gunmetal zr1's I might get a new distributer and ignition and wait like untill i get my liscence for the rest of appearence(sp)

Kojak · 12-19-2005, 03:56 PM

I got to say Mods before Bods but whatever. When I was your age I was worried about pubic hair and pimples. But yeah work on it as much as you can so it will be bad ass when you hit he big one seven (17 for the non-dyslexic)...

Brando56894 · 12-19-2005, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Kojak

When I was your age I was worried about pubic hair and pimples.

sal still worries about this....

turbo96z28 · 12-19-2005, 07:19 PM

ok i'll jump in......

joy riding= WAY FOCKIN BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

as far as paint....wait for it. i got a VW from my dad's friend when i was 14. it was a Quantum Wagon and looked like a POS. i saved cash and by the time i was 16, i had a nicely warmed up GTI Turbo motor in it and was keeping pace IROCs. i woulda killed for an Fbod when i was 14, but the VW was there and it was practice.

like Al said, you need a plan. sit down one day with a notebook and write out everything you want to do to it. then price out the parts online. make sure to remember that the mods have to compliment each other. you can't put on 17x9.5s and not upgrade the brakes. start at the wheels and work up to the paint, deatiling everything inbetween you want.

look at it this way, i'm almost twice your age and have duct tape patching a hole in the front corner of my 96(Acura ran me off the road, stupid ricers), but the car hauls. body work is the last thing on my mind, and my shop has it's own body shop!

BonzoHansen · 12-19-2005, 09:28 PM

This thread makes no fooking sense, so here is a picture of The Fonz jumping a shark.

Savage_Messiah · 12-19-2005, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by turbo96z28

ok i'll jump in......

joy riding= WAY FOCKIN BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

as far as paint....wait for it. i got a VW from my dad's friend when i was 14. it was a Quantum Wagon and looked like a POS. i saved cash and by the time i was 16, i had a nicely warmed up GTI Turbo motor in it and was keeping pace IROCs. i woulda killed for an Fbod when i was 14, but the VW was there and it was practice.

like Al said, you need a plan. sit down one day with a notebook and write out everything you want to do to it. then price out the parts online. make sure to remember that the mods have to compliment each other. you can't put on 17x9.5s and not upgrade the brakes. start at the wheels and work up to the paint, deatiling everything inbetween you want.

look at it this way, i'm almost twice your age and have duct tape patching a hole in the front corner of my 96(Acura ran me off the road, stupid ricers), but the car hauls. body work is the last thing on my mind, and my shop has it's own body shop!

ahhh yes the golden rule... duct tape holds the world together!

turbo96z28 · 12-19-2005, 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Savage_Messiah

ahhh yes the golden rule... duct tape holds the world together!

if you can't fix it, DUCT IT!!!

Savage_Messiah · 12-19-2005, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by turbo96z28

if you can't fix it, DUCT IT!!!

BigAls87Z28 · 12-19-2005, 09:47 PM

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look at it this way, i'm almost twice your age and have duct tape patching a hole in the front corner of my 96(Acura ran me off the road, stupid ricers), but the car hauls. body work is the last thing on my mind, and my shop has it's own body shop!

Where you, by any chance, on the parkway headed north today at around 430ish?

turbo96z28 · 12-19-2005, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by BigAls87Z28

Where you, by any chance, on the parkway headed north today at around 430ish?

nope, at 430ish i was desperatley trying to get out of work.

only time i'm on Parkway north is heading up to Hooters in Union.

Kojak · 12-20-2005, 12:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Brando56894

sal still worries about this....

you will pay..! lol

BigAls87Z28 · 12-20-2005, 12:28 AM

Ok then your car has a twin. There was a early 4th gen with duct tape on the nose, going north bound between exit 114 and the Cheesequake Rest Area.

Mike · 12-20-2005, 11:39 AM

1800 = top of the line MAACO job....

the 8-10k estime on labor of a top eschilon job is actually pretty damn accurate (my dad paints and does body work for a living for the last 30some years)

one of his buddies did a custom job on a viper, and all done and finished that had a car that was invited to sema....with a total paint cost of 40k

oh and if anyone without a lisence was joyriding and hit me....i would own them, their parents, their grandparents, their dog, and whatever the **** else mattered to them.....the end

camaro2you · 12-20-2005, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by turbo96z28

if you can't fix it, DUCT IT!!!

ah and this one if ya cant duct it, **** it. haha

camaro2you · 12-20-2005, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by turbo96z28

ok i'll jump in......

joy riding= WAY FOCKIN BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

as far as paint....wait for it. i got a VW from my dad's friend when i was 14. it was a Quantum Wagon and looked like a POS. i saved cash and by the time i was 16, i had a nicely warmed up GTI Turbo motor in it and was keeping pace IROCs. i woulda killed for an Fbod when i was 14, but the VW was there and it was practice.

like Al said, you need a plan. sit down one day with a notebook and write out everything you want to do to it. then price out the parts online. make sure to remember that the mods have to compliment each other. you can't put on 17x9.5s and not upgrade the brakes. start at the wheels and work up to the paint, deatiling everything inbetween you want.

look at it this way, i'm almost twice your age and have duct tape patching a hole in the front corner of my 96(Acura ran me off the road, stupid ricers), but the car hauls. body work is the last thing on my mind, and my shop has it's own body shop!

thats what ive done anyone whos seen my room knows what im talking about i got **** loads of papers for parts ive bought and ones i need to get, i even have spreadsheats for everything ive bought, ive got 19 something grand im my car right now, thats every penny ive gotten for the past three years in a car. but its worth it, its what i love doing as a hobby.

Brando56894 · 12-20-2005, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Kojak

you will pay..! lol

oh will i?

jims69camaro · 12-20-2005, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by cbrrmike

1800 = top of the line MAACO job....

the 8-10k estime on labor of a top echelon job is actually pretty damn accurate (my dad paints and does body work for a living for the last 30some years)

one of his buddies did a custom job on a viper, and all done and finished that had a car that was invited to sema....with a total paint cost of 40k

wow. 40k in paint is a lot. i was thinking 4-6k, but i'm gonna help with the sanding, too, which eats up a lot of labor, so it may end up being less. also, to keep the costs down, i will not be going with black. any black car that isn't done correctly looks like ass.

Mike · 12-21-2005, 01:04 AM

lol that car was an example i felt like using......its a 100% flawless custom job, airbrushed all over, (meaning the jams, under hood and trunk, in the gas lid, and wheel wells. oh yeah and its got true flames as well......

anyone that was at last springs swap meet at englishtown it was the viper with the midevil paint scheme on it