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Well, here she is.
Nothing special to see (to anyone else's eyes that is). Let me start off by saying that 2 years ago I bought this car for $500. The owner took horrible care of it. Cracked windshield, broken headlights, dings, dents, horrendous rust, and no tuneup for ~60-70k miles. All was well and I was catching up with what I could with my minimum wage job until a dear lunged off a hill into my car. Luckily, only its head hit my car (killed on impact) and only took out the passenger side of my car. I've finally fixed it and spiffed it up a bit.
PS - The bumper is still unpainted because... well... it's personal. I need the entire car sprayed so it's not my main concern. Also, it doesn't look too bad in person.
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03-09-2010, 09:13 PM
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I drive a JEEP!
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keep up the work.
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03-09-2010, 09:17 PM
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do it all in flat black 
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03-09-2010, 11:21 PM
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Keep it up man your doing a good job so far.
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03-10-2010, 12:03 AM
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do it all in flat black |
The whole car? Or the bumper? lol
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03-10-2010, 02:00 AM
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whole car..then put on an aluminum wing and the AAS bodykit, throw on 15 stickers, and be amazed as you've just added 250HP!
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03-10-2010, 02:05 AM
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and put the summit sticker on your back side window i hear it adds 50hp per side
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03-10-2010, 02:10 AM
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way to kill the joke.
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03-10-2010, 02:15 AM
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^Ha!
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03-10-2010, 02:19 AM
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why does everyone hate me is it cuz im American.
this may be a dumb question but is that the stock front bumper?
i like the screens and the fog lights in the middle better then the sides
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03-10-2010, 02:27 AM
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1) LOL
2) no, learn to read
3) those look like Wal-Mart fogs, and its called grille mesh
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03-10-2010, 02:31 AM
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why do u ppl hate me
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03-10-2010, 02:36 AM
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well i can speak for everyone but...i don't hate you, I'm just a jack ass to people who get on my nerves, but lets get this back on topic...
Weazel keep it going dude, and what color do you actually plan on spraying?
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03-10-2010, 05:56 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ttop191
well i can speak for everyone but...i don't hate you, I'm just a jack ass to people who get on my nerves, but lets get this back on topic...
Weazel keep it going dude, and what color do you actually plan on spraying?
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Yeaaaa, they were cheapo fogs. When I hit the dear it tore my stock ones out and this was more of a practical side-lighting sort of fix.
ANYWAYS, with some photoshopping, I think a brownishgrey two-tone that follows the side lines looks pretty damn good with the maroon color. I kind of want to keep the original color for the most part. If that turns out to be too expensive, probably black (original!)
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03-10-2010, 06:23 AM
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those might save you from freezing if you sometime hit a guard rail...
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03-10-2010, 08:46 AM
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i speed up for corners
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ttop191
whole car..then put on an aluminum wing and the AAS bodykit, throw on 15 stickers, and be amazed as you've just added 250HP!
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you going to do that to you saturn
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03-10-2010, 08:47 AM
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i speed up for corners
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Originally Posted by Weazel
Nothing special to see (to anyone else's eyes that is). Let me start off by saying that 2 years ago I bought this car for $500. The owner took horrible care of it. Cracked windshield, broken headlights, dings, dents, horrendous rust, and no tuneup for ~60-70k miles. All was well and I was catching up with what I could with my minimum wage job until a dear lunged off a hill into my car. Luckily, only its head hit my car (killed on impact) and only took out the passenger side of my car. I've finally fixed it and spiffed it up a bit.
PS - The bumper is still unpainted because... well... it's personal. I need the entire car sprayed so it's not my main concern. Also, it doesn't look too bad in person.
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keep up the good work you see how nates 300 dollar alero came out.
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03-10-2010, 12:30 PM
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Looking better with the lights straight lol, im not a of the foglights tho, ill rather get a used stock set for cheap. Keep it up. Btw is look close to my bros car with the same bumper.
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03-10-2010, 12:33 PM
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Quote:
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Looking better with the lights straight lol, im not a of the foglights tho, ill rather get a used set for cheap. Keep it up. Btw is look close to my bros car with the same bumper.
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Haha, my girlfriend told me she saw an Alero with the same bumper, that was probably him. But yea, I'm definitely going to spend a bit of money on some nicer fogs or remove them altogether. Oh, and thanks  |
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03-10-2010, 12:35 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nate's Alero
those might save you from freezing if you sometime hit a guard rail...
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