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Old 09-04-2009, 08:54 AM   #1
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And Honestly I cant stand the boxster ragtop ,period...Dunno why they can't just add a retractable hardtop like they could if they put their mind to it,that would be beautiful.
I dunno.... my girl REALLY wants a MB SLK350. We've test driven one and looked them over pretty carefully. They're a retractable hard top. When you put the top down you get almost ZERO room in the rear trunk and the front trunk has... well.... an engine in it! One VERY nice thing about the Boxster is that it's actually got some decent and usable trunks front and rear. To get a hard top I think you'd have to completely give up that rear trunk. No thank you, I'd prefer to keep mine and retain some of the usability of the car.

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Old 09-04-2009, 10:46 AM   #2
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Heres a Crappy video from my phone,360' around the car...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60I_r4waVf4



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Old 09-04-2009, 09:41 PM   #3
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Should have redid these rims along time ago,they look great...


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Old 09-18-2009, 09:15 AM   #4
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i dont know how i feel about the red i feel like there is too much... personally i would have a thinner red line on the wheels and maybe accent the intakes with a nice gloss black along with maybe a few other parts... but that is me and you did a great job it looks very VERY clean. congrats :dance:
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Old 11-26-2009, 01:39 AM   #5
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great work... how'd you do the headlights?

tint? have a silver car and really wanna do that too
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Old 11-26-2009, 07:51 AM   #6
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Here is another example of the matte black

Hey I just saw this one on Oracal's website for the "alternative" to paint:

http://www.oracal.com/news/feature-stories-selected.asp?fsID=11

These films are pretty amazing. Anyhow, that matte black is really starting to grow on me. I'm thinking my wheels either in that or gun powder style.
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Old 11-26-2009, 07:56 AM   #7
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Couple of thoughts

I really like what you did with your car. The only things I would do differently would be keeping the entire headlight assembly, side markers and taillights unpainted. So that you have some contrasting gloss kinda like the wheels against the matte black body of your car. Just my 1 cent! Great job though nonetheless

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Old 11-27-2009, 10:34 AM   #8
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Hey I just saw this one on Oracal's website for the "alternative" to paint:

http://www.oracal.com/news/feature-stories-selected.asp?fsID=11

These films are pretty amazing. Anyhow, that matte black is really starting to grow on me. I'm thinking my wheels either in that or gun powder style.

so this company if you sign up on their website will send you some samples of their product i have some transparent red and that same film pictured in red coming my way... so ill let you know how it goes. im going to see if i can use the transparent film to turn my stock rear lights into red-outs... im not sure if it will work the way i want but hey its a free sample so might as well give it a shot. and if it works i got some good projects in mind!
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Old 11-27-2009, 11:39 PM   #9
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front trunk has... well....

Very funny.

Kirk "MB SLK350. We've test driven one and looked them over pretty carefully. They're a retractable hard top. When you put the top down you get almost ZERO room in the rear trunk and the front trunk has... well.... an engine in it!"
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Old 12-01-2009, 09:45 AM   #10
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Hey I just saw this one on Oracal's website for the "alternative" to paint:

http://www.oracal.com/news/feature-stories-selected.asp?fsID=11
Oracal is ok. We use it for the graphics on our company vehicles. It is not the easiest easy to work with, especially in large sheets. The 3M product line is (of course more expensive) a little more user friendly. All of this vinyl is a PIA to remove if it has been out in the sun for just a few months.
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