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Originally Posted by djelly84
damn that looks good!!!
hahaha I know how you feel! That looks sick as hell man! I'm glad you did before and after pics, love the transformation.
OK...i'm assuming you already know (reply that you do to make me feel assured/look stupid) but otherwise listen carefully...if you haven't re-assembled ABS already...before you bring brake fluid (aka "devil juice") anywhere near the car...at every brake fitting, ABS motor, pretty much the entire ****ing engine bay, like cover with paper towels and shop rags and anything else you can think of. What I did was put paper towels below all the brake fittings/junctions and then towels around the whole master cylinder/ reservoir area...and still, like one drop somehow got spilled on my shock tower and really ruined my whole decade. I ****ing hate brake fluid. God i hate brake fluid sooooooo much. I hate it.
but seriously like one drop. and now there is a quarter size spot of metal amongst the paint. i ****ing hate brake fluid.
that looks awesome though...god i hate brake fluid.
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Yeah, I always manage to screw something up on reinstall. I'll scratch it or it it with brake fluid probably. On the bay, I'm going to put some drop cloths down to try to block any fluids or grease of junk. We'll see how it goes. But I totally understand where you're coming from.
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Originally Posted by azscooby
Might be too late now but Space Age sells a clear that has a hardener in it (or catalyst or whatever it is that make auto paint so good.)
They can actually put it in a rattle can, though it does has a short shelf life, like 24 hours or something. They told me about it when I did my last project.
You should look into getting a bead blaster. We have one at my work and it is freaking amazing! I'm slowly bringing in my car piece by piece....
But I'm sure you'll get the same amazing results with all of the time you put into it!
Remember I've got dibs on the vf36!
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It is too late. I used a caliper clear that should be fairly hard, heat resistant and chemical resistant. We'll see how it holds up. If it ends up going to ****, then I'll do it again when I get the car painted next year or two (it will probably get done anyway). I just tell myself it couldn't look much worse than the factory paint job that it replaced where you could see the primer in several spots. Again, not a show car, I just want it to look nicer.
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Originally Posted by 02blkwagn19
Looks great Ken! Much better than the crappy base coat subaru throws in there.
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Thanks, I can't wait to see it back together.
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Originally Posted by KP
It really sucks that this Ken guy is such a tasteless ricer...
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Quoted for truth.