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Old 07-02-2017, 06:23 PM   #826
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I saw this come up as a recommended video on YT and immediately thought you had finished yours and got it on the intrawebs!

Edit - just realized it's a nearly 3 year old video that you've probably already seen.
LOL.. nope not me.. sold mine about a year ago
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Old 07-02-2017, 06:24 PM   #827
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As I mentioned, my daughter and nephews were telling me that I shouldn't make the car boring, and that I should do a crazy color. I'm now also considering doing a really nice wrap on the car so that I can change up the color every few years

So here's a photoshop of what the car would look like with Black wheels, tinted side markers, dry carbon: roof, mirrors, wing and a Porsche Acid Green wrap. This is looking pretty damn sweet and it might just be the winner for the next few years!!

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Old 07-04-2017, 09:46 AM   #828
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Nice to see you back at it who is making your dry carbon roof if you dont mind me asking
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Old 07-07-2017, 07:52 AM   #829
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Nice to see you back at it who is making your dry carbon roof if you dont mind me asking
I'll just be going with a dry carbon looking wrap
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Old 07-07-2017, 07:59 AM   #830
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I "think" I've found the wrap color that I'm going to use... 3M 1080 Satin Apple Green (1080-S196). And the "dry carbon" bits will be wrapped in Straight Fiber Black (1080-SF12)

Some examples of the wrap color on a car:

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Old 07-08-2017, 08:04 AM   #831
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Oh the choices!!! I think I found a match to my photoshop render... This is Avery Gloss Lime Green 731

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Old 07-15-2017, 08:05 AM   #832
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After a full week of disassembly and sanding, the WRX is now prepped for a wrap. Why sand down the whole car you may ask? Well about 6 years ago I painted the car with a textured paint. Which was cool and unique, but left a finish on the car of about 80 grit sandpaper.

This created a great effect for the car and lots of people couldn't believe it when they touched it, but it won't work well for wrapping. Essentially the car needed to get down to a smoothness for paint prep. So now the entire machine has been sanded down to a smoothness with 320 grit final blocking.


During the process I've made a few changes to the car. First I opted to go back to using a JDM STI hood scoop for the bugeye. I also have added on a new lip that was designed for the 06-07 STI but with a little bit of trimming it fit my rally bumper really well. I've also decided to go back to the OEM side skirts with front aeroguards and some underside side skirt extensions.

The engine bay is just about ready for some final prep work and then spraying. So a fresh new look for the car is getting closer





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Old 09-21-2017, 09:03 AM   #833
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Time for an update after bringing the "newly green" machine out to its first car show



















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Old 09-21-2017, 10:50 AM   #834
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Looking good, dude. The seats are sick!
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Old 09-21-2017, 12:58 PM   #835
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Wow huge transformation! Everything looks great. Are those seats based on regular sti seats? They look like a similar shape but the bolsters look a little bigger. Were they done at a reupholstery shop?
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Old 09-21-2017, 01:05 PM   #836
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Looking good, dude. The seats are sick!
Thanks! Yeah the interior turned out better than I expected
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Old 09-21-2017, 01:05 PM   #837
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Wow huge transformation! Everything looks great. Are those seats based on regular sti seats? They look like a similar shape but the bolsters look a little bigger. Were they done at a reupholstery shop?
Yeah, seats are regular v7 or v8 re-upholstered seats.
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