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Old Feb 20, 2010, 05:30 PM
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Polish that to a chrome
it'll look sick.
Old Feb 20, 2010, 05:41 PM
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metal hood

i love that look. i always wanted to do it, but i never did. iwondered if the metal had flaws that would be seen. please PM me how you did this. did you clearcoat it after?
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thats pretty sick with it. kinda reminds me of a japaneese rock a billy car how low it is and stripped paint minus the rust look. i would rock that for a minute. its more of a for show type thing thats why people arent feeling it that much. good job
Old Feb 20, 2010, 05:54 PM
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Looks cool, hopefully I'll see it in person at the meet tonight!
Old Feb 20, 2010, 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by chris mccarthy
i love that look. i always wanted to do it, but i never did. iwondered if the metal had flaws that would be seen. please PM me how you did this. did you clearcoat it after?
I will clearcoat it after I finish. I need to fix some of the imperfections first by wetsanding them out.


I used aircraft stripper to remove the paint and primer from the aluminum hood. You can buy that from any auto parts.
Old Feb 20, 2010, 06:01 PM
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Different

i think it will look better if you paint the sides of the hood yellow
Old Feb 20, 2010, 07:19 PM
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Reminds me of that other guy with the polished hood and BBS RS' on WW.
Old Feb 20, 2010, 09:05 PM
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throw the yellow back on! lol
Old Feb 21, 2010, 09:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Evolento
I will clearcoat it after I finish. I need to fix some of the imperfections first by wetsanding them out.


I used aircraft stripper to remove the paint and primer from the aluminum hood. You can buy that from any auto parts.


U may want to consider using a tinted clear coat. This could make it look like a gun metal or dark chrome. U could also brush it to look like a delorian. Glad someone tried this, although bright hood might get ya in trouble with police
Old Feb 21, 2010, 09:52 AM
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it's unique but I don't think it's really an evo thing

+1 for being different

still love your car
Old Feb 21, 2010, 10:15 AM
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someone said earlier, but Im kinda curious what it would look like on a silver evo.. Might look into it.. great job btw..
Old Feb 21, 2010, 11:06 AM
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I like the concept, I have never seen anyone do this before. I say chrome everything!
Old Feb 21, 2010, 11:12 AM
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It's cool because it's unique.

But I would never do that nor would I ever say it looks good...sorry.
Old Feb 21, 2010, 11:12 AM
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Carbon fiber would have looked better in my opinion
Old Feb 21, 2010, 11:14 AM
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looks about as good as that GSR emblem


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