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Old Apr 24, 2007 | 03:19 PM
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true that. esp when the get mad at you when they wave you by and it takes 10 seconds to pass them because they don't understand that your car is NOT fast in a straight line
I had a vete at Blackhawk wave me by al pissed but didn't even lift. Finally he realized he had to lift to let me by. I was gone once we hit the first set of turns
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Old Apr 25, 2007 | 12:38 AM
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congrats on the new ride...
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Old Apr 25, 2007 | 07:30 AM
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A Delorean with a 13B, that would be pretty cool.
Hope you've refueled the flux capacitor with some fresh plutonium...cause we all know that a rotary powered delorian would SURE be thirsty for some type of power
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Old Apr 25, 2007 | 01:27 PM
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congratz & welcome to the club
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Old Apr 25, 2007 | 01:33 PM
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Congrats! This car will own you
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Old Apr 25, 2007 | 01:34 PM
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Enjoy the car!
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Old Apr 26, 2007 | 01:04 PM
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yeah nice payment pretty good find I got my 04 with 14,400 miles left and 2 yrs on warranty 4 19000 with no trade or cash my payments are 300 so 225 is nice good luck and keep up the good cleaning on the thing.
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Old Apr 26, 2007 | 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by 04RX8man
yeah nice payment pretty good find I got my 04 with 14,400 miles left and 2 yrs on warranty 4 19000 with no trade or cash my payments are 300 so 225 is nice good luck and keep up the good cleaning on the thing.

yea i don't have a lot of plans for this weekend and im off work today and tomorrow (friday) so as soon as the rain passes this weekend im gonna strip it down and zaino the **** out of it. should look good as the paint is in pretty good shape as it is.
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Old Apr 26, 2007 | 09:46 PM
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yea i don't have a lot of plans for this weekend and im off work today and tomorrow (friday) so as soon as the rain passes this weekend im gonna strip it down and zaino the **** out of it. should look good as the paint is in pretty good shape as it is.
have fun! I wish I had the time to do it
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Old Apr 26, 2007 | 10:25 PM
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have fun! I wish I had the time to do it
Me too, I'm actually going to pay to have her deatiled. Just need to find a good deatil shop. One thing I noticed is that the track does a number on the paint in the front. Many little chips, probably a combination of track and road debris
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Old Apr 26, 2007 | 10:43 PM
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i looked at the front of my cavalier, there are all sorts of paint chips from getting stuck behind salt trucks
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Old Apr 27, 2007 | 09:20 AM
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yea salt trucks are no good.

i started on the car yesterday.

washed it with dawn, hit it with a clay bar, washed again then used Zaino ZP-C Fusion to take out the heavy swirls.

I left the rest for today and tomorrow. Probably will get 5-8 coats of wax of various wax's.


I'm kicking around the idea of 3M clear bra on the nose and leading edge of the hood.
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Old Apr 27, 2007 | 09:50 AM
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congrats and welcome!
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Old Apr 27, 2007 | 09:56 AM
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What's up and welcome . Where outside of Chicago are you from ?
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Old Apr 27, 2007 | 12:18 PM
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just over into northwest indiana.

I've got plans to move into the city once i become a little more financially stable. hopefully well before the time im 25.
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Old Apr 27, 2007 | 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by mac11
yea salt trucks are no good.

i started on the car yesterday.

washed it with dawn, hit it with a clay bar, washed again then used Zaino ZP-C Fusion to take out the heavy swirls.

I left the rest for today and tomorrow. Probably will get 5-8 coats of wax of various wax's.


I'm kicking around the idea of 3M clear bra on the nose and leading edge of the hood.
I was thinking about that when I got my windows tinted but they wanted $550. I thinki I should of done it
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Old Apr 27, 2007 | 01:11 PM
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what all were they going to do for that $550?
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Old Apr 27, 2007 | 05:50 PM
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Originally Posted by devildog1679
I was thinking about that when I got my windows tinted but they wanted $550. I thinki I should of done it
After almost all of us end up with those absolutely breathtaking chips in the front bumper, we all seem to think the same.

Upfront it's a lot, but to further the longevity of your front bumpers paint, i really think it's a pretty dang good idea!
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Old Apr 27, 2007 | 07:03 PM
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I dont think i would get the whole nose wrapped. I was thinking like the first 1/2-1" of the hood and 1" above and below the headlights the center of the nose where the flying M is and then the nottom corner of the appearance package lip from side to side. Probably wouldnt be too expensive.
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Old Apr 27, 2007 | 10:04 PM
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what all were they going to do for that $550?
Install it. It would of gone a 1/4 of the way up the hood and half way past the wheel arch.
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Old Apr 27, 2007 | 10:19 PM
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Originally Posted by devildog1679
Install it. It would of gone a 1/4 of the way up the hood and half way past the wheel arch.

lol...yea i hopes so.

was it like a full fitted mask on the front bumper or just random pieces?
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Old Apr 27, 2007 | 11:55 PM
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lol...yea i hopes so.

was it like a full fitted mask on the front bumper or just random pieces?
Full fitted, one solid piece. Looked nice. One of the new guys on the chicago site with a blue 8 has it on his and it looks great. You can't even tell its there.
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