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Old Feb 17, 2011 | 05:46 PM
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The wood is pretty neat! The only thing I don't like it is how it would create sharp splinters and shrapnels in the event of a collision.
Old cars aren't safe anyway so that's a moot point I guess
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Old Feb 17, 2011 | 06:22 PM
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Originally Posted by 9krpmrx8
You should just stain the wood
It's $10 a sheet so it's not really stain quality plus I like Black interior
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Old Mar 6, 2011 | 08:09 PM
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Covered the door panels (I know its hard to see but all I have is a cell phone for pics)



Sanded the roof down to bare metal as the foundation was flaking



Started striping the car down so I can get it prepped for paint

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Old Mar 6, 2011 | 08:09 PM
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Still debating weather to paint it Midnight-Blue or Flat Black

What do you guys think?
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Old Mar 6, 2011 | 08:16 PM
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I'd go with the blue. Looks awesome so far, keep it up!
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Old Mar 6, 2011 | 09:09 PM
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Originally Posted by SpazLE995
Still debating weather to paint it Midnight-Blue or Flat Black

What do you guys think?

My favorite color is blue. So i'll say............................................... ................blue
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Old Mar 6, 2011 | 09:18 PM
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i would not do a flat color of any kind. It may be kind of cool to do a factory vw paint color
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Old Mar 6, 2011 | 09:23 PM
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Avoid the flat paint look, its played out.

I think a factory RX-8 color would be cool. Winning blue? Phantom blue?
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Old Mar 6, 2011 | 10:10 PM
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phantom blue man :D
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Old Mar 6, 2011 | 10:22 PM
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What's the other blue called? Not phantom or winning...the other one, the awesome one.
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Old Mar 6, 2011 | 10:42 PM
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Aurora Blue
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Old Mar 7, 2011 | 11:41 AM
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No it's stormy blue. It took me forever to find it. There aren't even many 8s that color I guess. I've seen it twice ever and it was beautiful.
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Old Mar 7, 2011 | 12:14 PM
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where do you live in tampa... looks familiar, Im up in Lutz... Cheval area
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Old Mar 7, 2011 | 02:06 PM
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The RX8 Cherry purple / black might look good?
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Old Mar 7, 2011 | 07:25 PM
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Originally Posted by RWD+LSD=Zoom
where do you live in tampa... looks familiar, Im up in Lutz... Cheval area
Valrico @ the 60 and miller
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Old Mar 8, 2011 | 06:48 PM
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Originally Posted by bumblebeerx8
It may be kind of cool to do a factory vw paint color
Yeah, paint it beige! Nobody will see you coming and it's invisible to the po-po.
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Old Mar 8, 2011 | 09:09 PM
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Originally Posted by wankelbolt
Yeah, paint it beige! Nobody will see you coming and it's invisible to the po-po.
Wow that was actually the color of my 1973 beetle that I had as my first car!

my buddies called it the Chode-O-mobile soooooooooooooooooooooooo No
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Old Mar 9, 2011 | 11:55 PM
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I can't wait to see it painted! You need some better pics too of the interior.
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GLASS PIPES

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Old Mar 13, 2011 | 10:09 PM
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I definitely like the idea of using blue! Nice job with the car!
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Old Mar 13, 2011 | 10:27 PM
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between those colors, go blue

If it were me, I'd paint it copper red from the '06 shinka
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Old Mar 13, 2011 | 10:46 PM
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+1 phantom blue...
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Old Mar 18, 2011 | 10:47 AM
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Nice Honcho you got there in one of the pics, I run an SCX10 for my crawler, it has a pro-line cherokee body on it, pretty cool to see such a sick car and rc crawler in the same pic, totally made my day
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Old Mar 18, 2011 | 11:28 AM
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Stormy Blue!!
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Old Mar 18, 2011 | 11:36 AM
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The beetle is nice and curvy, it should look cool in winning or stormy blue!
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Old Mar 18, 2011 | 11:55 AM
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This car was a blast to see in person. Even though he had it all taken apart it was still fun to hear the motor in the bug.

Good luck with your color choice Josh
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