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Old 11-01-2003
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Messed up CF grille (pics)

Damn it. I got my fake CF grille painted and look what happend
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it doesn't look that bad... its just not smooth...
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Who painted it?
if shop did that. i would get repainted.
but seems fine.
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from afar its not bad.... Umm, shouldn't the people who painted it re-do it for you? or did you do it yourself?
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DAmn it!! Oh well. I didnt know cuz the guy said that it was glued on and it was hard to sand it off.
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its not that bad, you cant tell unless youre up on it
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by the way, why did you paint it?
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^^^ to make it look clean-er


i would take it back to be repainted. the right way.
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use some rubbing compound on it, then polish, then wax. that should smooth it out.
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I would take that **** back to the bodyshop and have them repaint!
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Eh, might as well just paint the whole thing cuz it doesnt really flow with the car.
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It doesn't look that bad man!
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Mine looked like that when I got it painted. They told me to bring it back so they could wet-sand it and put some wax on. Looks great now.
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