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    Quote Originally Posted by dbest671 View Post
    Thanks Bob. We really got a good deal. But we also know the owner as they have worked on the Challenger and did some paint work on the 94. We also let them use the Challenger in a commercial they made for their shop. He was sincerely sorry about the car getting water water too, not just one those "I'm sorry" but don't really mean it. I have no problems bringing any of my vehicles down there in future if need be.

    It took him (the owner of the shop) almost an hour and a half to put the decals on, and he did that at no charge. He also wanted us to be there to make sure it was done right. We bought the Mitsubishi decal from Cherry Hill. But the Spyder VR4 emblems was the repro made by Frank. They came with no adhesive or "cover sheet". So he used the emblem adhesive stuff and cut out all the excess and used green tape to make sure the spacing was right.

    Car looks great!

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    Beautiful job!
    I'm glad to see the car is getting the attention it deserves and will be taken care of.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SEOhioVR4 View Post
    Thats pretty cheap for a classic car. I have a relation with a shop, and they had one guy spend about 47 grand on his body and paintwork on a 67 GTO convertible. He kept wanting stuff redone because he is a perfectionist. He was very happy to spend the money on it too, i thought it was pretty crazy. The car looks awesome though. A typical old car will run you at least 4-10 grand these days.
    He actually had it done at Maaco The body work and paint came out great but he had to make them go over the whole car to remove the orange peel. He's really happy now! The shop was just down the block from work and he brought the car to work just after picking it up so it was basically a rolling shell when I saw it. But now he has to decide whether to go for new chrome or put the old stuff back on So, yeah he knows it could have been 12G and a year or more in the shop

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    WOW!! It's SOOOOO PURTY! Turned out great man!

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    Your Spyder = FLAWLESS

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    Just saw this! Beautiful!

    Cant wait to see it up close next month!

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    I bet she smells of old mustard and sawdust.
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    I would like to thank everybody for the kind comments. And for not mentioning/suggesting that I need to "lower the Spyder", "your wheel gap sucks", or "get coilovers".

    I am starting to see the grass is greener on the other side.

    Once we figure out a way to get the Spyder up on the trailer, we will be there Paul

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    Quote Originally Posted by dbest671 View Post
    I would like to thank everybody for the kind comments. And for not mentioning/suggesting that I need to "lower the Spyder", "your wheel gap sucks", or "get coilovers".
    One of the 1st things that came to mind lol but hey it's a spyder, people don't give you crap for not modding it.

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    she looks amazing!

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    Looks great. I will have to say that after painting my spyder I now know how much to charge for future ones. You got a great deal at $700 to get that much done. I think it won't be uncommon to find a price of $5k or more to paint an entire spyder with all of the moldings removed and reinstalled. I know it took a good 2 solid weeks to get mine painted.

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