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Old Oct 31, 2004 | 01:58 PM
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I love drivin my sol and all, but I couldnt stand driving a half primered, 2 color car with the driver side door sanded to a gray. I am normally a very patient person but... I hate gettin complements on my car when it looks like this:

so $400.00 later, I have this:

they even painted my rims white again for $5/wheel

They got plenty of paint on my caliper and rotors. So much in fact that when I was about to drive off the car hesitated like the Ebrake was on....I tried 4 times finally I just floored it and heard POP and the brakes were free. They said they were gonna remove the wheels...
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Old Oct 31, 2004 | 02:05 PM
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if you are gonna go the show route, then you def need to get different rims.
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Old Oct 31, 2004 | 03:12 PM
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And a different front bumper. Yak.
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Old Oct 31, 2004 | 04:19 PM
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is it me or does the paint on the rims looks like its got runs? other than that, 400 for painting a whole bodykit and hood sounds cheap.
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Old Oct 31, 2004 | 05:29 PM
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The paint on the kit 'looks' ok, but then time will tell.

The paint on the wheels is flat out ghetto, but hey $5 per wheel, you can't expect them to MASK off the wheel or at least take it off the car.

You need to lower it and get bigger wheels to balance the look. A del sol with a kit is hard to pull off.
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Old Nov 1, 2004 | 07:13 AM
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i would like to lower it for the looks and all, but as far as functionality....texas roads suck and I dont want to tear up my car. But I do agree it would look better dropped.
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Old Nov 1, 2004 | 07:21 AM
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not a fan of sol's, but it looks nice, man! next investment should def be some decent whels and rubber
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Old Nov 1, 2004 | 12:21 PM
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Originally Posted by onebadassdx
is it me or does the paint on the rims looks like its got runs? other than that, 400 for painting a whole bodykit and hood sounds cheap.
Man, if you can see runs on the rims from that pic, you got Eagle Eyes. And is it just me..or does the newly painted items look a bit more orange than the rest of the car? I mix a lot of paint at my work...and I know red's are really tough to match. But to me, it looks a little more orange. Other than that, I like the Sol...and I agree it needs to be lowered some. Atleast you didn't turn your trunk into a mini-truck bed like some of the stupid bastards around here.
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Old Nov 1, 2004 | 12:49 PM
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I spy 'tezzas. :closeup:

Not bad for a 400 dollar paint job, but like maxboost said, only time will tell on how well the paint will endure.
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Old Nov 1, 2004 | 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by c_rogue69
Man, if you can see runs on the rims from that pic, you got Eagle Eyes. And is it just me..or does the newly painted items look a bit more orange than the rest of the car? I mix a lot of paint at my work...and I know red's are really tough to match. But to me, it looks a little more orange. Other than that, I like the Sol...and I agree it needs to be lowered some. Atleast you didn't turn your trunk into a mini-truck bed like some of the stupid bastards around here.

look at the pic of the close up of the rim, near the top of the rim, check out the lip area.
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