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GENERAL => Photoshop, Media, & Artwork => Topic started by: kramerica5000 on September 28, 2007, 12:03:59 PM

Title: My pic of the day
Post by: kramerica5000 on September 28, 2007, 12:03:59 PM
Had a little fun this morning:

(http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~kramere/pictures/IMG_9395-web.jpg)
Title: My pic of the day
Post by: RED IS 91 on September 28, 2007, 07:08:06 PM
Man , that is nice looking ..............
How come it says 05 on your plate :confused:
Title: My pic of the day
Post by: D. Clay on September 28, 2007, 10:18:34 PM
Fits the height of my Firefox window perfectly. Coincidence?
Title: My pic of the day
Post by: kramerica5000 on September 28, 2007, 11:23:24 PM
Quote from: RED IS 91;34555
Man , that is nice looking ..............
How come it says 05 on your plate :confused:


In Ohio that is a county ID. Thanks for the compliment :D
Title: My pic of the day
Post by: Asbradley21 on September 29, 2007, 12:44:04 AM
Gorgeous.
Title: My pic of the day
Post by: jpod999 on September 29, 2007, 01:03:38 AM
Nice shot.  My friend has a 20D too.
Title: My pic of the day
Post by: kramerica5000 on September 29, 2007, 11:52:40 AM
Quote from: D. Clay;34561
Fits the height of my Firefox window perfectly. Coincidence?


I'm afraid so. :rolleyes:
Title: My pic of the day
Post by: gearheadE30 on September 29, 2007, 01:35:43 PM
dang, your car has great paint!
Title: My pic of the day
Post by: ron318 on October 04, 2007, 05:30:33 PM
Is that the original paint? Its so clean. I've seen cars half the age with paint that can't even compare with the condition of yours.
Title: My pic of the day
Post by: kramerica5000 on October 07, 2007, 11:22:24 PM
Its mostly original. I can tell that the hood, front driver side fender, and driver's door has been repainted. Must have been in an accident of some kind. Ironically, (though not surprisingly) the original paint is near perfect, and the repainted panels are showing their age, which sucks because the car looks about perfect except in the right light you can really tell the panels don't match. Body shop paint sucks compared to factory paint.

The hood was actually horribly oxidized with terrible water spots before this pic was taken. I spent 2 days working on it with rubbing compound, buffing compound, and polishing to get it to look good again. Its not 100% but its close enough.

I don't know much about the car's previous life, but I think it was garaged because all of the rubber looks perfect. It's also got low miles. I bought it with 89,000 last year. I love it :D.

It definitely looks great and photos, but up close you can tell its aged. In addition to the mismatched panels, there are some rust bubbles coming up near the rockers. I don't know how long I've got till I paint it. Was thinking of next summer, but maybe I should just fix the rust spots and cut in with paint. Any thoughts anyone?

Quote from: ron318;34999
Is that the original paint? Its so clean. I've seen cars half the age with paint that can't even compare with the condition of yours.