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1988 Two Tone Cougar XR7 VORTECH V-1 NEW pics page 25 go look

Reply #165 – October 12, 2008, 01:00:30 PM

Quote from: Carpimp1987

Becuase i paided less than it would cost at MACCO to do the whole car with 2 coats or clear and paint and trim black everything and the door and trunk jams

You wrote Paided - ThunderChicken's gonna be pissed, LOL

Quote from: SLEEPER T-BIRD 87

Some people have multiple talents.

While I do like the color scheme on the vehicle, and in the pics the paint was laid down nicely, I would not call the painter talented. The dents - especially two biguns like those - should have been removed...

Part of being talented is knowing your shortcomings and working around them. As someone who should take pride in his work and seems to want to brannch out, the painter should have gotten someone capable of removing the dents if he did not know how.

Hindsight shows it as penny-wise and dollar foolish by both Carpimp AND the painter...

No offense meant towards you Carpimp ;) Live and learn...

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Reply #166 – October 12, 2008, 01:22:33 PM

Quote from: V8Demon;239193

While I do like the color scheme on the vehicle, and in the pics the paint was laid down nicely, I would not call the painter talented. The dents - especially two biguns like those - should have been removed...

Part of being talented is knowing your shortcomings and working around them. As someone who should take pride in his work and seems to want to brannch out, the painter should have gotten someone capable of removing the dents if he did not know how.

Hindsight shows it as penny-wise and dollar foolish by both Carpimp AND the painter...

No offense meant towards you Carpimp ;) Live and learn...

Pictures can be decieving towards the roughness it can go both ways make it look better or worse.

I wasnt refering to his "painter" but the blanket statement that was made

"""letting a mechanic paint it instead of a body man... IS HALF ASSED!"""

Was just stating the fact just because one person may do work in one field doesnt discredit them or there ability from doing work in another.

hope this clears any confusion.

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Reply #167 – October 12, 2008, 01:30:15 PM

bro car looks hot with the two tone. really like the colors work together. but im sorry I have to agree "so i spent the money where it needed to be spent not on making it Flawless." you should have just waited for some extra scrathch. I know the feeling of just wanting it done.

my truck has been in prime all summer. and Ive been doing the body work on the bed, and drivers side. almost done. but the truck needs to be straight for the color im going with. dont want to have the truck get people sea sick looking at it.

you should have taken a stab at some bondo. not that hard if your good with your hands. you can spend 2,000 dollars on a paint job and do py prep and looks like . or you can spend 500 to 700 on suplies and take your time and have it look like a 5,000 paint and the pride of saying yeah i straightened the car and a buddy sprayed it. I myself cant spray. so I let my bro do it for me.

good luck with the car.

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Reply #168 – October 12, 2008, 01:59:38 PM

Quote from: SLEEPER T-BIRD 87;239195

Was just stating the fact just because one person may do work in one field doesnt discredit them or there ability from doing work in another.

hope this clears any confusion.

Ok I guess you are right... As I do ALL body/paint/upholstery/mechanical work and fabrication on my cars..... Just like you....:D

but.... IF you were paying money for a job, would you take your car to a Mechanical Garage to have the paint done, or a body shop? dont have to answer that as I already know what the real answer should be.... in those insances, you get what you paid for, and it looks it.... as cougarcoupe said.

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Reply #169 – October 12, 2008, 03:18:22 PM

hey guys, carpimp could have defiantly done a lot better, but on the other hand he could have done a lot worse.

And I don't think it's stolen, haven't heard anything about it not actually being his. So what if it doesn't meet the standards that some of us may hold to.. no biggy he's happy with it.

Looks good pimp

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Reply #170 – October 12, 2008, 03:36:30 PM

Well I feel it was half assed because in the long run your going to look at how nice everything looks and then go .... I should have waited and taken the time. Trust me I rush alot of stuff. Look at my car from when I bought it til today. I did alot of stuff in a hurry and now I hate that I did. Car is going to look good, hope it runs the same, its your car do what you want but dont waste money later re doing something you rushed. Time wise your car is on the fast track compared to ALOT of peoples project, not only on here but anywhere.

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Reply #171 – October 12, 2008, 09:52:15 PM

Okay say i spent around $3,200 for all the work done and this is the picture of the car when i 1st got it.

2 do everything done there no way in hell except for the fact of me being their #1 Custmer that they would take on a project like this.

and Tomorrow i will get some pictures with the wheels on it and when i get paided get a new front window and plates on it get the embelms on it and windows tinted.

Even right now i still got to spot #40 out of 2,210 of all cougars on car domain.

Now i kinda want to redo a older car i want something more Rare and this is what i hope i one day could fix up old school Galaxie XL.

Sorry this project has to be done ASAP so i can fix up the T-Bird and Get me a 3rd car for next winter and have all 2 out of 3 mostly done.

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Reply #172 – October 12, 2008, 10:07:57 PM

The basic point i making is i can't wait all my life to have the car i want and its almost done and the after the cougar the T-Bird will get done this next year or so and I am getting a Crown Vic for a daily driver and putting the other 2 cars on Good insurance and going to fix up the crown vic a little bit and having something to drive that replaceable then i gotta get me a old school car and fix it up.

Theres a mustang fox body welds custom hood and paint job and new motor and tons of mods for like $3,500 here in town also i could of got a 1984 #80 something out of like 250 GT350 drop top with a few extras on it for $3,000 there was super sick mark 8 for sale on SBFtech for $5,500 i want my cars done so i can have some money saved so when i find a nice car i can just go pay cash for it and walk away with something thats allready fixed up or just a clean car.

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Reply #173 – October 12, 2008, 10:19:28 PM

can we skip your babbling, and you could just post pics instead?

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Reply #174 – October 12, 2008, 10:28:57 PM

32VFoxBird

Is 110% right so i don't care what you see or what to complain about you guys all have cougars and T-birds do it Better for cheaper or pay more i could careless. I gotta better to do than sit here fighting with any of you guys the simple fact is i got a Good plan and i will finsih it and live my dreams and if you can't respect that and know the Cougar XR7 is not my life it just has a lot of time and money in it. Everyday i drive the new 88 T-Bird i find myself wanting to fix it up and make it mine.

So stop wasting my time so i can maybe sell or trade some junk or car parts and get money to buy nice cars like 1 Wild Birds super clean TC.

Now on anything Negative posted here is a waste of my time and i will just look over it and more PICs Tomorrow so sit back for the show and less typing and more pics and thats how it should be.

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Reply #175 – October 12, 2008, 10:40:46 PM

Quote from: Carpimp1987;239240

So stop wasting my time so i can maybe sell or trade some junk or car parts and get money to buy nice cars like 1 Wild Birds super clean TC.

whoa, there buddy... thanks for the commpliments, but the TC is far from "super Clean"... as I said about your picture taking of the cougars paint job... pics hide alot.... the TC is FAR from super clean... hell, even the cougar is a piece of junk now.... I have ALOT of work to do to both this winter....

needs alot of work actually.... piddley ass stuff, but still... it has to be done before I can be happy with me even slightly bragging about it... trust me man... I could make this thing look like a junker in pics if I wanted to.... and I think that is why I am having a hard time selling it, because I will make the car sound pier then it actually is, and take pics of the rough areas, so the potential buyer knows what to expect...

and dont go by domain, to judge how nice your car is.... as was stated... pics hide ALOT, judge it by peoples response in person...

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Reply #176 – October 13, 2008, 12:43:13 AM

Ture but One of a Kind cars are a love it or hate it thing. Also even the owners of these car at times love their cars as much as they hate them and either force shows in the car and even more when fixing it up. With that said theres only 2 things that matter the 1st skill of hanging on 2 a car "not selling or trading it" and 2nd the drive to always make something better or if something bad happens to fix it.

I need to ask help okay does anywhere make blackout covers for the cougar back tail lights.

Also got to ask Vinnetbird what it might cost for a set of clear corner tail lights?

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Reply #177 – October 13, 2008, 12:53:33 AM

Just get some of the VHT stuff. I think that is what it is called.

Its that black out paint that Sleeper used on his headlights and someone else used on their tails.

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Reply #178 – October 13, 2008, 04:37:00 AM

I kinda of like the red tail lights just used to the smoke look with owning 2 T-birds the middle black line is missing the driver side tail light so i will just vinyl it for now since at the shop the cleaned all the lens front and back on the car.

So all i need is Vinne to find some corner lights and make me some clear corners soon and change out the battery to a Optima Red top since the green does not match anything.

Heres the plan for the inside NAPA red on the dash and center console swap the panels out of the T-bird.

Black headliner and carpet behind the back seat.

A nicer NON-Porno Red seats with sliver inserts and the front seat sliver headrest with Big red letters saying XR7 on top.

Pictures Later Today i know you will like it with the gt500s back on.

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Reply #179 – October 13, 2008, 07:42:25 AM

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Even right now i still got to spot #40 out of 2,210 of all cougars on car domain.

You seriously pay attention to that shiznit?

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So stop wasting my time so i can maybe sell or trade some junk or car parts and get money to buy nice cars

This post is #180. Of the 180 total posts in this thread, you have posted 75....One COULD say you are wasting your own time. Nobody makes you read this stuff or post.

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Sorry this project has to be done ASAP so i can fix up the T-Bird and Get me a 3rd car for next winter and have all 2 out of 3 mostly done

If it's a "project" and you want it done right, you should never rush it. Working quickly and rushing are 2 different things FWIW...

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Now on anything Negative posted here is a waste of my time and i will just look over it

Most of it was non-hostile constructive criticism (as far as the paint job is concerned).

Post in a public forum; expect responses. If the responses are not what you expected and you can not deal with that then simply don't post...

Get over yourself, take some advice, and apply it in the future. I do believe that was the point we were all trying to make.