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    renamed: The Prelude is painted.

    Well, the Prelude is in the shop getting painted with House of Kolor Sunset Pearl paint this weekend. After they sprayed the basecoat (orange) they noticed that no matter what they did the paint color would not lay out evenly. Every different angle was a different color.
    So they call us in there tonight and show us. It doesn't look terrible but it isn't perfect and we want perfect. So they have this $8,000 machine that takes a photo and breaks down the color so they can mix the color with different paint. So, either we have them do that or we go back in the morning and choose a different color. We have all the paint chips right now and are looking through them but we will probably just stick with the same color.
    It sure is frustrating though. I am glad the paint shop wants the car to turn out as good as we do. Most places would have just sprayed it and let it go.


    Here is the paint before the clearcoat (clear completely changes the way paint looks for those that have never seen a car in between stages.)

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    nice color... very LOWRIDERish

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    looks like it is gonna be a pretty nice color - lookin good
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    smooth

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    That sucks hope they can keep the color for you.Looks good.
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    hey i was wondering what shop is that where is it? cuz in the future i'm look for a show quality paint job. Don't worry the lude is gonna be sick no matter what..keep the good work up

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    The car is getting painted at Motortrucks in Mount Vernon

    This is the color after the clear is over it


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    OH SHIT! thats amazing!

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    dude, your rides are always sweet as hell, no doubt this one is going to turn out great.
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    That sucks but they should be able to clear things up for you. I was thinking about trying to get the body shop at work to paint my car but i decided im just gonna let one of the two shops i picked out before do the job since they are very experienced with bodykits and honda's in particular. I may be able to get a deal at one shop since that have an account with Audi and i handle a lot of their parts. But both shops do custom work and are very good at what they do. Good luck!

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    whats with the profanity thread? and isn't this a 3gee forum? why is your lude here? oh well i guess ill never know what 3gee is

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    Originally posted by dohc
    whats with the profanity thread? and isn't this a 3gee forum? why is your lude here? oh well i guess ill never know what 3gee is
    1. I Noticed, his choice in words. My first thought was, I wasn't happy. But when I read what his post was about, his choice in words do pin point his feelings and it's not like he does it all time.

    2. Yes this is a 3g forum, but I'm allowing some flexibility by allowing people to create threads for posting pics of honda cars, not just 3g accords. I will move any other make of car out of this section to off topic if a thread is created here.

    3. Pearldrop used to own a 3g accord that in many respects was a legend. He has enormous respect with a vast majority of this boards members. LOTS of members are VERY interested in what he's doing, even when it's not a 3g.

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    dohc......................... dude....... if you would have been here...... you would have known pearl plus he had one bad ass 3 gee thatll make your jaws drop ( well, in my opinion)..... and we like to seee pics of his bad ass lude and accord wagon.

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    Jims 86LXI HB ................ i agree 100% with you

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    Sorry about the language, I didn't even think about the rules.
    I will change it if I can.
    We managed to reproduce the color and it got sprayed today with a color that I actually like better. They are going to wet sand and buff it out this weekend and we will probably get it back on Tuesday.


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    damn Pearl, what's this paint job costing you?
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    I'm not sure yet. The minimum for the bodywork and paint will be $4500. We already spent $3000 for the bodywork. It took a lot of saving and cutting back to get that much scraped together. The good part is that we paid cash for the bodywork and now we are paying cash for the paint.

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    pearldrop, nice paint job. your lude's looking tyte. any mods?

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    Shine shinety shine shine shine...

    Looks good pearl
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    No performance mods except for intake and exhaust and a short shifter.
    We shaved a bunch of stuff including, handles, washer squirters, emblems, license plate box, antenna, door locks, trunk locks, rear corner lights.
    It also has air cylinders and a start on a tweed interior.

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    Nothing but respect for this man. Keep posting up the pics.. that way we get to live the dream too.

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    i wish i had that kinda dough.....
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    you know what pearl................... that lude would have looked badass in a dark burgundy color....... thats just my opinion but that paint is very good work..... keep it up pearl

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    Looks great Chris!!! I think the color is very nice. Hopefully, I'll get to see it up close some day.
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