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Inexpensive way to fix up your car, while making it look good

ruggeri5054

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it had some rust.. and a few dents up front..

I bought this car for 600 bucks (5 speed only 120K miles), so I wanted to keep it cheap, but somewhat professional..

I bought a gallon of high gloss tractor paint, Naptha and hardener..

Did the body work up front and removed all rust, welded in new pannels where the rust was..

painted it, had some orange peel.. wetsanded (you can see the difference in the before and after pic with the orange peel)

buffed (still have to wax)

so far here it is, for under $100 I made this car look way better... and then I added that red pin stripe to contrast the black.. not bad
 

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they are not the best quality photos ( I had to downgrade the size to make them upload..)
 
I wouldnt mind to get some stock SVT wheels or at least some stock aluminum wheels.. and the side skirts
 
well I decided to clear coat it and I bought some aluminum wheels for it.. I shot the clear and wet sanded it to get the orange peel out, and now I am just waiting to buff it. I will post some pics very soon. I also am getting a low profile spoiler/lip for the trunk and going to do the trim flat black ..pics soon
 
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I can post some better pics in the day light this was at 2 a.m. still turned out good though.. clear coat needed wetsanded a bit .. but im content with this
 
those wheels were off of craigslist for 40 bucks (10 a peice) With tires.. not a bad deal.. this is a budget bodyjob so I didnt want to wrap a ton into it. That pic does no justice on how well it shines!
 
I found some side skirts from a sport at pull a part 13bucks!!! I painted them and mounted the clips... car is dirty but oh well, I also added side marker lights, a trunk rack and trim on the front and rear bumper2013-10-19 11.57.01&.jpg
 
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