Have been a while....

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Offline Gurragas of Sweden

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Have been a while....
« on: June 01, 2014 - 12:31:27 PM »
It´s have been a while since i wrote here, but now i am up for some update for my challenger.
I change color from blue to matte black, change camshaft from a racecam to a standard 383 cam, must say that do a big change how the engine behavs  :thumbsup:
Than i built a "minime" of the car  :2thumbs:

 




Offline dave73chally

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Re: Have been a while....
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2014 - 11:15:08 AM »
Do you have any more pictures of the matte finish? I like the look.

Also, what do you have done to your gauge cluster in terms of lighting?
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Re: Have been a while....
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2014 - 01:57:55 PM »
Do you have any more pictures of the matte finish? I like the look.

Also, what do you have done to your gauge cluster in terms of lighting?

I put matte black then matte clearcoat, that make it matte but some glossy finish.

The gauge lighting is a blue led light strip, it fitted into the gap round the dashboard, the orginal it´s still there, but not connected.

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Re: Have been a while....
« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2014 - 04:00:07 PM »
Nice, thanks for the pics. What brand paint and clear did you use? Can you wash it like you would a normal gloss and clearcoat?
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Re: Have been a while....
« Reply #4 on: June 06, 2014 - 02:27:53 PM »
I used mipa 2-k fo r the color, 
http://rjp.co.nz/index.php?route=product/search&pbrand=20

And roberlo for the clearcoat,
http://en.roberlo.com/products/car-refinishing/complementary-products/clear-coats/dual-matt-hs/

The clearcoat you can mix how you want it to be, if you want real matte or more normaly finish :)

Yes i can wash it normaly..

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Re: Have been a while....
« Reply #5 on: June 10, 2014 - 05:30:44 PM »
Car looks good.

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Re: Have been a while....
« Reply #6 on: June 10, 2014 - 07:47:07 PM »
Looks good. I just did the same led lights too. I went with the white but dimmed them down some cause they were too bright. 
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Re: Have been a while....
« Reply #7 on: June 11, 2014 - 03:55:17 AM »
Looks good. I just did the same led lights too. I went with the white but dimmed them down some cause they were too bright.

I have dimmed the led so much it´s goes, but it is still a little to bright, but i can live whit it :)
Thinking to changed the gauges from black to white to.

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Re: Have been a while....
« Reply #8 on: July 23, 2014 - 07:45:32 PM »
Love the matte black look! Nice car!!  :clapping:



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Re: Have been a while....
« Reply #9 on: July 23, 2014 - 08:18:01 PM »
I like the wash bottle  :roflsmiley:

Wonder if it considered an open container.....  :crazy:
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Re: Have been a while....
« Reply #10 on: July 23, 2014 - 08:24:44 PM »
Nice! It's good to be different.

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Re: Have been a while....
« Reply #11 on: July 24, 2014 - 04:10:47 AM »
Looks great. I love all the things you can do with LEDs now. Great for that little personal touch.
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