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Old 01-15-2009, 11:29 PM
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Nice job Alain. How do you remove dents? Did you ever work at body shop? that looks pro job.
I used clamps, wood and a rubber hammer (see pic). No I never worked at a body shop but did a lot of car work both body and mechanics a loooong time ago in my college years. Since then I mostly did maintenance work on my cars (brakes, oil, tie rods, etc...) nothing more. I had to revive my old rusty skills.
Here is also a pic of the hood painted before the clear coat layers.
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Old 01-15-2009, 11:41 PM
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Great work. Very professional results so far.
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I used clamps, wood and a rubber hammer (see pic). No I never worked at a body shop but did a lot of car work both body and mechanics a loooong time ago in my college years. Since then I mostly did maintenance work on my cars (brakes, oil, tie rods, etc...) nothing more. I had to revive my old rusty skills.
Here is also a pic of the hood painted before the clear coat layers.
As mD says...the job is Titz.
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Old 01-16-2009, 03:41 PM
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dude...... you should open up a body shop.......... good job
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Old 01-17-2009, 08:37 PM
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I wish I lived closer (I used to..lived in Cary)..I would love to volunteer to do what I could to be part of rebuilding that beauty..

Looking good !!

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Old 01-21-2009, 01:52 PM
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I have finished working on this car. Here are the final pics. It was an interesting project for the holidays break. Now I am going to keep it for a little while before giving it back to my daughter. :-)
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Looks pretty darn good! I wonder how much $$$ you saved by going this route vs body shop repair!
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Old 01-21-2009, 01:57 PM
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It turned out great, Alain!

Enjoy it before giving it back to her!
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That was a lot of effort and the end result looks great!

Yeah, I'd enjoy the car too after what you had to go through .. maybe you should've forced her to give you a hand!
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Nicely done, Alain!!! You do great work, and your daughter should be very appreciative of everything you have done.
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