Anyways, car is prepped and ready to rock. Tape and primer/sealer stuff tomorrow and possibly paint late afternoon. If not, Wednesday morning. MAYBE I'll put some pics up then- however, I go on vacation on Thursday so we're going to let the car sit and dry until I go back Monday. Plus I need to clean everything else and make it look decent to take pictures of.

Here's the only thing new for today...

http://www.sikmindz.com/ga/PaintPreview/100_0281res.JPG

very nice

I want one.....how much???

AFAIK, there were only 2 real CF arrowheads made. This is one of them and I don't know who the other got sold to. www.signsbydrex.com makes something similar but vinyl/simulated CF just isn't the same I've learned...

i still have my carbon fiber arrowhead, which im willing to part with...

I thought I already had dibs when you took it off? Ass. LoL

you keepin your same rims on the car after all of this is done?

Yup!

get some Volks TE37 status

pics update pls.

I was thinking the same as Paul, where can I buy one (real CF).

That arrowhead looks sweet!

If I find anymore I'll let you guys know. I should have both in existence shortly.

For tomorrow...
http://www.sikmindz.com/ga/PaintPreview/100_0284res.JPG

maybe you dont wanta say but i was just wondering how much have u spent on this project. its looking awesome keep it up. No big deal if you dont wanta say

If I told you all, you'd all be jealous. All I'll say is it's <$1K....

I hope there is going to be matching CF sideskirts/rockerpanels

darren... i dont know if u said it or not yet but you are re power coating those wheels?

So how fast you think you'll run in the 1/4? 15.8, 15.9? :)

Umm...please refer to like the last 20 or so odd pictures that I posted. You can pretty much answer your own question. :applause:

Factoring in the increased aerodynamics now that there's a clearcoat, the degree of ****-ness since the BRIGHT orange is PAINTED on and not vinyl, and the removal of yellow calipers/drums and wire loom...I'd say I'd be good for a 15.4 or 15.5 soon.

How about you Panacea? If you took out the folding wheelchair, case of Ensure and didn't bring along the 20 black cats you may own, what do you think your Buick Lacrosse could run? :angel

ENSURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

that **** MADE that post

Quip yapping and get to work sik, I wanna see pix.

OT- anyone know where the name Pontiac originates from and why they use the arrow-head design for their logo?

I believe Pontiac was an Indian tribe or chief in the mid east? That would probably explain the arrowhead too?

http://www.mce.k12tn.net/indians/famous/pontiac.htm

Layman's terms on who Pontiac was...

Its a Michigan Thing. Big Ottawa tribe in Michigan. Pontiac, MI

wewt

definitely has to do with an indian tribe. I remember some like motorcycles also with the indian emblem and pontiac name. at least I think I do. I may google that.

wow i just shat my pants laughing so hard at this thread. you guys crack me up, especially mr brendan...

I also thought it was a American indian tribe.

I think I'd give you a run for your money. ;)

Pontiac (Native American chief) (1720?-1769), chief of the Ottawa people and leader of the confederate tribes of the Ohio Valley and Lake Region against the British in 1763-1765. He distinguished himself in the French service at an early age and is said to have led the warriors of his own tribe against the British army officer Edward Braddock in 1755. With the object of driving the British from their frontier possessions and reestablishing Native American autonomy, Pontiac organized a confederacy that embraced virtually all the tribes from the head of Lake Superior almost to the Gulf of Mexico. According to the arrangement the warriors of each tribe, on a concerted day, early in May 1763, were to attack the garrison in their immediate neighborhood. Pontiac himself was to lead the assault at Detroit.

In the great wilderness extending from the Pennsylvania frontier to Lake Superior were 14 British posts, of which the most important were Fort Pitt, Detroit, and Mackinaw. The Native Americans captured all but four of the posts, Niagara, Pitt, Ligonier, and Detroit. Mackinaw was taken by a stratagem, and the entire garrison was killed. A plot for the capture of Detroit seems to have been betrayed to the commanding officer by a Native American woman, and failed, but Pontiac at once began a siege that lasted for five months. Reinforcements finally succeeded in entering Detroit; Pontiac's men began to desert him, and the news of the signing of a peace treaty between France and Great Britain removed all hopes of French aid. Pontiac thereupon raised the siege and on August 17, 1765, entered into a formal peace treaty, which he confirmed at Oswego in 1766. Three years later he was murdered by a member of the Illinois tribe

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Sorry for the long post.

<----- Jealous:applause:

On topic, off topic, on topic, off topic...sheesh. Weirdest thread I started ever. So this is all you guys get until Monday when I get back from vacation:

http://www.sikmindz.com/ga/PaintPreview/100_0302res.JPG

http://www.sikmindz.com/ga/PaintPreview/100_0304res.JPG

http://www.sikmindz.com/ga/PaintPreview/100_0308res.JPG

http://www.sikmindz.com/ga/PaintPreview/100_0309res.JPG

The colors are Silvermist metallic, Sunburst Orange metallic, Spectre Gray metallic and of course carbon fiber. I still need to wet sand, buff and polish some runs in the clear coat but hopefully I can get everything reinstalled and done by Wednesday. I would've pulled off the rest of the masking, however the pics were right after shooting and it was already 10:45PM. I wasn't about to wait any longer for it to dry.

Discuss.

needs more rainbow

lookin better

And the yellow...

as i look at it some more, esp that last picture, theres a lot of trash in the paint i see

you are def. gonna have to buff that thing out

Hmm? What are you looking at?

There are a few runs here and there in the clear but..what exactly are you seeing?

Theres no vacations in the middle of a giant project like that! Thats crap, oh well...looks good and can't wait to see the finished result

蔣介石 would be proud

in the last picture you posted...

looks like it has a lot of imperfections in the clear coat, where the orange is at.. might be trash in the clear, might be just dust on top that will just come off, or it could just be the picture

hijack

i was going for a similiar look but over did it with the orange
http://www.se-racing.net/Backup/temp/Eh/4.jpg

looks like you overdid it with the gay too, dodge pshh:amraam: lol