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Old Nov 10, 2007 | 08:57 PM
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Yeah so I did a little late saturday night project

ohh **** what happened


this happened!


My car is more sofisticated then ever before. Art came from this famous Japanese picture
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Old Nov 10, 2007 | 08:59 PM
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Wow this is something new.
Props for creativity.
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Old Nov 10, 2007 | 09:15 PM
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I am inspired to do mine, sorry but thats just too damn cool for having stocks stuff to pass it up.

Only Question did you paint it, or matt a poster to it?
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Old Nov 10, 2007 | 09:16 PM
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I wouldn't roll it, but it is certainly artsy
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Old Nov 10, 2007 | 09:20 PM
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well i am not planning to do the wave, but something that speaks to me.
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Old Nov 10, 2007 | 09:20 PM
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...don't forget sofisticated, too.
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Old Nov 10, 2007 | 09:21 PM
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That is absolutely incredible. If my car was able to pull that off, I would. I am floored at the ingenuity. It looks fantastic.
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Old Nov 10, 2007 | 09:52 PM
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Originally Posted by PERRYinLA
...don't forget sofisticated, too.

It is sophisticated indeed.
Are you going to do anything else to your interior to match it up?
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Old Nov 10, 2007 | 10:02 PM
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Originally Posted by sc300max
It is sophisticated indeed.
Are you going to do anything else to your interior to match it up?
...like jumping dolphins or flying stingrays.

Great artwork BTW!!
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Old Nov 10, 2007 | 10:42 PM
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I've been thinking about doing something like this too, but couldn't think of something that wouldn't make me look like a fruit! haha

Looks good and very unique!
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Old Nov 10, 2007 | 10:45 PM
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I'm going to be disappointed if you don't match the woodgrain.
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Old Nov 10, 2007 | 10:47 PM
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Looks good, you got on that pretty quick! If I had black interior I'd probably do it too. It makes it stand out, but I have tan interior...How long did that take you to do?
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Old Nov 10, 2007 | 11:24 PM
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Thats cool.
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Old Nov 11, 2007 | 12:14 AM
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i like it looks good with the black interior.
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Old Nov 11, 2007 | 12:19 AM
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I was thinking about doing something with the wood grain but I was afraid of over exposing the picture. I'm trying to plan that out right now. It will probly remain just the center console. Once my car is finished and ready for some track events the entire picture may be muralled* on the hood to tie in with the center console. It is undecided as of yet.

Thanks guys.


ps. on a project like this patients was key. I took the face plates off everything. then meticulously planned out the lay out using two different actual reprints of the original art work. applied with spray on adhesive. trimmed with three exacto knives to make sure they shaved down the curves correctly and then made sure everything went back together correctly. the middle stages involved a lot of eyeballing and measuring to make sure the art flowed from trim piece to trim piece correctly. All in all i think i paid about $100 for this thanks to madd cheap reprints via ebay. It honestly came out better than I thought
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