Just bought an 89 hatch, here's some pics

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jznsx
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bought the car for $800. added some paint (maaco).... looks good to me, i just need to lower the back





noobdrftr
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wow looks good

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skeil
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Yeah, that looks real clean.... no rust issues?

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clean piggy. what kind of rims are on the front??

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skeil wrote:Yeah, that looks real clean.... no rust issues?
In Modesto, CA?

They are lucky if they even see water, nevermind rust.

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Valiant240sx
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very clean looking, and yeah like the rims on the front.

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jznsx
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thanks, from what ive been told the rims on the front are Volk-Rays replicas. i dont know which Volks though.

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T1ghtJDMDRIFT wrote:
In Modesto, CA?

They are lucky if they even see water, nevermind rust.
Actually there is a little bit of rust on the back hatch, maaco treated it, but its bound to show up soon

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800 bukks for that is a win imo.

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jznsx wrote:thanks, from what ive been told the rims on the front are Volk-Rays replicas. i dont know which Volks though.
They look a lot like volk TE37s'...but great buy for 800 bucks dude good luck with it...

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sil80_chris wrote:
They look a lot like volk TE37s'...but great buy for 800 bucks dude good luck with it...
Rota Grids they're the TE37 Replicas

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clean piggy how much did the paintjob cost?

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Very clean. Diggin the rims also

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jznsx
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Ignoble wrote:clean piggy how much did the paintjob cost?
$200 maaco special... the presidential with integ clear, $230 total including materials

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looks clean

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looks good. paint looks good from what ive seen!

-btw what suspension do you have?

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jznsx wrote:
$200 maaco special... the presidential with integ clear, $230 total including materials
woah $230 for a job like that?! any complaints? did you do any prep work before hand? i could go for any type of mediocre paint job to cover up spots of primer right now.

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That is pretty tempting to go get my car painted lol. I think I'm gonna give macco a call today and see what kinda price they give me.

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What type of tails??? Those don't look like the kouki tails.

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need to buy ANY replacement parts for your interior? check my listing in the "complete part-outs" section or email me below. Parts are cheap chear cuz I am about to send my 1990 hatch to the junk yard.

--TJ [email protected]

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Nice deal, is it that the rear tire is bigger because your butts in the air.

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Wow, I may give Maaco a call too! I just need some touch ups in my paint, and that sounds like one helluva deal!

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jznsx
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s13 iDRIFT wrote:looks good. paint looks good from what ive seen!

-btw what suspension do you have?
its got KYB GR2's all around with Tein Springs. unfortunately the fronts are cut=( stiff as hell

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240sx_ch08 wrote:What type of tails??? Those don't look like the kouki tails.
those tail are actually altezza's with vinyl tint. i know, i know. but they dont look half.

check out this link of an old thread

zerothread?id=399532

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* half bad

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painting a car and not doing body work=

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jznsx
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driven17 wrote:
woah $230 for a job like that?! any complaints? did you do any prep work before hand? i could go for any type of mediocre paint job to cover up spots of primer right now.
they offered me $150 for prep. i shouldve went with it, but i didnt have the money at the time.

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Here's some updated pics, thought i would share.

looks more even now


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jznsx
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im sorry for the overly large pictures


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You need spacers!

Otherwise, looks nice.


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