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03-31-2010, 07:03 PM

Hectic

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5 years - 5 days

It has taken 5 YEARS to get my car looking almost as good as it did before it was totaled out twice over. It has worn bumpers, hoods, doors, and fenders from 7 different Maximas and is currently made up of 5 as of now. Maybe I should have just had mismatching replacements painted and been done with it, but doing it the way I did has led me on a path that I wouldn't have went down otherwise.

Many faces in 5 years..

Current state of the car. Still not perfect, but I can live with it until I decide to paint.

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03-31-2010, 07:39 PM

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hahaha. thats pretty ironic. both lookin good tho.

03-31-2010, 11:05 PM

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Thanks. It gets even more ironic and/or coincidental if I went into details. For example, the hood on pic 6 is a different hood than the one from the accident. Been through 3 hoods, 3 sets of fenders, and 3 bumpers including originals

03-31-2010, 11:45 PM

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Congrats man...Looks good.

04-01-2010, 09:02 AM

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I like this thread.

04-01-2010, 09:45 AM

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Congrats on both.

04-01-2010, 10:40 AM

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both cars look great now. i still got tons of body work to do to my 94 VE auto.

when i first got it:

since then two people have back into while it was parked (notice dents in sides) :

and i had an accident when a girl stopped short in front of me in the snow:

04-01-2010, 10:41 AM

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the way it looks now

04-01-2010, 12:21 PM

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Both cars look good Hectic, nice work.

04-04-2010, 09:47 AM

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Hectic you're my hero...I love them both, but I love the VE more.

04-04-2010, 12:38 PM

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Wow, neato, VE p0wAh!

04-06-2010, 07:51 PM

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Well I don't know about being anyone's hero, just getting them back to stock appearance

But thanks for the comments! Nice to have the VG looking presentable again without a nose mask.

04-06-2010, 10:19 PM

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You did a good job for home garage performed body work! It's all about patience...nice job x 2,...Dude!!!

04-09-2010, 11:57 AM

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I like the white one alot . you know were way to into these cars when we think a stock VG max looks good. but seriously that white one made me smile.

04-11-2010, 12:16 AM

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Hey dude, those Maximas are looking mighty nice. So which one are you gonna sell me dirt cheap in exchange for staying at my place??? I'd like a rust free 5spd please!