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L97H, a tribute to Metallic Gold |
bradtho |
Sep 27 2014, 03:39 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 266 Joined: 22-December 09 From: Seattle, WA Member No.: 11,165 Region Association: None |
This one's for you Ferg!!
Apparently I'm in the minority, but I love the pure 70's look of our gold metallic color. Unfortunately my car had a Maaco respray that wasn't very gold and wasn't very metallic. I took care of that this year by getting my car repainted by Mark Israel at Eurotech Bodywerkes. Today was the first time I washed it since getting the car back and got lucky with a sunny day, so I finally got around to taking some good pics of the car. I thought I might get a better reception from this crowd than I get from my wife. |
bradtho |
Sep 27 2014, 11:58 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 266 Joined: 22-December 09 From: Seattle, WA Member No.: 11,165 Region Association: None |
Wow, thanks everyone for the kind words. I'm a bit surprised actually. I've read all the gold metallic threads on the board and there are a lot of "yuck" comments in there. Honestly it really made me second guess my decision on a number of occasions. I'm really glad I stuck with my original plans though, because I love it
A small clarification on the wheel finish, they are RS finish, not RSR. The RSR finish has satin painted paddles, the RS finish leaves the paddles the standard anodized finish. This set was the more common later finish where the entire center is black. Weidman knows what he's doing. And I didn't think the price was bad at all. $300 per corner for full reanodization. They probably didn't look this good back in the 70's when they were leaving the factory. If you're thinking of having Harvey do your wheels call him now and get in line. He allowed me to get in line w/o actually sending the wheels to him. I delivered the car to the body shop before finishing the wheels, they did the fender clearance work and then I sent the wheels off. Given all I'd read online I was afraid that the wheels might take MUCH longer than the paint, but that wasn't the case at all. Harvey answered the phone maybe 2/3rds of the time when I called but it was enough. Had them back with plenty of time to spare. |
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