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Old 12-23-2010, 09:38 AM
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Anyone in the CT area

So i am about to start sanding down my car hoping to go remove rest of ground effects today and possibly lights and such but will be sanding soon i am going to try doing my own paint job to save soem money if it doesnt work out i am just gonna sand it again and send it out. I was wondering if someone lives in the area my car is in Sothington Ct if they had some spare time to swing by and maybe loook at some of my small problem areas and tell me if its fixable by me or what it would cost to repair i know i have a small hole (or i hope its small) that was filled in by previous owner on the edge of the rear passenger side wheel well and some other rust issues i dont know if i can sand down and body filler the spots of if somethign further should be done
Old 12-23-2010, 10:06 AM
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Re: Anyone in the CT area

go to: http://www.necamaro-firebird.org/forums/

There is a guy name Matt (camaro430sut), PM him. He works at a body shop and does lots of paint work on the side. He has painted probably somewhere between 5-8 guys cars on that board including mine.

While there, check some of the project threads so see some of the cars he painted.

He does great work.
Old 12-23-2010, 06:58 PM
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Re: Anyone in the CT area

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go to: http://www.necamaro-firebird.org/forums/

There is a guy name Matt (camaro430sut), PM him. He works at a body shop and does lots of paint work on the side. He has painted probably somewhere between 5-8 guys cars on that board including mine.

While there, check some of the project threads so see some of the cars he painted.

He does great work.
lol call it lazy but i dont really wanna register for another forum to message him if you know him and have his contact info i will take that and get ahold of him
Old 12-25-2010, 08:39 AM
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I live in Southington, CT; off of West Center St. Normally any rust if not surface should be replaced with another piece of metal and welded; but if you'd like i could look.

Also Matt is very good; ive seen some of his work in person; i actually plan on getting my paint job done by him. He seems like a nice guy, normally everyone communicates with him via necf.

camaro1185; how much did you pay for your paint job with him? and what kind of color scheme did you go with?
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my car is actually in southington at my parents so once i have the paint stripped i will let u knwo they live near homedepot on queen
Old 12-25-2010, 10:13 AM
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is it the condo complex right across from autozone or is it the single houses on the side near randys?
Old 12-25-2010, 10:20 AM
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its stoughton rd off chafee they have been there for ever they are like below thos condos
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its stoughton rd off chafee they have been there for ever they are like below thos condos
oh right infront of chafee is randys!!
Old 12-26-2010, 08:37 AM
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pretty much yeah well the snow puts a dent in my time table cuz it means i gotta work i will message yah when i am stripping the paint form the car
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Im here, the other Matt (camaro1185) let me know you were looking for help. I can take a look at it for you. PM me on here and we can go over what your looking for. As a quick reference to what I do, heres a bfore and after of a car I finished about two months ago...


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wow, paint looks good on the vert, may need to talk to you next year when mine's running...
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