Pete’s GS400 Build Thread by Sevenevez

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Black Sheep

7-27-2015

Time to Migrate
Last pics in Maricopa. Been here for years. Time to try something else
Blessed with a pink overcast day. I'll be back once i get settled in to the new spot.

8-13-2015

Made it to Yuma!

I try to migrate every couple years or so. Was in Maricopa too long.
Love it here in Yuma. Everything has been simplified. Things were too crazy where i was. Sometimes its good to change things up.

9-1-2015

Paint was starting to look a little hazy. Time for a quick Wax. Last time i actually Polished it (takes hours to polish/cut) and i only had a couple hours to spare. I will probably do the full polish in the winter when it's not one-hundred-and-hell degrees outside.

Griot's Garage random orbital with a blue pad for wax. 

Speed setting between 2-3 to lay it down.

Before:

After:

My buddy came through and hit up his NHRA T/A right quick

Pics.... ... .. .

11-2-2015

Mobil1 Full Synthetic was on sale for $5.99qt. Figured it wouldn't hurt to bust a quick oil change. I usually post these just so i can remember when i changed my oil last

This time: 212,088 is the number

but then.. ., i cracked a beer, and had a smoke and started staring at the car. and thought hmm, let's see what this looks like. 

Figured i would be reppin' the cheapest tires on the market to the fullest and do some homemade white letters (tirepaint) on the tires. 

Ignore the blurry pics. Blame that on the Bud Light

so i scrubbed the heck out of all the areas i wanted with rubbing alcohol real good (i was out of acetone)

i had this corny little (hot tires) paint pen in my toolbox and figured i would give it a try. 

it takes forever to put it on and get a decent smooth coat, so i just sat on the concrete and took my time doing each letter and staying inside the lines etc.. 

then i used a testors white enamel paint pen after it all dried and went over everything again. 

i Only did the drivers side just in case i hated it i can easily enough remove it all with sandpaper etc..

Then i went over every single nipple tip and hit it with white. 

At first i was like hewl naw! that looks like a Lexus NASCAR

then after about a half hour of staring at it, i kinda started diggin it. 

Let me know your thoughts. I'm sure some will like it and some will hate it.