Cakija.... welcome back?

[Cakija_GTi]

hey guys, havn't been on here much because I moved to Fargo, ND.
Alot has changed with my car since the last time. Here is some of the recent pictures, Still is under construction as i plan to refinish the wheels (untell i upgrade), coilovers,chip, interior work is coming over winter.
also redoing my intercooler piping, putting in some bumper vents and doing a oem grill getting rid of the badgless because they forgot to shave my bumper/hood.

from
http://i45.tinypic.com/10cqgq1.jpg
to
http://i45.tinypic.com/dc3ii8.jpg
and then i wasnt going to post pictures untell next season, but I thought I would share with you guys.
first picture i got after my friend drove it back to his garage from the shop that painted it
http://i45.tinypic.com/969c87.jpg
http://i46.tinypic.com/2priqlw.jpg
http://i46.tinypic.com/21oxbg6.jpg
http://i49.tinypic.com/2dhxj50.jpg
close up of the red
http://i47.tinypic.com/10wva5w.jpg

My first car a 96 A4 2.8 automatic I found it at a local dealer
http://i50.tinypic.com/24ni3gm.jpg

Winter Mode
http://i48.tinypic.com/4lm6ug.jpg
http://i48.tinypic.com/344xoxk.jpg
http://i48.tinypic.com/331hz4n.jpg

[KooK]

I'll be damned... It actually looks, good...

http://ekonefe.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/hell_froze_sign.jpg

[Cakija_GTi]

I'll be damned... It actually looks, good...

http://ekonefe.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/hell_froze_sign.jpg

thank you, hopefully slammage with some spacers will set it off this summer maybe even a different color for the wheels, not sure yet

[MrFlippant]

well done - that's quite a turnaround!

[Cakija_GTi]

http://i47.tinypic.com/10wva5w.jpg

[Saab900CE]

Looks good dude! Glad to see that you got that car back on the right track! :tu: Keep up the good work. ;)

[Cakija_GTi]

thank you, I really appreciate that, its not even close to where I would like it to be, but definitely making a progress with being 18 and in high school on a part time job, it SUCKS

[iraqiswhack]

i really like that red.

[l1t43]

The paint even looks good. Great turnaround from before, i'm glad you could work up the money for a decent paint job. But let me be the first to say, get rid of the hood notch!

by the way... what color is that paint? doesn't look like tornado red, I like it.

[John2.0T]

definitely a great improvement!

who did the paint job for you?

[Cakija_GTi]

The paint even looks good. Great turnaround from before, i'm glad you could work up the money for a decent paint job. But let me be the first to say, get rid of the hood notch!

by the way... what color is that paint? doesn't look like tornado red, I like it.

doing a oem grill getting rid of the badgless because they forgot to shave my bumper/hood.
:tu:

[Cakija_GTi]

definitely a great improvement!

who did the paint job for you?

my friend hooked me up (forgotten motorsports) a local shop thats just starting up, I think I am one of their first paint jobs.

not the best im not going to lie, their is a few dings they couldnt pull but for what I paid I am more then happy with it.

[l1t43]

from the picture it looks like the paint doesn't have any orange peel or any weird defects. Is the dents the only thing?

[rroossinck]

Sweet! The car doesn't look like crushed velvet anymore! Nicely done.

[Cakija_GTi]

from the picture it looks like the paint doesn't have any orange peel or any weird defects. Is the dents the only thing?

no orange peel or anything like that just a dent on the door, witch i think might of happened at walmart after i got the car payment, but my hood was pretty damaged with dents and scratches from before that where impossible to take out, you can notice them when your close and then one of my fenders was hit, and i had bondo on it before, took all that off and straightened it out but didnt do a 100% witch is my fault not theirs, and their is one small bubble by my rear bumper on the quarterpanel the size of like a button on a cell phone i wanna say really small barely noticable. over all I give them props on the paint job they did.

[rubberpenguin]

it looks like Matchstick red... looking MUCH better sir... good work! i must say i think it was kinda a joke before... like the class clown of pkg. lol no offense intended...:rolleyes:

[OrangeDUB]

Looks good! I'd have them paint the hood too to complete the nice paint job.

Looking forward to what else you do :tu:

[SirRangeALot]

Much, much better. 180* turnaround. Well done. :tu:

[stollen]

Excellent progress :tu:

[roksax]

I'm glad you kept it. It's definitely looking a lot better! :tu:

[Jameson250s]

ironic.

[Cakija_GTi]

Looks good! I'd have them paint the hood too to complete the nice paint job.

Looking forward to what else you do :tu:

i had them paint my hood, roof, and trunk black because I thought it would be different then your everyday mkiv, also ever since I was little I wanted a 2tone red and black car.

thank you all for the kind words