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It looks great!

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Originally Posted by techweenie View Post
It's bang for buck. You can do a basic backdate without painting cowl, roof, doors, quarters or engine lid.

Add the mirrors, and with a lot of cars, you're filling extra mirror holes and repainting the doors.

Add going to bright trim, and it's easily +4 figures.

The biggest visual impact is with fenders/hood and bumpers. There's a diminishing return past that point.

I "backdated" an '85 Carrera a couple years back for under $5000. Had I done mirrors and trim, I'd have been happier with the result, but not $3000 happier.

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