Hey everyone! My girlfriend and I recently visted National Harbor to go on the newly build Capital Wheel. It was great! Anywho, we ended up getting a primo parking space and she happened to have her camera handy so I could pass up the opportunity to have her take a few pictures of my car while we were there. Outside of my intro thread I haven't really shared too many pictures of my car on here so I figured i'd go ahead and throw these up. The dip needs to be touched up in a few areas but it'll likely be coming off soon to make way for a new paintjob. Additional details about my car can be located in my signature.

Enjoy!

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Nice color it really makes the car stick out in the crowd.
Here is a tip. download Picasa or one of the other free photo editing programs. It can make a world of difference. I did not touch the color to make it like it should be, I just did simple changes.
Once again great color job, will the respray be the same?

 

I like the color. I have seen black and a lime green dip. The lime green is hideous And the black is just a flat color that doesn't reflect any light, so you can't see any of the body lines. Like the wheels too.

 

Looks great!!

 

I really like that color green. Nice job and love the europlate.

 

Thanks. I didn't do the photo editing, my girlfriend did, so you'll have to take the up wit her! lol

I am planning to have the car resprayed Obsidian Black Metallic (OEM Mercedes Benz color). SLK's were actually offered in the color. The dip was never meant to be permanant. It was just something I did for fun to hold me over until I could swing for a full tilt paintjob.

Those are just "off the shelf" dip colors. Nowadays pretty much any color one can think of can be mixed up and there are alot of professional dippers out there that'll whip up just about anything zany idea you ask for. I told the shop that dipped my car that I wanted somewhat of an "Aston Martin Racing Green" color and this is what they came up with.

Thanks!

Funny thing about the Europlate.....if you look at the picture from the front there are two young girls walking up, and after that picture was taken they did a photo-op in front of my car not knowing it was my car. They thought that my girlfriend and I were just taking a picture of the car/Europlate too......LOL.

 

I think it looks awesome. What's the ballpark cost to have a good dip job done? Has it held up well?

 

Thanks. To have an entire car dipped by a shop it usually runs about $400-$800 depending on the size of the vehicle and whether or not you are using dip pearls, chameleon colors, etc etc. My dip has two colors of pearl in it so it ran me $700. But if I had gone with says just a basic/non-pearl color it probably would have run me about $500. It's held up well EXCEPT in the areas that it has began to peel away. But it's only peeling away because the surface of the car was not prepped correctly. I had the car detailed about a month prior to having the car dipped (I know, i'm retarded) and I failed to mention that to the shop. Then again, they failed to ask me when the car had last been waxed/detailed. If they had prepped it properly i'm sure that it would be holding up much better. The dip has a few trouble spots here and then, mostly evident on the front bumper by the passenger side foglight and the passenger door underneath the door handle.

 

Love the dropped look and ground effects.
Is the front ground effect available anywhere or was it custom made?

 

Looks awesome!

 

You can't start the thread with "My girlfriend and I..." and have the plate 4EverAlone.. just FYI haha

I've started noticing those wheels on a bunch of different cars these days.. lots of VWs... hit or miss on a lot of cars but they definitely look like a sold and unique choice on the Crossfire

 

Wheels are a NICE touch!

 

i guess I'm just stupid, but what exactly is a 'dip'. Does that mean the car was dipped in paint? if so, how much does the prep cost to remove the body?

sorry, in advance if this is a stupid question.....

 

https://www.dipyourcar.com/Videos-and-Guides.html

 

I think S. Artee nipped it in the bud with his answer....lol. Basically anything and everything you'd ever want to know about dipping a car can be found on dipyourcar.com

They've been popular on VW's for quite some time now and I have seen them growing more popular in a number of car communities on Instagram and the interwebz. Subaru guys have started whoring them out recently. To my knowledge I am the only Crossfire running them and i'd love to keep it that way. That's why I ignore all the PM's I get asking me what size spacers I am running and stuff....lol. I can't give out ALL my secrets! But to achieve the fitment I have it took alot of trial and error with spacer sizes and a good bit of fender work.

As for the Europlate.....it's really more of an ongoing join between my friends and I. But to be fair, I have been single for years up until recently. I got the plate prior to meeting my girlfriend. She's ok with me leaving it on because she cracks up at how many people she has seen doing "photo-op's" with my car in random parking lots when we are out and about.

Thanks!

Grounf effects? Are we in the 90's again? Lol I kid I kid....just haven't heard the term "ground effects" in years. I refer to them as splitters (front splitter & side splitters). They were custom made for me by a shop that specializes in custom fabrication.

Thanks!

 

I love how aggressive it looks from the front. Any pictures of the rear?

 

nice look.....beautiful car.....

 

Thanks everyone.

Here are a few more pictures.

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Car continues to look amazing! I followed your original thread on the work you did to get to this point. The M-B black will look great too, but this dip job made your XFire "one-of-a-kind".

Later,

 

I don't know what it rides like but it's killing it sitting still. Velociabstract approved!

Les