It makes sense... Poutanen painted his fizzer himself on a very small budget, but of course you need to be good if you want it to look decent (which I am not... I struggled to get make my radiator covers look decent using flat black
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You could get it done for much less than $1k though, if you can find a shop willing to work with you.
Back to your original post, you mention that you`re usually mod-happy, so I don`t understand how you're not going nuts
Everytime I think I am done with mods, I manage to find 3 or 4 more things to have fun with.... ex: last night I had a blast with my dremel on the rear hugger
I know, I don`t need much hehe