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    Super Member Dr Oldz's Avatar
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    18th B-DAY Present




    A friend of the family bought his son this for his 18th Birthday! I got the joy to do some mechanical work and a full detail on it! Busy workin on it and I forgot to take a bunch of pics

    Some 105/205 lovin with PCXP
    Ghetto tire shine courtesy of Megs Hot Shine(Customer request)
    UTTG on that big plastic bumper and plastic trim after a good apc scrubbing!!!
    WG DGPS followed by MAX WAX the next day!
    DP glass restorer for a crystal clear windshield!
    Interior was spotless...just a quick vac and some DP interior surface protectant!
    Nice B-day present for a great kid and honor student!!

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    Re: 18th B-DAY Present

    WOW, that 2nd generation Dakota looks like new! Red is one of these colors that really POP after it's polished and waxed. superb work!

    I'm sort of a Dakota aficionado myself with an eye for detail!

    Here's my 1999 a couple of months ago.




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    Great job! Must be nice t be handed things, lol.

    Red always pops! Thats why I like my car after I nice cleaning.
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    Man I'm so glad to see its just a Dakota. I was going to hang myself had it been another 18 yr old gettin a Vette

    Very nice work
    “Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times.”

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    Re: 18th B-DAY Present

    Beautiful job on the dakota sir. The kid is going to be very happy!

    As a slight aside, just because an 18yr old is "given" a nice vehicle for their 18th birthday doesn't necessarily mean it was simply handed to them. My oldest girl was "given" a new Mustang GT on her 18th birthday. She earned every penny of it by receiving a full four year merit scholarship to a private university. That accomplishment didn't come easy and the way I figure it, I got off pretty easy!
    Last edited by Joe in PA; 12-18-2010 at 11:47 AM.

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    Wow!

    Looks great and what a nice birthday present!



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    Wow! The Dakota looks awesome. Great job detailing this for your friend.

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    Re: 18th B-DAY Present

    Quote Originally Posted by Joe in PA View Post
    My oldest girl was "given" a new Mustang GT on her 18th birthday.
    Thats far from a Vette...

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    Re: 18th B-DAY Present

    Good job, he'll love it.

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    Re: 18th B-DAY Present

    Quote Originally Posted by Dubbin1 View Post
    Thats far from a Vette...
    Even if it was a 'vette, so what?

    I don't understand why people are so down on others who are given nice things from time to time; as long as they're not lazy and completely mooching off their parents or others, if a family can afford to give gifts like that I say more power to 'em.

    An 18 year old with a Corvette is not automatically a person with no work ethic or sense of value 100% of the time. Sometimes they're just a kid lucky enough to come from a family of means that may be teaching him that sometimes it's alright to splurge even when you're being otherwise fiscally responsible.
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