View Poll Results: should I paint front bowtie to match the stripe?
yes!!!
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going into paint
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going into paint
On monday my friend is gonna start painting my car..... ok well its not gonna be a new color, but the red stripe is gonna be painted on(tomorrow I will choose shade of red) and the clear coat on the whole body will be sanded down and re cleared with a red metallic flake in it. Also the interior trim pieces will be painted to match the stripe. Pictures will be posted of it in the shop and afterwards. Tonight we took off the vinyl stripe and man does the car look plain.....
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300 bucks just for materials. This is top of the line paint, and clear.
I put a poll forgot to say should I paint the front bowtie to match stripe or keep it black.
I put a poll forgot to say should I paint the front bowtie to match stripe or keep it black.
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I got the paint today, here is what I got
clear coat- 2-1 system basically this is the shiniest of shiny think of cars on overhaulin or the barret jackson auctions
red paint- this paint is an audi color, its called misano red
I also got a red pearl from hot hues
http://pc.dupont.com/HotHues/deploye...Xpg_ER3834.pdf
The car is gonna look kick ass when its done
clear coat- 2-1 system basically this is the shiniest of shiny think of cars on overhaulin or the barret jackson auctions
red paint- this paint is an audi color, its called misano red
I also got a red pearl from hot hues
http://pc.dupont.com/HotHues/deploye...Xpg_ER3834.pdf
The car is gonna look kick ass when its done
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"the clear coat on the whole body will be sanded down and re cleared with a red metallic flake in it" is what he said, never done it, but thats what he said. Anyways as far as the bowtie if you painted it black to make it blend in, why not just take it off and do the body work to even the grill bars while it is in paint anyways?
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I am painting the stripe on, and re clearing the whole car except for the hood since its carbon fiber.
all materials are from dupont
all materials are from dupont
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it'll be a long week and a half til I get the car back.
also tons of pics will be taken during the process so I will post them up as soon as I have a chance.
also tons of pics will be taken during the process so I will post them up as soon as I have a chance.
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a little update of whats going down. My car has a little hail damage nothing major only noticeable by me and a few others. So they are gonna fix the hail damage which means they are gonna paint black on the parts that need it. SO... since they are gonna use black paint I'm gonna go ahead and order the ss/sc front lip and put it on as well.
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I got the ss/sc lip today, they are gonna finish wet sanding the car tomorrow. There is alot of orange peel in the paint, so its taking awhile. All the hail damage and a door ding have been fixed, pics of the car all sanded down will hopefully be posted tonight. For some reason the car looks bad ass flat black lol. I guess its the rat rod person inside me talking lol.
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I saw the test panel that they did today, and oh man does it look bad ass!!! I wish I could post pics but I don't have the camera. Its my friends camera so when he has a chance he will upload the pics from all the sanding and stuff they had to do.
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I got the car back today, gonna go take some nice pics. Note that ss/sc lip is not on yet, interior still needs to be painted and the end plates on spoiler are not on. Damn it looks good!!! in the light in looks like a black cherry, and in the shade it looks just black.