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.....

 

one question....how much lolz

 

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 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

 

They start on it tomorrow, I will have them take lots of pics so I can keep yall updated. I won't see the car until its completely done!!!

 

subscribed.... good luck

 

you putting the pearl in the clear to cover the whole car or just over the red?

 

What kind of paint is the shop using? $300 seems a little cheap for materials to clear your whole car..

 

I am sure thats like 1 or 2 quarts of red and a gallon of clear sounds about right to me

 

Sounds a little cheap.
I had my 5.0 Cougar corvette 02 electron blue w/ metallic flake and pearl

It was around 850 for paint and clear.

 

I think he is only painting a red stripe on the car

 

"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?

 

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

 

And Yes Dupont Is The ****

 

As my accounting teacher would say "Keep it in the black." Hurry up and paint this thing so we can see the final pix.

later

 

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.

 

awwwwwwwww cant wait to see that

 

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.

 

subscribed for pics

 

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.

 

Sweet... post the pix up asap before I fall asleep... lol

 

I shall try, my friend has the camera and he was gonna load them up when he gets home fromwork

 

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.

 

X2, should look really good.

 

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.