87 T Resto "Down to the Metal" Before and After

[87chrisss]

So i bought this car looked great at first i drove it around for about a month and i noticed paint started cracking on passenger side, so i took the car to a highly respected guy in miami and started my down to metal paint job...spent lots of money but fu*k it i like my blue T and i wanted to have a really nice one that stood out..not just a regular 3k paint job i wanted something laser sharp clean.. and + little problem area's that hide under old paint like rust and dent's...to cut and weld new metal isn't cheap....so the first pic is when i bought the car then i timeline to bodywork/metal and finally the painted finale just finished painting today HOK paint/Clear very nice! let me know what you guy's think..

 

[87chrisss]

 

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[87chrisss]

Done

 

[TURBOPOWERED68]

cool stuff dude

 

[Chuck Leeper]

ONLY way to do it! Good job....

 

[BEATAV8]

That's right! Looking forward to more pics.

I'm super picky about paint and have an appreciation for paint that's done right. 99% of people can't tell the difference until you start pointing out the differences between cheap and right when the two are side by side at a car show.

 

[87chrisss]

finally started putting her together

car still needs to be wet sand/ buffed has orange peel so looks a bit glazzyy for my preference should be like a mirror once wet sand/buffed but let me know what you guys think be honest nothing hurts my feelings..The color is a new HOK shimrin series they threw 4 coats of HOK clear also again she still is a bit glazzy!! i personally dont like the color change that much on the paint it goes from blue to teal to aquaish bit greenishh it kind of goes a bit too much into the green shade. in day time with the bright sun it looks better than these photos but w/e...anyways my car is a 31 color code which is dark blue metallic.. please post feed back i also put new headlights with HID's for high beam's as well as the low beams,

 

[87chrisss]

pix

more pix

 

[87chrisss]

FYI the only reason i have the GN seats in the car is because i took my Original seats out before they started bodywork not to ruin my original seats, but then i decided to have the seats re upholstered dark blue original just to give it some oomphhh..so just waiting on them to be done to complete my interior will follow up on pix once installed and finally wet sand/buffed!!
http://youtu.be/K0ikNnKNd3Q

 

[chopped39]

Looks very nice. post pics after wet sanding and buffing. That color is awesome

 

[ttaowner]

post some outside in the daylight pics. from what i can see of it so far i like it. i currently have 3 blue t's 2 86's and a 87. i also had 2 other blue 87's yes 5 turbo t's intercooled in blue. i dont know how but they keep finding me. i would eventually like to find a oddball colored one.

 

[forcefed3.8's]

Why were the handles left in?

 

[alliedmike]

very nice!!!!

 

[decarlo sloan]

Nice car sweet color

 

[87chrisss]

update

im also downloading a new vid be up shortly** please dont rip me about the hood emblem i know its on wrong its too far back i f'ed up i'll fix it sooner or later


for some reason its not uploading my pix?? the pic uploader just freezes? can i email one of you with the pix and can you post the pix?

 

[87chrisss]

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[87chrisss]

Glass

 

[87chrisss]

looks really dark but it really isnt it refelcts the tree very well making it look dark but shes dark blue as you can see from the pix on top i also bought these HRE 3 piece what do you guys think?? should i put them on?? 16x8?? or would it be better with some other rims??