finally getting car painted after 6 yrs owning it

[the wrath]

I was getting tired of spending money under the hood so i decided to get the car painted. I cannot wait till this car is done one of the members on the board is painting it he owns a body shop cadence87.Car still had the factory paint it was all cracked up on the drivers side rear quarter.Car was stripped to bare metal and boy did he find some things.I will let the picture speak for themselves.First 3 pics are the before ones.

 

[the wrath]

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[the wrath]

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[Boost231]

looking good. so since the doors are off your going to pull the quarter glass, header pannel, rear glass, front glass, front and rear bumper, bumper fillers, hood, decklid, spoiler quarter extensions right? cant wait to see the after pics

 

[the wrath]

1 more i know you guys see that the seats arent covered they are going to get replaced too.

 

[the wrath]

the new pics show that the quarter glass was removed. He was trying to get the major areas done first then pull the other stuff. Living in the rust belt aint nothing nice found rust everywhere he is treating my car just like his gn.

 

[BILL HAINES]

Paint

Do yourself a favor..."strip to bare metal" otherwise after some time in the sun,you'll see shrinkage,a line where the old paint is and the bare metal...no matter what sealer,primer you use, it will still happen,believe me... I know....good luck with your project, nice to see the gn's getthing fixed....

 

[black owned]

Do yourself a favor..."strip to bare metal" otherwise after some time in the sun,you'll see shrinkage,a line where the old paint is and the bare metal...no matter what sealer,primer you use, it will still happen,believe me... I know....good luck with your project, nice to see the gn's getthing fixed....

amen......looks likr there going to actually ptry to prime over the origanal black paint,its laquer,primer is urethane.those to dont mix.take a bit of laquer thinner and wipe the black paint.urethane reducer is much stronger than laquer.so tell them to strip it all the way down to the metal

 

[black owned]

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also if that shop did the repair over that wheelwell.get your car out of there.

 

[turbonut85]

Do yourself a favor..."strip to bare metal" otherwise after some time in the sun,you'll see shrinkage,a line where the old paint is and the bare metal...no matter what sealer,primer you use, it will still happen,believe me... I know....good luck with your project, nice to see the gn's getthing fixed....

amen......looks likr there going to actually ptry to prime over the origanal black paint,its laquer,primer is urethane.those to dont mix.take a bit of laquer thinner and wipe the black paint.urethane reducer is much stronger than laquer.so tell them to strip it all the way down to the metal

Good advice here...

 

[the wrath]

today's pics

 

[the wrath]

pic of door

 

[Brer Rabbit]

i love the color selection!

That sissy yellow look is perfect for you. All u need is a pink pin-stripe and ur good to go!

 

[the wrath]

Mr. rabbit get that car back together before snow hits.

 

[jasjamz]

That sissy yellow look is perfect for you. All u need is a pink pin-stripe and ur good to go!

I beg to differ, a purple pinstripe would be a tribute to his favorite music artist formerly know as Prince! Looking nice, what are you doing for seats?

 

[the wrath]

new pics

 

[6whistler]

Nice transformation!!

 

[the wrath]

car after wet sanding and buff

 

[fitz3820]

Let us know what paint,primer etc. you used and cost if you don't mind. Looks good!

 

[turbojay]

Looks good. Which shop is doing the work?