Well, She's Ready For Paint

[garyk1970]

took all day,but she's stripped.even took out the quarter glass. what a mess ,the sealer GM used was like trying to remove hot bubble gum.

How do i restore the trim ( clear coated aluminum?) around the windows,wheel wells,etc. polish out/clean ,or reclear?

 

[Boost231]

i had all my trim piece powder coated black. turned out awsome and it will hold up to almost anything.

 

[garyk1970]

I thought about blacking out the trim,But...I like this "chrome" car. i hope it looks half as good as this one when Im done putting her back together:biggrin:

Selling/Trading the T. - TurboBuicks.com

 

[Boost231]

you can get a powder coated silver that looks like crome i have seen it. not sure what you have local.

 

[StlRegal]

you can get a powder coated silver that looks like crome i have seen it. not sure what you have local.

How much did it cost to get it all done?

 

[Woody]

Have a chrome plating shop polish it for you...Trust me, if you like the chrome look you will love the polished aluminum and stainless steel trim polished!!

 

[garyk1970]

polishing sounds like the way to go. I have all the tools needed to polish myself after polishing my 31 ft 1967 Airstream camper

 

[Boost231]

How much did it cost to get it all done?

cant remember this was years back and i know alot of people so i got a killer deal. it cant be more then 100 bucks i would say with all the trim pieces being coated.

 

[detaildave]

Take The Header Panel Off Youll Be Alot Happier ,the Job Looks So Much Better If You Do ,in The Event You Damage Your Header Panel ,you Can Remove It Without A Paint Seam On The Fender Peeling Paint Off ,.

 

[garyk1970]

Take The Header Panel Off Youll Be Alot Happier ,the Job Looks So Much Better If You Do ,in The Event You Damage Your Header Panel ,you Can Remove It Without A Paint Seam On The Fender Peeling Paint Off ,.

interesting.good idea.

 

[wcn8tive]

I have been looking for a way to have something like that done, do you have any shop reccomendations?? I will ship to them if need, havent had much luck finding new chrome trimmings...let me know, thanks.

 

[garyk1970]

painted

heres some pics.painted car in less than three weeks:biggrin: .should get her back hopefully tomorrow and start the reassemble process
heres some camera phone pics,real pics coming when car is back together

 

[Boost231]

lookin good. keep us posted and get some better pics when you can.

 

[Evans Ward]

Looks nice Gary. Just noticed that both our cars are modded very similar. Enjoy!

 

[garyk1970]

Boost231 ; thanks, i will. i cant wait, its been a while since ive owned a "nice" car.

Evans Ward; thanks, yeah i have a dutt neck'ed i/c that still has to go on, but it looks like i have some ''catching up'' to do :biggrin: .

got a set of 86/87 chrome gn wheels today.will look better with chrome wheels IMHO. thanks goes out to classof87 (Rico) for finding these for me and for the great deal they were.good looking out bro.....

 

[zeus87gn]

Gary,

You got it back to the shop yet?
I got to come see you anyway, I can smap some pics for you.

Patrick

 

[garyk1970]

not yet, maybe today. they are wet sanding and buffing ( i didnt think it needed it)

 

[Red Regal T]

On polishing the window mouldings, if you haven't found out already, they're anodized aluminum. You really can't polish them unless you sand off the anodize. Wheel mouldings are stainless steel, and will polish with the right equipment. By the way, good luck with your new paint job. Looks great!

 

[Race Lutz]

Gary, keep on updating all of us on the car. I am so glad that you are doing such a good job on that car. And, by the way, keep the pictures coming!!

 

[UNDER-PRESSURE]

Your doing a GREAT job of bringing that historical Turbo Buick back to it's former glory. I'm looking forward to more pic's.