birdmaro

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85 for paint
the rest was for wetsanding paper da pads tack clothes bondo-glass and misc ****.



i'll get more pics later...its raining outside. car is wet.


please excuse the winter tires and **** wheels...Chicago <3. I'm preparing for SNOW! This is after all...my beater.

thunderstruck507

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Looks pretty damn good...what materials?

01ssreda4

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I like it, and much better then the guy who likely spent spent several grand and called it Blitz black or whatever

my bandit

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hey i spent 2000 and got alot of bodywork done with my hot rod flatz. dont be hatin haha

but op it looks damn good for under 200!

birdmaro

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i used the kirker automotive satin black (1 galloon is 55 bucks and you mix 3:1 with their activator which runs 20 bucks).

wet sanded the whole car with 320
removed 16 yaer old moldings and tried wet sanding but ended up having to use the DA which meant we had to use filler primer (8 bucks a can at napa).

did some rust work on bottom of the doors before the rear wheels (DA...bondo...filler primer)

filled in the rear side markers (subtle but OMG such a difference)--bondoglass, filler primer

had some scratches in the door that were gouged so more filler primer some glazing putty

the hood that i bought was nicked on the corners (the guys dropped it or something) so bondo-glass on those corners

painted the hood/wing/mirrors off the car...had the hvlp at 60 psi to spray...this paint is THICK


2 medium wet coats and bam...done.

stuff dries in a couple hours but it was 50 degrees out so it took a bit longer.


in the spring we are completely disassembeling the doors to get the jambs etc...too effin cold right now.


we shall see how quality this paint is...its going to see a nice chicago winter pretty soon.



thanks for the compliments :-)

fyi i like the blitz black car...not a big fan of the 98+ birds but doing stuff along those lines makes me like them more...i'm tired of seeing blingy birds!

91rs355

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looks good man

rabbit320

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does it mark at all, and what will you use to wash / upkeep? looks wicked, and nice tails... could u get a pic of the door jamb, i assume its gloss black?

birdmaro

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wash/upkeep- dish soap and water. no polishes waxing buffing etc...

what do you mean by "does it mark"

and no the door jambs are red for the winter... this is my DD and my other car is in pieces for the most part. Until that car is driveable...the doors/interior won't be coming off this car.

or i might just keep it red...kinda looks cool with the red/black.

Murda99Camaro

Looks real good. You got any better pics? You should charge to do this for local F-bodies

birdmaro

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lol i used my friend's dads stuff to paint it i don't have any equipment of my own. he charges 1500+ material to do paint for everyone else.


i'll get some real pics with an actual camera vs my phone soon.

duvalsoldier904

looks sick

Whistler

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Wow great job!

bad_408_vert

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How well do you think the paint will survive over the winter with snow and all?

ec_nova

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blitz black is $35 a gallon....

birdmaro

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that my friend is the true test LOL

WSsick

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It's not like it'll be expensive to redo. Looks GREAT! Flat/satin black looks great on LT1s.

imonmywhey

Amazing job dude, turned out well.

birdmaro

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I appreciate all your comments and criticisms! :-) hopefully it'll keep people from being scared to do their own work on the cheap!


i have yet to get some decent daytime pictures with an actual camera.

bad_408_vert

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Lookin fwd to it LOL. I got similar plans for my 'vert after the nitrous huffin' motor gets built (god knows when )

birdmaro

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that sounds sweet! i bet this would look even cooler with a vert.

i already got a couple batmobile comments from lil kids which made me smile.

theres been a couple days of frost so anytime now....