98 WS6

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Thanks guys. Yes I sanded it with 400, 800, then 1000. 3 dry coats of filler primer, then two wet coats followed by the color coat and clear. I sanded between each primer/color coat with 1500. I did this on my last WS6 about 4 times, never flaked.

Just gotta make sure you always put the clips in the EXACT same spot as it will dig in a bit.

Thanks again everyone. I also did the wire mod as you can see


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The Guz

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Came out good.

9WhiteCamaro9

I like how the lid is "LPM" and is up against the black radiator support and says "look at me" without being overly done and looks good.

98 WS6

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Thanks Guz

Thanks man, you and me both. The last pic makes me

kylerobison

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where do you buy that color match paint? i need some for my white

LS1rob00

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Looks awesome! But are you teasing us with only one pic? Come on now

stroked383HSR

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[QUOTE=98 WS6;14691744]Thanks guys. Yes I sanded it with 400, 800, then 1000. 3 dry coats of filler primer, then two wet coats followed by the color coat and clear. I sanded between each primer/color coat with 1500. I did this on my last WS6 about 4 times, never flaked.

Just gotta make sure you always put the clips in the EXACT same spot as it will dig in a bit.

Thanks again everyone. I also did the wire mod as you can see


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hell yeah ok i hear ya!.....looks great! you should also do the hood latch relo and the traction control relo....very simple too!

there are plenty more on the first page

TORCHD 02 TA

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Looks good Brian

bayer-z28

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Nice! I've been thinking about painting mine, but not sure on the color.

TORCHD 02 TA

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Brian.. You need more contrasting color in your engine bay.. To much pewter going on... JMO

bayer-z28

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^ It'd be MUCH worse on my red car. Prolly why I'm not thinking of painting the lid red.

I think he needs some shiney stuff now! Paint the rad support Onyx Black and bury it in about 5 coats of clear! That's what I did. Helped a lot!

ttranssam

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looks great...all but them little 3 casting dots on the runners of the intake. i hate them things. my buddy sanded his out, looks great though

looks like its time to scrub that bay clean, then it will look evin better

Mudluver27

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looks damn nice man. love the coils as well

MYSTIC-1SC

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Nice work!

9WhiteCamaro9

Hey, I have an idea OP. What if you cut strips of Velcro and use the softer side on the clips to where it doesn't rub the paint off of where they sit? Just my two cents cause if it were a several hundred dollar paint job or the $1.99 paint you can get at Wal-Mart, I don't wanna have to deal with later to pro-long other stuff that could be done to the car, lol.

The Mighty Texan

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^Pretty damn good idea! I agree with Torched but i think he said he was going to be putting a bird on the lid, should offset it enough.

243hunter

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that looks awesome man

PontiacFan

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IMO, it would be better to have done the base also so it all blended together, rather than sticking out with the 'look at me', ...
Seems odd that the lid has such a 'wavy ocean' look. Is that because of the previous paintwork?

98 WS6

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They have a ton of it at Advance Auto!

Hopefully when the bird gets on there it'll change your mind. It's kinda odd seeing a whole pewter lid.. just seems like it needs something on it.

LOL yeah don't paint the lid red. I was torn between a couple different colors when I had my red WS6. I painted the lid red, put it on, took it off and sanded all the paint off.

Thanks man. As soon as we get out of this damn 40* weather I plan to have it spotless.

Thank you sir.

Thanks!

I'm going downstairs to grab the velcro right now.

Yup, should look pretty good I hope.

Thanks man!

I feel like the radiator support being pewter would have definitely been pushing it. As for the wavyness, I don't know man, it's just the lid. You can see it here, how it comes right from the factory.

9WhiteCamaro9

Hey OP, glad I could help, lol. As soon as read a post about the clips rubbing the paint off, I immediately thought of the soft side of the Velcro, lol.