first attempt at a berger panel
03-25-2011, 03:30 PM
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first attempt at a berger panel let me start off by saying that i loathe paint/body work. It's just not my thing. However not feeling like paying someone else to do it, i went ahead and pulled my panel off the car, scuffed it up and shot some black and then some clear coat on it with a rattle can. I came back to it about 20 minutes later and it looked like the mud on a river bed after the river dries up (IE cracked all to hell). Apparently spray paint doesn't stick well to wax- who knew.
Round two and i brought it down to bare plastic, primed it, sanded it, painted, sanded, painted, sanded, painted, sanded, clearcoated, and buffed with rubbing compound. The rubbing compound i think was a bit too harsh because it took a lot of the gloss out of the clear coat. What I was left with is what i would consider a "gloss-matte" finish (as though there is such a thing).
I liked it so i went with it. I also added some stainless letters from emblem pros which i think look fantastic. Pics before, after, and a cool fisheye.
EDIT- inb4 "that thing looks like a 4x4. Lower it." I have zero intention of lowering it.
Round two and i brought it down to bare plastic, primed it, sanded it, painted, sanded, painted, sanded, painted, sanded, clearcoated, and buffed with rubbing compound. The rubbing compound i think was a bit too harsh because it took a lot of the gloss out of the clear coat. What I was left with is what i would consider a "gloss-matte" finish (as though there is such a thing).
I liked it so i went with it. I also added some stainless letters from emblem pros which i think look fantastic. Pics before, after, and a cool fisheye.
EDIT- inb4 "that thing looks like a 4x4. Lower it." I have zero intention of lowering it.
03-25-2011, 03:41 PM
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Looks good! Still havent made up my mind wether or not i want to and ive had my car for 2 years now! Also love the emblem pros, ss letters cant be beat and i would do this alone just to slap those on 
. Fisheye from a gopro or what?
. Fisheye from a gopro or what? 
03-25-2011, 04:28 PM
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looks GREAT man!!!
I have had my ss camaro letters for years so I was wrapping the berger panel flt blk and it kinda was smoothing out the panel due to the ss letters filling it in a lil but the wrap wouldn't stay due to weather so I taped off the letters and painted it with flat blk later
I have had my ss camaro letters for years so I was wrapping the berger panel flt blk and it kinda was smoothing out the panel due to the ss letters filling it in a lil but the wrap wouldn't stay due to weather so I taped off the letters and painted it with flat blk later
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just ran to the store, and walking back to the car i realized just how much better this thing looks now. The pictures i posted really don't do it justice. I was on the fence about doing it too, but i'm officially glad I did it.
I was going to get the stainless bowtie and z28 emblems to put back on but i may just leave it as is. I kind of want to get an SS hood and spoiler in which case i'd be taking the z28 emblems off anyway...
I was going to get the stainless bowtie and z28 emblems to put back on but i may just leave it as is. I kind of want to get an SS hood and spoiler in which case i'd be taking the z28 emblems off anyway...
03-25-2011, 05:55 PM
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it's really overcast outside right now so i'm not gonna be able to get any pics that really pop. I'll see what i can do over the weekend. I also need to get that dealer sticker off the bumper. Suggestions on how to remove it without messing the paint up under it?
03-25-2011, 06:51 PM
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try GOO GONE, removes GREASE GUM STICKERS and TAPE. I had a sticker I removed with this stuff then washed it.
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