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Old 09-03-2005, 12:03 PM
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Default PICs of my first garage paintjob! Sweet

First off, I would like to give a big thanks to:
FireChicken1995, Allen (SSon20s), and 1-bad-z28
for helping me a lot along the way and teaching me, You guys are the best!!

This is the first time i did automotive painting and i expected it to have some flaws but it came out a lot better than i thought it would. Ill admit there are a few flaws here and there but I am 100% pleased for now.

Well, I decided my car needed some paint and body work, it had a big dent and scratch on one quarter panel. The other one had a big dent from someone hitting me with a door and running while it was parked. My bumper had scratches and stress cracks but it came that way so i decided to paint that too.

Also, I did a ttop conversion and i decided i could do a better job on the bondo work there so i fixed that up and painted that as well.

I did all the body work and stuff and got it ready and painted it only to find, the shop gave me the wrong color so this is actually the 2nd time i painted these panels.
btw, i shaved the antenna too so check that out too.

Anyways, heres the pics:





I glazed the front end so thought id add one pic of that too.

ENjoy, im open for discussion.
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awsome! you tackled a tuff color to paint! :thumb great job!!
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impressive paint job, looks good.

and a good job on the t-top converion as well, i never would have guessed it was originally a hardtop
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looks really good.
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Great! I wave thought of getting into automotive painted. How much did it cost in materials not counting paint gun? If you dont mind saying.
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Great job man! So what do you do for an antena now tho that the stock one is shaved?? Or do you just not listen to the radio?
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Looks great!
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What brand paint did you use? Is it single stage or BC/CC? Now, sand it and buff it and it will be like a mirror.
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Originally Posted by ChevyChad
Great job man! So what do you do for an antena now tho that the stock one is shaved?? Or do you just not listen to the radio?
they make antennas to go up in the dash or ones that stick flat to the bottom of the roof if you have a roof. I did the same thing on my car and stuck the antenna in the a pillar and it works great.
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That looks awesome!
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Jon, you did a great job! Can't wait to see it in person at one of the meetups.




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