Finally finished the car!! Repainted!!
Finally finished the car!! Repainted!! Before
The work in progress.
Finished!!
Didin't turn out too bad for a garage job. I need to work on the ride height and I think it will be set. The color is Ultra Silver Metallic, got it from a 2002 cavalier. I'm also going to get some better pics in just about a month. Enjoy.
The work in progress.
Finished!!
Didin't turn out too bad for a garage job. I need to work on the ride height and I think it will be set. The color is Ultra Silver Metallic, got it from a 2002 cavalier. I'm also going to get some better pics in just about a month. Enjoy.
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I'm not going to imply I could do better, but my friend paints out of an auto shop w/o a booth and dusty/oily as heck and I've seen his stuff turn out better. He's only been painting a few years too and didn't goto any classes or school for it. What's with the huge fender to hood gap, rear qtr dent by the bumper cover and the hood and front bumper color difference? Did he not mix one large batch of paint and the hood or front bumper get a different mixing?
Sorry to sound like an ***
I like the rims though 
I can't wait to get my turd back on the road after 8months :\
Sorry to sound like an ***
I like the rims though I can't wait to get my turd back on the road after 8months :\
I'm not going to imply I could do better, but my friend paints out of an auto shop w/o a booth and dusty/oily as heck and I've seen his stuff turn out better. He's only been painting a few years too and didn't goto any classes or school for it. What's with the huge fender to hood gap, rear qtr dent by the bumper cover and the hood and front bumper color difference? Did he not mix one large batch of paint and the hood or front bumper get a different mixing?
Sorry to sound like an *** I like the rims though
I can't wait to get my turd back on the road after 8months :\
Sorry to sound like an ***
I like the rims though I can't wait to get my turd back on the road after 8months :\
I'm not going to imply I could do better, but my friend paints out of an auto shop w/o a booth and dusty/oily as heck and I've seen his stuff turn out better. He's only been painting a few years too and didn't goto any classes or school for it. What's with the huge fender to hood gap, rear qtr dent by the bumper cover and the hood and front bumper color difference? Did he not mix one large batch of paint and the hood or front bumper get a different mixing?
Sorry to sound like an *** I like the rims though
I can't wait to get my turd back on the road after 8months :\
Sorry to sound like an ***
I like the rims though I can't wait to get my turd back on the road after 8months :\
I would have responded the same way and you probably would have too if the tables were reversed.
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Not too shabby for a garage job. I like the color. My 2000 Cavy Z24 was Ultra Silver Metallic. I wish I had the ***** to try and paint my car myself. But, I really only have experience rattle canning a few small pieces. Plus, my car doesn't really need a full repaint. I may do the front bumper myself though, just because the local body shop wants about $1000, just to fix a crack in it and repaint it.
Wow! Very nice job! Ive been wanting to repaint my truck but to scared ill screw up! lol Are you gonna put the front flag emblem back on? Also a little silver bowtie decal would look pretty good in the center of the grille.
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Yea I know I am :\ I really debated deleting the post a few mins after I did it. I just kinda felt I should point out some of those things. I should've just left out the whole part about my buddy's work. It's just that there was a similar situation with a guy he knows that gave some dude $5K to paint his 66 Stang, and the painter told him it'd take him 6 months to do. The car doesn't need any body work, just prep and paint >_> Months later it's painted and the retard didn't mix all the paint at the same time, so half of the car didn't match the other half! This guy is also a garage painter, and there's plenty of them who know what they're doing and can produce a great paint job, so I'm not saying that going that route is a mistake. Just wanted to point out what I saw to SD, but if the car isn't done and the fenders will be aligned with the hood (guy took them off after all, so he should do the work on properly gapping them), then never mind heh I still see an obvious discrepancy in the colors (shades in this case). As I said, some garage guys can produce a good painted car, so if this is one of them I think SD should bring that to his attention so it can be the paint job he paid for.
Sorry for that SD, I truly meant well by it, even though it didn't come off that way.
Sorry for that SD, I truly meant well by it, even though it didn't come off that way.
I'm not going to imply I could do better, but my friend paints out of an auto shop w/o a booth and dusty/oily as heck and I've seen his stuff turn out better. He's only been painting a few years too and didn't goto any classes or school for it. What's with the huge fender to hood gap, rear qtr dent by the bumper cover and the hood and front bumper color difference? Did he not mix one large batch of paint and the hood or front bumper get a different mixing?
Sorry to sound like an *** I like the rims though
I can't wait to get my turd back on the road after 8months :\
Sorry to sound like an ***
I like the rims though I can't wait to get my turd back on the road after 8months :\
Seems like you have some issues with my work. #1 I'm not a Painter, I pull wrenches, (But I did say in a Holiday Inn Express before i got started).
Your main issues seems to be with the cost off this paint job, well is $0.00 to much?, I got a Hug and Thank you dad, and that worth more to me than any amount of cash from my son.
Your othere due to there being issues are pretty simple to explain, ( even though I shouldn,t waste my time). The front bumper cover and passenger fender are not OE, so the fit is off just a little and there are no bumper supports under the nose so it sags a bit, the hood and fender gaps are due to there being no hood bumpers under the front of the hood so it lets the hood sit down to far making it look like theres a bigger gap than there really are. The dent in the rear Quarter Panel isn't a dent, its a shadow from the ground, And lastly the aparent differents in the (nose, Hood) color, if you go back and look at the pictures you will see that its late in the day and the sun is shining directly on the nose of the car, making the Hood look a little darker.
And in closing, I'm really glad you like the wheels, I Painted them also.
More Pics Maybe these pictures show more details. I don't have a good camera but, you can clearly see that there are no dents and the paint is very nice. I wish the car had OEM body parts on it so it would have lined up better. I'm having some professional pictures taken at the end of the month. I'm sure you'll be able to tell every problem then. The car still hasn't been wet sanded or buffed.
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Okay, first off, I'm the one that painted the car (Justin's Dad).
Seems like you have some issues with my work. #1 I'm not a Painter, I pull wrenches, (But I did say in a Holiday Inn Express before i got started).
Your main issues seems to be with the cost off this paint job, well is $0.00 to much?, I got a Hug and Thank you dad, and that worth more to me than any amount of cash from my son.
Your othere due to there being issues are pretty simple to explain, ( even though I shouldn,t waste my time). The front bumper cover and passenger fender are not OE, so the fit is off just a little and there are no bumper supports under the nose so it sags a bit, the hood and fender gaps are due to there being no hood bumpers under the front of the hood so it lets the hood sit down to far making it look like theres a bigger gap than there really are. The dent in the rear Quarter Panel isn't a dent, its a shadow from the ground, And lastly the aparent differents in the (nose, Hood) color, if you go back and look at the pictures you will see that its late in the day and the sun is shining directly on the nose of the car, making the Hood look a little darker.
And in closing, I'm really glad you like the wheels, I Painted them also.
Seems like you have some issues with my work. #1 I'm not a Painter, I pull wrenches, (But I did say in a Holiday Inn Express before i got started).
Your main issues seems to be with the cost off this paint job, well is $0.00 to much?, I got a Hug and Thank you dad, and that worth more to me than any amount of cash from my son.
Your othere due to there being issues are pretty simple to explain, ( even though I shouldn,t waste my time). The front bumper cover and passenger fender are not OE, so the fit is off just a little and there are no bumper supports under the nose so it sags a bit, the hood and fender gaps are due to there being no hood bumpers under the front of the hood so it lets the hood sit down to far making it look like theres a bigger gap than there really are. The dent in the rear Quarter Panel isn't a dent, its a shadow from the ground, And lastly the aparent differents in the (nose, Hood) color, if you go back and look at the pictures you will see that its late in the day and the sun is shining directly on the nose of the car, making the Hood look a little darker.
And in closing, I'm really glad you like the wheels, I Painted them also.
And Fergy, it's funny you mention that seeing as it's more you three in my sig who are the resident DBags. Especially considering the PM I got last night about you heh [/
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