Finally doing it! New paint!
06-08-2008, 08:45 AM
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Finally doing it! New paint! ***UPDATE*** *************************UPDATE******************* **********************
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Well I am finally getting what i have wanted on this car for a very long time, a HOOD and PAINT! Still need to smooth out the wrinkled quarters, but the rest of the car is pretty much ready. This was a B4C NYS Police car, after sanding down the fender you can see "STATE TROOPER" ghosted in the paint from the decals. Sorry about the quality, was taken with my cell phone...
And that my friends is the Siren that the cops left behind!
And the reason why this all started:
I'm ploishing up the TTII's again but they will look really nice once back on the car when its done.
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Well I am finally getting what i have wanted on this car for a very long time, a HOOD and PAINT! Still need to smooth out the wrinkled quarters, but the rest of the car is pretty much ready. This was a B4C NYS Police car, after sanding down the fender you can see "STATE TROOPER" ghosted in the paint from the decals. Sorry about the quality, was taken with my cell phone...
And that my friends is the Siren that the cops left behind!
And the reason why this all started:
I'm ploishing up the TTII's again but they will look really nice once back on the car when its done.
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06-08-2008, 02:18 PM
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Yeah I will be hooking up all the lights and siren, since it used to be a cop car and will probably be a hit at shows. I am leaving it the original color,cleaned up and 14yrs newer this paint should really stand out. I thought of changing it to a different blue but then it gets way more invloved and more money to do it right. One nice thing about black cars, can change them to any color and don't have to worry about the door jabs, etc.
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Me and my friend did all we could to try and make his ex trooper Crown Vic back into a Trooperesque car.
There was one guy that made a replica Mustang Cruiser from Transformers, paint, decals, lights n all. Still legal, as long as he doesn't use the lights on the road or impersonate a police officer
So you could paint up your car and everything like a real 'camaro Cruiser 
There was one guy that made a replica Mustang Cruiser from Transformers, paint, decals, lights n all. Still legal, as long as he doesn't use the lights on the road or impersonate a police officer
So you could paint up your car and everything like a real 'camaro Cruiser 
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Yeah I am putting all the lights and stuff back in eventually this summer. As far as the decals go I am not. Maybe get some mock ones that static cling on for shows or something. lights are a definite once I finish the outside I can move to wire everything up on the inside.
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The car looks great man! 
09-22-2008, 06:41 PM
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Yeah I am putting all the lights and stuff back in eventually this summer. As far as the decals go I am not. Maybe get some mock ones that static cling on for shows or something. lights are a definite once I finish the outside I can move to wire everything up on the inside.
I dig the static-cling idea. While it'll be a pain to get them all lined up and centered each time, its really the only option aside from actually putting (paint/vinyl stickers) them on. I mean, unless someone has invented magnets for plastic
09-22-2008, 09:17 PM
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Looks 100x better. Nothing like fresh paint. I actually love body painted headlight buckets on Camaros. I think it looks bad *** with them body color. Are you going to have blue mirrors and door handles too?
09-22-2008, 10:00 PM
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Thanks all for the compliments! So far i have about 2g's tied up in this job now will all the repairs and almost a gal of dupont chroma base med quasar blue met. It came out really well and I am pleased.
haha yeah I am the only one that i have seen do it this way so far. $.20 verus the $60+ for the ones that look like **** and blow away going faster than 30...
As for the mirrors they are painted black, door handles will probably be black, and the headlight buckets and grill will also be black like factory, I think that looks way better and gives more definition to the headlights, although with the blue it doesn't look horrible but without the black its just a sea of blue and that looks over done in my opinion...
A VERY late reply to this... lol
I dig the static-cling idea. While it'll be a pain to get them all lined up and centered each time, its really the only option aside from actually putting (paint/vinyl stickers) them on. I mean, unless someone has invented magnets for plastic
I dig the static-cling idea. While it'll be a pain to get them all lined up and centered each time, its really the only option aside from actually putting (paint/vinyl stickers) them on. I mean, unless someone has invented magnets for plastic
As for the mirrors they are painted black, door handles will probably be black, and the headlight buckets and grill will also be black like factory, I think that looks way better and gives more definition to the headlights, although with the blue it doesn't look horrible but without the black its just a sea of blue and that looks over done in my opinion...
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Car is looking great man, nice work, i see you live in Spencerport. You ever go out to ricks prime rib on Tuesday evenings? I would love to see the car in person.