so I bought some of the paint I wanted to try...its the summit branded BC/CC paint. (rebranded kirker). Stuff shoots pretty nice...I've shot Dupont and PPG before...


So as a test, I painted the back bumper to see how it layed down. The color is called Carbon Fiber Metallic. Its actually a bit darker than it shows in the pictures


figuring its a race car and all the material came in under $500.00

 

That color looks great.

I know you said it looks darker in person, about where would it fall between silver and pewter?

 

That looks sweet as hell dude!!

 

much darker than pewter...

closer to a gunmetal.

 

Nice...very.

I see a little flake, no?
Would adding a little more flake be an option? I think that would really set it off.

 

Looks good!

 

jk

 

a little? lol

looks like factory pewter in pics, but if its darker than that in person then i bet it looks awesome!

 

That looks MUCH better than pewter. I've been stuck with two of these cars in pewter (still have one in fact), and I generally hate the color (only nice part is that it stays pretty clean for daily-driver duties). Silver, or any shade of gray looks fantastic, IMO. But the gold-silver mix of pewter is rather unappealing to me. This color seems to be a great upgrade from pewter.

 

its actually heavy in flake...I'll get a pic outside today. I took that picture an hour after clearcoating...

 

pulled it out into the sun...this is a more representiative color....this color is pretty hard to photograph



compared to pewter

 

The car is going to look great. Good job.

 

^ I agree. I never really cared for the factory pewter. Always looked more of a champagne to me.

Your outside pics show a big difference between the two. Can't wait to see the rest of the car when done.

 

very nice job!!!

 

That really gonna look fantastic when done . I think the dark greys looks good on 4th gens ...especially 7 second ones .

 

I wetsanded out some imperfections, buffed those areas and put my customized wing supports, push/pull switch grommet, marker lights and tag back on...I call the rear bumper pretty much done!

 

wow, looks really great.

 

love the color ..

 

Awesome color...whats with the Pontiac logos? -_-

 

That's pretty much badass.