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Old Aug 18, 2012 | 04:29 PM
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Well after searching with no luck i decided to paint the car Inferno Orange Metallic, never seen it on a 4th gen but always liked the color. I'm using Spies Hecker Hi-Tec waterbourne basecoat, which is what we use on the Mercedes we fix, its expensive but i know some people . Now for pics, should be done by the end of the week.




















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Old Aug 18, 2012 | 07:39 PM
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hell i thought i took everything off my car when i did mine but u went all out.lol
but car looks very good and professionally done.good work man..
and what kind of clear are u using
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Car was beautiful before, will be even more so now
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Thanks , the clear is Spies Hecker high solids 8035 i believe. The last time i painted it 4 years ago we used Glasurit in the shop and they put a medium solids clear on it which constantly had to be polished to keep up, the high solids should stay shiny forever like factory paint. I will do the engine bay when i pull the motor this winter. This is what i do for a living.
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Thanks , the clear is Spies Hecker high solids 8035 i believe. The last time i painted it 4 years ago we used Glasurit in the shop and they put a medium solids clear on it which constantly had to be polished to keep up, the high solids should stay shiny forever like factory paint. I will do the engine bay when i pull the motor this winter. This is what i do for a living.
i plan on doing same thing..i just got into this businesses.
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Cant wait to see the end result.
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You and me both, too busy at work today to finish assembly, but got some polishing done. Hoping to be done by the weekend.
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looks really good.... I wish I can get my car painted like this.....
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Wow! You're doing some amazing work, man! I wish that I could take my car apart and then put it back together like you're doing! Keep up the great job!
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This color in the sun with the lines of the car is simply amazing just hope the pics will come out the same when i take them.
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Looks good but I prefer the paint as it was before.
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Sorry for the lack of updates i got busy at work so its a good thing, car is almost done now just have to sort out a roof.







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looks bad *** man..love the color!!!
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looks awesome .... now for the t top conversion
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Thanks guys, I looked into T-tops but opted to stay with the hard top, just have to get one from the yard.
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that looks sweet! especially for a waterborne paint
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Holy Santa Clause ****! That looks amazing!!! Time to update the sig...
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