So, anyone have a hook up on paint?

[SeanPlunk]

Eventually I want to get my two-tone (or three-tone) Cobra all painted one solid color. Anyone have a hookup on paint and want to hook a brother up, LOL :bigthumbsup: Perhaps some kind of cash under the table kind of thing :pot_stir: Maybe Vettezuki, BGN8711, and I can all get ours painted at the same time - group discount :thumbs_up: I know one thing - never to go Autobahn in Costa Mesa for anything. I still can't believe what a terrible job they did :mad:

[Vettezuki]

Eventually I want to get my two-tone (or three-tone) Cobra all painted one solid color. Anyone have a hookup on paint and want to hook a brother up, LOL :bigthumbsup: Perhaps some kind of cash under the table kind of thing :pot_stir: Maybe Vettezuki, BGN8711, and I can all get ours painted at the same time - group discount :thumbs_up: I know one thing - never to go Autobahn in Costa Mesa for anything. I still can't believe what a terrible job they did :mad:


Adam's friend's dad does paint. J&D Corvette (who'll work on anything) does quite good work, but not cheap. Maybe we could just have enkei do it, he's pretty good.

http://www.motorgen.com/pic/data/500/05-31-08_1956.jpg

[SeanPlunk]

I'm eager to see how Adam's car turns out. If it's all good, I may beg his friend's dad to do mine at some point. Maybe a cash under the table type deal :pot_stir:

[SeanPlunk]

Adam, when are you getting your car painted by the way? Did you decide on a color yet?

[enkeivette]

Nope! Still going back and forth between graphite and black.

I installed the supercharger tonight, going to set the timing tomorrow. It feels like it wants too much timing to idle right, but I might have screwed up the idle mixture with the higher ratio rockers.

Anyways, if all is well tomorrow with the timing, and I suspect it will be, I'll continue the sanding process tomorrow. Should only take a few weeks to get it all sanded and the body work done, knock on wood!

BTW Sean, I think you're waaay to picky to be satisfied with the work that my Dad's friend would be doing. He is a professional painter but he doesn't have a booth, or much experience matching automotive colors. He's only sprayed entire cars before as far as I know. If you wanted him to respray that panel of yours, I doubt he'd be able to match the color PERFECTLY. And without a booth, the car is always subject to getting some dirt in the paint here and there. I'll ask him though if you want me to, either way, wait till you see if you're satisfied with my paint job.

[Vettezuki]

Nope! Still going back and forth between graphite and black.

I installed the supercharger tonight, going to set the timing tomorrow. It feels like it wants too much timing to idle right, but I might have screwed up the idle mixture with the higher ratio rockers.

Anyways, if all is well tomorrow with the timing, and I suspect it will be, I'll continue the sanding process tomorrow. Should only take a few weeks to get it all sanded and the body work done, knock on wood!

Gloss Black. Just deal with it. It's slammed and when it's polished, you'll have one of the most bad ass C3s in the world. Stop dick'n around. :smack:

[SeanPlunk]

Nope! Still going back and forth between graphite and black.

I installed the supercharger tonight, going to set the timing tomorrow. It feels like it wants too much timing to idle right, but I might have screwed up the idle mixture with the higher ratio rockers.

Anyways, if all is well tomorrow with the timing, and I suspect it will be, I'll continue the sanding process tomorrow. Should only take a few weeks to get it all sanded and the body work done, knock on wood!

BTW Sean, I think you're waaay to picky to be satisfied with the work that my Dad's friend would be doing. He is a professional painter but he doesn't have a booth, or much experience matching automotive colors. He's only sprayed entire cars before as far as I know. If you wanted him to respray that panel of yours, I doubt he'd be able to match the color PERFECTLY. And without a booth, the car is always subject to getting some dirt in the paint here and there. I'll ask him though if you want me to, either way, wait till you see if you're satisfied with my paint job.


I'll just have him reshoot the whole car then :rolling: I am picky, I admit, but the job that was done was mediocre at best...

[SeanPlunk]

So it turns out 03SonicSVT can paint and judging by past work is damn good at it. I smell a repaint in my car's future at some point so that it's all one color :pot_stir:

[Vettezuki]

So it turns out 03SonicSVT can paint and judging by past work is damn good at it. I smell a repaint in my car's future at some point so that it's all one color :pot_stir:

If you can wait til next spring/summer, I'll go in with you at the same time. Maybe we can get a discount on paint since we're both basically arctic white. :huh: My paint is starting to bother me.

[SeanPlunk]

If you can wait til next spring/summer, I'll go in with you at the same time. Maybe we can get a discount on paint since we're both basically arctic white. :huh: My paint is starting to bother me.

I think I'm going to go with the Oxford White that the car is now (slightly different) and it's not something I'll probably do for a couple years anyway. Having said that, Aaron indicated even like the best paint would run less than $500. Brian will probably paint during summer of 09 though and I think your cars are almost identical in color :huh:

[enkeivette]

...Maybe we could just have enkei do it, he's pretty good.

http://www.motorgen.com/pic/data/500/05-31-08_1956.jpg

I agree.

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As I'm sure you can tell, this is just the primer. I'll post more later when I'm not trippin on 3 hours of sleep and breathing acetone and laquer thinner in a hot paint booth for several hours.

[Leedom]

Wait... I must be tired because I swear Adam's Vet is 1 color.:eek: Looks good from the picture. Who's booth is that? I would love to paint my hood and front bumper maybe next summer or something like that.

[enkeivette]

Wait... I must be tired because I swear Adam's Vet is 1 color.:eek: Looks good from the picture. Who's booth is that? I would love to paint my hood and front bumper maybe next summer or something like that.

It wouldn't be cost effective to rent the booth to spray a panel. Take it off, wet the floor and walls in the garage, and have at it.

[SeanPlunk]

It looks great Adam. When is the actual paint day?

[enkeivette]

I could have it done as early as this week, but I won't. Here's why: Bill (Eric's Dad) let me spray some sections of the car in the booth. One of the painters that works there (at the Hot Rod shop where we rented the booth) gave me a few tips aswell. After we did the primer I spoke with the pro painter (Sol) and he offered to spray the car with his friend in the booth (that I've already paid for) for $300. So I'd get the guy who sprays paint jobs that this shop charges $10K for, for $300. But then I started to think that this would be an insult to Bill, who is a great painter (but he doesn't spray show cars everyday). THEN I started to think... I've done everything to this car by myself, everything so far. Why not paint it myself? (Stop shaking your head Sean) This car has provided a basis for me to learn all that I know, why stop now? Sure I'd get a better paint job hiring Sol to do it, but then it will always be Sol's work. I want to be able to say that I did this myself, all of it.

So right now I'm thinking that I'll take an extra few days, prep my surfboard for paint, paint it at Bill's house with a cheap one stage paint, and if it looks good, I'll do it. I'll still hire Bill on to let me use his gun and guide me as I do the work. So yeah... what do you guys think?

[Vettezuki]

Not many people can say they single handidly built their entire car, including paint and body. I'd say go for it.

[SeanPlunk]

Not many people can say they single handidly built their entire car, including paint and body. I'd say go for it.

While I agree in theory, if I could get a 10k paint job for $300 I'd go for it.

[SeanPlunk]

I could have it done as early as this week, but I won't. Here's why: Bill (Eric's Dad) let me spray some sections of the car in the booth. One of the painters that works there (at the Hot Rod shop where we rented the booth) gave me a few tips aswell. After we did the primer I spoke with the pro painter (Sol) and he offered to spray the car with his friend in the booth (that I've already paid for) for $300. So I'd get the guy who sprays paint jobs that this shop charges $10K for, for $300. But then I started to think that this would be an insult to Bill, who is a great painter (but he doesn't spray show cars everyday). THEN I started to think... I've done everything to this car by myself, everything so far. Why not paint it myself? (Stop shaking your head Sean) This car has provided a basis for me to learn all that I know, why stop now? Sure I'd get a better paint job hiring Sol to do it, but then it will always be Sol's work. I want to be able to say that I did this myself, all of it.

So right now I'm thinking that I'll take an extra few days, prep my surfboard for paint, paint it at Bill's house with a cheap one stage paint, and if it looks good, I'll do it. I'll still hire Bill on to let me use his gun and guide me as I do the work. So yeah... what do you guys think?

How much to rent the booth? If we can get Sonic to paint our cars he'll need a booth :D

[enkeivette]

How much to rent the booth? If we can get Sonic to paint our cars he'll need a booth :D

The name of the shop is Resurrection Rods. http://resurrectionrods.com/ The guy that you want to talk to is Spin. The booth is technically rented in 5 hour blocks at $150, although Spin is letting me get away with splitting a few hours for the primer, and a 2nd afternoon for the paint for just the one fee. (I will also be leaving the car in the booth overnight after I shoot the paint.) Although he is a Corvette guy, so don't expect the same treatment. And don't mention that Sol offered to paint the car.