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View Poll Results: What color should I paint the car?
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Meteorite Silver
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Onyx Black Metallic
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05-21-2008, 09:58 AM
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Neanderthal
Join Date: Mar 2008
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Originally Posted by Vettezuki
You do realize there are other colors . . . right? One day, I'm going to kidnap your C2 and paint it with a Hello-Kitty theme. Something like:
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Well, I do have three cats. 
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1990 F150 351 ci SuperCharged
48 Harley Pan Head 76 ci
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05-21-2008, 10:51 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
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You know, I'd really love to paint the car black. And I saw this black Mosler yesterday that was sexier than Jamie Pressly, but the reality is, that if I paint the car black and spider veins show up three months later, they'd shine through the black paint like a sore thumb.
Think I might go with the Meteorite Silver. These choices are killing me.
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05-21-2008, 10:58 AM
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I, Vettezuki
Join Date: Feb 2006
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One of the few cars I'd go with an all black theme on is FFR GTM:
That's rad.
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05-21-2008, 04:43 PM
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Originally Posted by enkeivette
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NOW, that's what I'm talking about!!!!!!!!!!! 
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05-21-2008, 05:03 PM
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I, Vettezuki
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NOW, that's what I'm talking about!!!!!!!!!!! |
Uh, there were two options there.
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05-21-2008, 05:44 PM
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Nice photoshops. Haha. Replace Color tool?
I'd go for Silver. I like that one.
How much is this paint job running you?
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05-21-2008, 08:56 PM
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Not sure, Eric's Dad is going to spray it and I'm going to do all the prep work... rather I'm doing the prep work, right now. She's in bad shape right now, no trim, no emblems, no front bumper, no door panels or sill plates. So I just need to buy the supplies & pay Eric's Dad, which won't be bad.
My plan is to make a custom fiberglass front bumper (license plate area and bumperettes delete) that will be molded into the body. Also, I'm going to fix the underside of the hood, glass over the emblem holes & antenna hole. Fix the spider veins (I hope). I'm also going to replace the drivers side door hinge. Also, also, I'm going to cut off the headliner mount on the t-tops and paint the underside of the t-tops to match the car. AND I'm going to fix my headliner, which is cracked. And to top it off I'm going to black out the side markers and the tail lights. BTW while I'm doing all of this I'll also be doing a HG. 
But I still don't know about the color, I washed my Neon tonight and that new black paint looked mighty sexy, and that's on a Neon!!! |
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05-21-2008, 10:08 PM
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I, Vettezuki
Join Date: Feb 2006
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Quote:
Originally Posted by enkeivette
Not sure, Eric's Dad is going to spray it and I'm going to do all the prep work... rather I'm doing the prep work, right now. She's in bad shape right now, no trim, no emblems, no front bumper, no door panels or sill plates. So I just need to buy the supplies & pay Eric's Dad, which won't be bad.
My plan is to make a custom fiberglass front bumper (license plate area and bumperettes delete) that will be molded into the body. Also, I'm going to fix the underside of the hood, glass over the emblem holes & antenna hole. Fix the spider veins (I hope). I'm also going to replace the drivers side door hinge. Also, also, I'm going to cut off the headliner mount on the t-tops and paint the underside of the t-tops to match the car. AND I'm going to fix my headliner, which is cracked. And to top it off I'm going to black out the side markers and the tail lights. BTW while I'm doing all of this I'll also be doing a HG.
But I still don't know about the color, I washed my Neon tonight and that new black paint looked mighty sexy, and that's on a Neon!!! |
You may find that your fiberglass is extremely dry. When doing the prep with bare glass, don't chince on the resin. If the material will drink it in, it wants it. Yes it will add some weight (on the order of 10s of pounds) but will make the painting substrate much MUCH more stable. I saw this both on an episode of Overhaulin and in a Corvette Quarterly article. Dude, honestly you should be ready for 100+ hours of prep if you want it to swing hard when your done. A good paint job depends very heavily on prep. A good paint job goes a long way to a nice resale price. Your time on prep is a good investment on future sale (since I know that's where you're going.).
BTW I might have a line on brand new 6L LQ9s at stupid low prices (<$2k). Instead of putting your L48 back in, if you modernize (which I know a lot about) you might be able to turn an additional profit. Sorry comrade, just the capitalist in me talking. 
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05-22-2008, 09:53 PM
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Now I'm thinking Graphite. Sorry guys, should have waited till I narrowed it down to post a bulletin.
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05-22-2008, 10:31 PM
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I, Vettezuki
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Quote:
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Now I'm thinking Graphite. Sorry guys, should have waited till I narrowed it down to post a bulletin.
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That is one of the nicest looking Vipers I've ever seen. And yes, that's a beautiful paint job.
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