Lotus00

I just got my car back after waiting almost 2 weeks for it to get painted. I am really happy with how it looks. I only have one picture right now (was showing it off all day and now its dark out) and my friend who took the pic cant work a camera, but ill have better ones up tomorrow.



I put in a "before" picture so you can all see the huge improvement.

thricerx7

i remember a thread a while ago saying you were changing the paint, and now its done! looks good man! the color wasn't bad before, but now it looks better....now some new rims!

Lotus00

Yeah, i should be getting some rims before winter. My wallet needs to recover for a little while though...

PimpTastickle

Well it looks good. I hope you are going to be driven me around as i have been doing for the past two weeks. Now we need to get mine out of the garage and on the road.

But anyways that is one sexy green machine

FB II

how much did the total job set you back?

LongDuck

I like that color - nice choice.

Lotus00

The paint job costed $2800. I had a small bit of rust on the rear fender and on the inside (in the door jam) of the drivers side door. There was a couple of small dents here and there, and the metal behind the hatch was rippled. I also had the side and window mouldings painted flat black.

Lotus00

Alright. I took some more pictures today.


enjoy!

Levisparks

Looks really nice. Unique.

web777

I thought you were going to paint it the color in you avatar? What color is that? What vehicle?

Lotus00

I was flipping through the book of colors and picked that one out. I dont really know why I didnt go with the same color as my avatar, it just kinda happened. I like this color a lot though.

The car in my avatar was silver before I photoshopped it green.

gonzz

What kinda paint did they use? Enamel or base coat/cear coat?

kleinke

Looks good. Funny coincidence, like Rich's (whiteshadow) car. Green is not bad on either one.
http://www.millsisland.net/twiki/bin...heGreenMonster

Lotus00

I got base coat & clear coat.

jutny

niice, my color is ALMOST as light as that when looked at in certian lights.

sometimes its really blue, other times its really green... but its not color changing paint.

i'm looking at colors for my 79 project... i need to get a book of House of Kolor paint chips to look at, cause i love their colors... and i'm sure i'd find something unique and that i really like from them.

-Kurt

Lotus00

Yeah, it looks more blue in the pics than it does in person. Ill try taking a pic of it with less light.

jutny

here it is looking blue


and its looking a little greener


*shrug*... i'm looking more towards and Orange of sorts for the 79, allthough once i get another SA for my OTHER SA project... it'll be a badass blueish color of sorts.

Lotus00

Low light didnt really make a difference.

I like that blue/green color on your SA. Its cool how it changes colors a little

jutny

thanks... it gets even greener than that... like i said, its almost as light as your car.

on a scrap of paper i found in a box that i got with the girl, it said 91.5 Ford GT Cayman Blue... so i think that may be the color that it is.

i didnt like it at first, but i love it now. I like your green, i've not seen a color like that before... especially on a first gen.

Lotus00

Thats kinda what I was going for, thanks!

GavinJuice

Where did you get your car painted Lotus00?

Lotus00

I got it painted at maaco. I know, that dosent sound very good, but I know a couple of people who have had thier cars painted there and they said that maaco does a good job as long as you dont get the $300 special. It turned out really good, so I guess they were right.

PimpTastickle

I think that the car looks beautiful and thre color can only be appretiated in person. there is only so much a camera will pick up. The metal flake is very deep looking.

nice car, but mine will be more sexy and a hell of a lot faster . . . . . . ( maybe someday?)