fresh claret mica.
my girlfriend went to Hawaii for a week to visit family. so as a surprise i decided to respray her car while she was gone.
all work was done by myself in one week. before http://imageshack.us/a/img99/1750/antsstuff004.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img822/1677/antsstuff002.jpg after a lil sanding and bodywork, new fenders jammed and on. http://imageshack.us/a/img202/4493/antsstuff146.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img7/2464/antsstuff147.jpg coat of filler primer http://imageshack.us/a/img405/7058/antsstuff151.jpg after sanding the primer http://imageshack.us/a/img268/5448/antsstuff155.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img856/765/antsstuff158.jpg coat of epoxy sealer http://imageshack.us/a/img339/640/antsstuff160.jpg Uploaded with ImageShack.us basecoat http://imageshack.us/a/img703/2193/antsstuff164.jpg 3 coats of clear http://imageshack.us/a/img201/8486/antsstuff168.jpg hope she likes it. http://imageshack.us/a/img96/5245/antsstuff175.jpg |
all the trim, mirrors etc... repainted and back on. awaiting her arrival:)
http://imageshack.us/a/img528/2589/kalenes7004.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img534/5882/kalenes7003.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img835/9555/kalenes7001.jpg |
I'm going on vacation for a few weeks so if you wanna stop bye....
Seriously though nice work, I bet you get a few old fashions out of that. Justin |
nice work! car looks great
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Oh man sweet!! LOVE that you kept it claret too.
If I can, how much time did you have into it, and do you do paint/body work often? I'm thinking of painting a few of my own cars :D |
It looks really good.
Are you going to 5-lug swap it next time she goes away? |
Top effort
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I have an FC I want to do the exact same thing to... Claret mica is it's factory color I believe.
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i would have painted it neon green, see the real surprise on her face when she sees that after coming home from vacation!
nice work. even though i am not the biggest fan of the turd brown FC color, had an SE years ago with that color.. yuck. |
awesome man! even the primer would be a few steps up from the way it was:lol:
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i have about 30hrs of my time into it and i have been painting for about 18yrs
i am not really a fan of the color either.i only repainted it that because it was easiest and a rare color. as for the 5lug comment, i already picked up a set of crown vics for it. prob. gonna go with gold centers. just gotta get the 5lug stuff and tires now:) |
bravo sir!
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also i would have avoided the 2 stage, painters are engrained into selling 2 stage jobs because it gives them job security. it's also simpler than cutting paint but single stage jobs can be cut many many times if done right.
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you cannot cut single stage metallic. you will sand the peaks of the metallic and it will look like total shit. you can only buff non metallic.
base/clear is the only way to go if you want to fix any mistakes. |
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