sodrifter

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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




after a lil sanding and bodywork, new fenders jammed and on.




coat of filler primer


after sanding the primer




coat of epoxy sealer


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basecoat


3 coats of clear



hope she likes it.

sodrifter

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all the trim, mirrors etc... repainted and back on. awaiting her arrival

jaydun323

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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

j9fd3s

iTrader: (3)

nice work! car looks great

Landon303

iTrader: (25)

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

Molotovman

iTrader: (49)

It looks really good.
Are you going to 5-lug swap it next time she goes away?

Panda86

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Top effort

DaBrkddy

I have an FC I want to do the exact same thing to... Claret mica is it's factory color I believe.

RotaryEvolution

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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.

apsolus

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awesome man! even the primer would be a few steps up from the way it was

sodrifter

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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

brian_skotch

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bravo sir!

RotaryEvolution

iTrader: (30)

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.

sodrifter

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you cannot cut single stage metallic. you will sand the peaks of the metallic and it will look like total ****. you can only buff non metallic.

base/clear is the only way to go if you want to fix any mistakes.