I'm impressed with teh actual work being accomplished in a timely manner. My experience with Body shops usually leaves me frustrated while the car sits half complete for weeks at a time.

 

haha.... same here! i am there every day taking pics and also, my dad told them i need it for a show so they are speeding everything up as best they can!

 

The fenders come off easy, especially if the front bumper is already off. The only downside really is that you will have to "fit" the fenders when they go back on. Should be easy for a body guy to get it to look like new.

I would suggest taking them out due to similar reasons as taking off the bumpers. Plus, the black plastic mesh in the vent looks like crap when it is painted.

 

good point..... i guess i will take them off.... also, the fender needs to be re-aligned???? there is a few screws on the top, a few on the door jams and the bottom right??

 

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i have added 2 new day's and have stripped the interior and the engine... its being painted tomorrow morning... i will post up pics tomorrow... check website for update!

 

heres the link again!

http://www.goldenautomart.com/paint_progress.htm

 

Looks like someone's painted it before...

 

yea, the whole car was painted by me when i got the car about 2 years ago... i painted it MB not knowing this would happen.... we used du-pont on the other paint job and it looked nice when it was just painted but after a year, it looked like ****!

i wanted to change the color then but i needed the car soon!!

also, can someone please tell me how to get that dam vent on the fender out without having to take out the fender itsself???

 

hey how do you post pics like that??? i use to know on the old fourm!

 

[IMG]SOURCE OF PICTURE[/IMG]

 

You don't. Not without breaking something, anyway.

But at this point, if you went far enough to remove the headliner and back glass, why not just pull the fenders? They're not that difficult to line back up.

 

Since you took a pic of the back side of the clips you should be able to access them from the same place. Use a long screw driver or similar tool to push both sides of the clip in. It might help to apply a little pressure (pulling vent out) while trying to defeat the clips.

Good progress, good call on taking the doors and hatch off that will leave you with no tape lines = quality job.

 

Just saw this thread. Nice job buddy. Your car will look nice when it's done. Too bad I won't be able to see it at SS7. I can't go



btw...too bad you and Mike are

 

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today we painted the door jambs and tomorrow, im trying to get that stupid vent out!!

check out pics!! also, i got my 99 spec front bumper and lip today!~! pics are on the site!

also, turbojeff and jimlab, if you see something that should be done or is done wrong, please let me know now when its not too late!!

Thanks!

 

I just want to know where they got that fancy masking paper. I only got blue paper.

 

haha.... those were what they had that were big enough in one peice... it was either squares of 5 strip's of the green stuff!

looked like a Persian Rug!

btw, i painted the driver side door jam all by myself!!! it was really fun but i was taking too long!!

 

Hey, I've seen that bumper before...

Great color. Looks good so far. Good luck!

 

Nice Job Romanouski!!!!!

 

thanks everyone!!!

i updated the site with what i got dome today!!

 

Try backing up another 2-3 feet when taking photo's and orienting them upright before posting them.................

 

ok..... im not good with taking pics.

 

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car is all painted and clear coated today!!!! i also got my HID sleepy eye kit from Fumanchu today which i will also be installing with the paint......

IT CAME OUT GREAT!!!!!

 

Looks awesome. So do those '99 spec parts! Where did you get them. Haha! Those sleepy lights are really cool.

 

Those HID's are chin

 

Car looks great, good choice in paint color. I wanna see what everything looks like when done.