I thought you all might want to see how a car is painted in steps. Heres a few pics of Blue getting prepped for paint. Will post the stages as they come in. The Dark blue sample against the red second gen is the color Blue will be. It's a midnight pearl. The next step is primer and blocking stage, then paint.

http://photos.yahoo.com/codeblue98003

 

i like it that color!

 

ARGHHHHH!!!!! You sent it in with the good wheels and tires on it? Might be a good idea to swap them out before spray. Just a thought. Oh yeah, the color ROCKS, I can't wait to see it done!

 

Im sure Cori will clean her up real good before he paints. He has been spending extra time on Blue. At first I didn't really like the color he is going to paint it, but when he put that quick sample against what color Blue is now...it was awesome.

He said it was aweful paint that was on the car. Took a whole roll of sandpaper to get it off. Good ole maaco paint. Cori said the paint was mushy, and not cured all the way.

 

Wow! very cool!

 

very nice color, i cxant wait to see the finished car

 

Show more Pics.................

 

WoW

Looks awsome.... Must be an expensive job....


Oh and CLEAN YOUR DAMN CAMERA LENS!!!! lol

 

Car should be delivered today sometime. I accidently drove to Idaho last night to peek figuring Id see the car painted, but NO. It was in front of the booth ready to go in. I so lucked out on this deal so no not expensive, anymore than taking your car to maaco. Will post pics later. Ben you think the camera lens is bad...ha ha ha you should see all their knees. They have Blue knee.

The car looked so bad, that when I entered the shop to visit my car, I walked right past it. Ray and Cori had to cough and say "Heres your car".

 

Heres the complete stages Cori and Ray did. Theres a lot of pics but pretty interesting. Click on paint prep 2, then click on View as slide show.



http://photos.yahoo.com/codeblue98003

 

Here is the final product....delivered at 3am Saturday...
Theres still a final cut needed to be done to get all the flaws, and paint in engine bay, but it sure was worth the wait.

 

That is a *nice* paint job! Lookss awesome! Nice paint job pictorial as well. What brand of primer, paint and clear was used on your car?

 

Congrats. Very nice paint job. I like.

 

It's fun watching the slideshows. Someone did a great job with all the pics. Are you happy with how it turned out?

 

thats so pretty, congrats on a even nicer looking car

 

The primer is K36, not sure what the clear and paint was, but Ray said he will make a complete on what was put into it then I will post. He said something about 7 different colors.

 

Ive had my car painted 5 times.
1. Was when I first bought the car
2. Was Maaco painting it the wrong color
3. New years party beer bottles thrown at it
4. Mazdas and More dropping my hood
5. And now this last paint job

I must say this is the best of the best. Some don't like it but I LOVE it, thats all that counts. I can't get my eyes off it. There's very minimal amounts of flaws. These guys are right on it.

Today they came by with all my parts that were painted under the hood. They re-painted them the same color as my car. The strut bar, Shroud that goes in front of radiator, battery stand, oil filler tube, throttle bracket, air booster line, elbow for thermostat, fly wheel inspection cover, clutch master cylinder cap, brake master Cylinder cap, and the center of the clutched fan and 6 Atkins Rotary oil filters.

I also decided to retint my side windows and rear window with 30% and will be done by tomorrow.

The engine bay is pretty dirty right now. Havent a chance to clean up and re-polish everything yet.