Just thought I would share this with everyone, in case anyone is wondering about doing paint work on their own. I used duplicolor sprays straight from the shelf of the local Autozone. Two major body panels, and several small items I painted, while the rest is the factory paint job. Besides touching up a bumper on an old IROC, this is my first real attempt at painting body panels. I`ll let everyone try to guess which 2 body panels were painted.
Sorry for the quality of the pics. I live in southern Pa, and the weather around here sucks! Hopefully the sun will break out in the coming days, and I will get better pics.

 

Driver side rear quarter and passenger side front fender.

HOWEVER, that is mostly just a GUESS based on shading.

You painted two complete panels with a spray can and those are the pics??? You did that with spray paint?!?!



How many cans?

 

The only one I can kinda tell is the right front. Looks great good job!

 

sweet job man, im planning on repainting my front end with the same stuff.

 

Thanks everyone.
Yep, I painted them with spray cans. I have to be honest though, I have been building models for 20 years, and have won many awards, so I am very familiar with what it takes to get a glass smooth finish. This was actually much easier then one of my models, because models magnify your mistakes by 25, since they are in 1/25 scale.
A total of about 10 (5oz.) cans of color, and about 5 (11oz.) cans of clear were used. One of the panels took *way* more then it should have, just because of all the complex curves (gave ya a hint). I also put it on thick enough so that I could wet sand and buff without worrying about going through the paint.
I strongly recommend Duplicolor sprays if anyone attempts this. The color match was absolutely spot-on, and it rubs out beautifully.
So far, noone has picked either of the panels that were painted.

 

Looks awsome man

 

Drivers side front fender and door?

Dan

 

Jeez, that's a nice job man.

 

Thanks again for all the complements.

The drivers side fenders and doors are still the factory finish.

 

it's too hard to tell from the pics. I could tell you if i walked up on it. A year from now, take the same pics and get everybody to guess. I bet everybody will get it right.

 

The photos are too ****ty to tell which panels are duplicolor....

I like the lip on those wheels tho

 

If you painted the bumpers with spray paint the paint will flake off real bad if you even touch something with them,forget the spider cracking

 

looks awsome man,cant even tell which panel was painted with the dupli.where in southern pa are you? im in the norristown/conshohocken area.let me know if your around this area,we def gotta cruise your car is sweet

 

Ditto rattle can paint jobs dont hold up. It does look pretty nice. My guess would of been drivers door and rear bumper. The pass. door in one of the pics looks a different color too. Like someone else said shadying has a big effect.

 

Im having you paint my car



-john