Progress on repaint of 96SS to Millennium Yellow!
08-07-2002, 04:19 PM
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Hey brent,
That is REALLY cool of you to take pictures of the process and share them.
Approximately how much extra are you paying for the repaint ? We are in a similar situation and now I am tempted to go electron blue.... or a repaint of the entire car with Onyx Black again.
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That is REALLY cool of you to take pictures of the process and share them.
Approximately how much extra are you paying for the repaint ? We are in a similar situation and now I am tempted to go electron blue.... or a repaint of the entire car with Onyx Black again.
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08-07-2002, 05:20 PM
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I just uploaded a few more pics for today! They are moving right along and using a LOT of paint in the process. LOL! They're needing to use 8 to 9 coats as compared to the normal 3 coats. They are really loving this tint based Millennium Yellow. LOL!
http://www.bfranker.badz28.com/fbody/ssrepaint.htm
LOL! I don't know WHAT the heck that thing looks like but it sure doesn't look like my car 
He's giving me a deal on the change of color. The paint job to yellow would cost around $4,000. It's hard to say how much just the paint job is costing me because I have deer damage I'm having fixed as well. But, I did ask him how much, without damage, he would typically charge to paint a car and change the color and he told me around $4,000 or maybe a little less depending on type of car. He charges, usually, an additional $1,000 to change colors and most of his paint jobs are about $3,000 so total is around $4,000. I'm not one to do things half assed and I'm just not satisfied with a $1,500 or $2,000 paint job or a color change where they don't even take the doors off... I'm sure you know what I mean!
Electron Blue sounds very interesting!
Nope, they didn't use the booth for the panels which are hanging up in the pictures. They wet down the floor with water first. Actually, I don't care where they paint it so long as it looks good when they are done. They know what they are doing and wouldn't paint it like that if they knew it wouldn't come out ok. They don't want to waste their time and they know I won't accept anything less than an excellent paint job.
Our local Chevy dealer has a who knows how expensive paint booth but it is state of the art... best you can get. I wouldn't let those bozos paint my car unless it was an extreme beater and they were doing it for FREE. I've seen some KILLER paint jobs done in an open shop. It has more to do with the painter than the facilities which they use
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by chocoruacal:
I'm so jealous
Why do I think your car looks like a Delorean here
Can't wait to see the finished pics!
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I'm so jealous
Why do I think your car looks like a Delorean here
Can't wait to see the finished pics!
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by pu12en12g:
Hey brent,
That is REALLY cool of you to take pictures of the process and share them.
Approximately how much extra are you paying for the repaint ? We are in a similar situation and now I am tempted to go electron blue.... or a repaint of the entire car with Onyx Black again.
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Hey brent,
That is REALLY cool of you to take pictures of the process and share them.
Approximately how much extra are you paying for the repaint ? We are in a similar situation and now I am tempted to go electron blue.... or a repaint of the entire car with Onyx Black again.
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The paint job to yellow would cost around $4,000. It's hard to say how much just the paint job is costing me because I have deer damage I'm having fixed as well. But, I did ask him how much, without damage, he would typically charge to paint a car and change the color and he told me around $4,000 or maybe a little less depending on type of car. He charges, usually, an additional $1,000 to change colors and most of his paint jobs are about $3,000 so total is around $4,000. I'm not one to do things half assed and I'm just not satisfied with a $1,500 or $2,000 paint job or a color change where they don't even take the doors off... I'm sure you know what I mean!Electron Blue sounds very interesting!
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by 94m5:
Are they gonna use a booth for the clear stage? I hope they do for your sake. anyway, Ive got to get going, work is out, and im going home. Mike </font>
Are they gonna use a booth for the clear stage? I hope they do for your sake. anyway, Ive got to get going, work is out, and im going home. Mike </font>
Our local Chevy dealer has a who knows how expensive paint booth but it is state of the art... best you can get. I wouldn't let those bozos paint my car unless it was an extreme beater and they were doing it for FREE. I've seen some KILLER paint jobs done in an open shop. It has more to do with the painter than the facilities which they use
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08-07-2002, 08:51 PM
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Taking the car apart to paint it? Wow, they're really going all out, aren't they? It's better they do it that way. I've seen some paint jobs where it's just the outside painted, then you open the door and the doorjambs are a different color:blah:
I really like that picture of the project LT1 in there too. But for Godsakes man, BUY SOME HEADERS FOR THAT ENGINE!!!
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I really like that picture of the project LT1 in there too. But for Godsakes man, BUY SOME HEADERS FOR THAT ENGINE!!!
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08-07-2002, 09:28 PM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by TheV6Bird:
I really like that picture of the project LT1 in there too. But for Godsakes man, BUY SOME HEADERS FOR THAT ENGINE!!!
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I really like that picture of the project LT1 in there too. But for Godsakes man, BUY SOME HEADERS FOR THAT ENGINE!!!
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08-07-2002, 11:21 PM
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Brent,
What kind of wheels are those? They look quite nice.
http://www.bfranker.badz28.com/fbody/ss002.JPG
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What kind of wheels are those? They look quite nice.
http://www.bfranker.badz28.com/fbody/ss002.JPG
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08-08-2002, 08:46 AM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by blown383:
Brent,
What kind of wheels are those? They look quite nice.
http://www.bfranker.badz28.com/fbody/ss002.JPG
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Brent,
What kind of wheels are those? They look quite nice.
http://www.bfranker.badz28.com/fbody/ss002.JPG
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08-08-2002, 09:00 AM
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Brent,
Awesome job so far. I do like that Yellow... A friend did a S10 with that yellow and a Purple Pearl, looked really cool.
I hope everything turns out good... Personally if I were to get my car painted, I'd have it done it a booth. I've had paint jobs done out in the open like that, and no matter what something always ends up in the paint. It's just Murphy's law. Plus I know people in the business, and everyone of them says for the best possible finish do it in a booth. Although like you said the people that do the work and paint the car have to know what they're doing no matter what. That's 3/4 of the quality.
Good luck Brent.
Mike
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Awesome job so far. I do like that Yellow... A friend did a S10 with that yellow and a Purple Pearl, looked really cool.
I hope everything turns out good... Personally if I were to get my car painted, I'd have it done it a booth. I've had paint jobs done out in the open like that, and no matter what something always ends up in the paint. It's just Murphy's law. Plus I know people in the business, and everyone of them says for the best possible finish do it in a booth. Although like you said the people that do the work and paint the car have to know what they're doing no matter what. That's 3/4 of the quality.
Good luck Brent.
Mike
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08-08-2002, 09:19 AM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by 97FormulaWS-6:
Brent,
Awesome job so far. I do like that Yellow... A friend did a S10 with that yellow and a Purple Pearl, looked really cool.
I hope everything turns out good... Personally if I were to get my car painted, I'd have it done it a booth. I've had paint jobs done out in the open like that, and no matter what something always ends up in the paint. It's just Murphy's law. Plus I know people in the business, and everyone of them says for the best possible finish do it in a booth. Although like you said the people that do the work and paint the car have to know what they're doing no matter what. That's 3/4 of the quality.
Good luck Brent.
Mike
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Brent,
Awesome job so far. I do like that Yellow... A friend did a S10 with that yellow and a Purple Pearl, looked really cool.
I hope everything turns out good... Personally if I were to get my car painted, I'd have it done it a booth. I've had paint jobs done out in the open like that, and no matter what something always ends up in the paint. It's just Murphy's law. Plus I know people in the business, and everyone of them says for the best possible finish do it in a booth. Although like you said the people that do the work and paint the car have to know what they're doing no matter what. That's 3/4 of the quality.
Good luck Brent.
Mike
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I did look pretty close at the stuff hanging up and I didn't see anything wrong so I suppose so far so good!
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08-08-2002, 11:13 AM
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I sure hope you Z looks better than the yellow TA I saw yesterday.......yuckkkkkk.
It had black wheels and ricer rolling stripes on the sides.
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08-08-2002, 11:34 AM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by rckrzy1:
I sure hope you Z looks better than the yellow TA I saw yesterday.......yuckkkkkk.
It had black wheels and ricer rolling stripes on the sides.
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I sure hope you Z looks better than the yellow TA I saw yesterday.......yuckkkkkk.
It had black wheels and ricer rolling stripes on the sides.
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08-08-2002, 12:24 PM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Brent94Z:
Hey Guys!
Most probably don't care, but I made up a quick page to track the progress of the repainting of my SS to Millennium Yellow!
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Hey Guys!
Most probably don't care, but I made up a quick page to track the progress of the repainting of my SS to Millennium Yellow!
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looks nice
and wheres the MAF on the motor?
08-08-2002, 06:55 PM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by SuperDave479:
Uh, that wouldn't happen to be a 2002 T/A WS6 Collector's Edition would it?</font>
Uh, that wouldn't happen to be a 2002 T/A WS6 Collector's Edition would it?</font>
LMAO!
I was just about to ask that.
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