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Old Sep 2, 2005 | 09:46 PM
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Finally Finished My Sweet Paintjob (pIcs)

First off, I would like to give a big thanks to:
FireChicken1995, Alan (SSon20s), and 1-bad-z28
for helping me a lot along the way and teaching me, You guys are the best!!

This is the first time i did automotive painting and i expected it to have some flaws but it came out a lot better than i thought it would. Ill admit there are a few flaws here and there but I am 100% pleased for now.

Well, I decided my car needed some paint and body work, it had a big dent and scratch on one quarter panel. The other one had a big dent from someone hitting me with a door and running while it was parked. My bumper had scratches and stress cracks but it came that way so i decided to paint that too.

Also, I did a ttop conversion and i decided i could do a better job on the bondo work there so i fixed that up and painted that as well.

I did all the body work and stuff and got it ready and painted it only to find, the shop gave me the wrong color so this is actually the 2nd time i painted these panels.
btw, i shaved the antenna too so check that out too.

Anyways, heres the pics:

No more door dent, only nice shine
Check out that reflection
complete pass side
Glazed my hood, thought id add a pic of that
Heres one of the ttop conversion, the camera did something weird to the interior, it looks a lot better in person.

Enjoy! Im open for discussion.

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Old Sep 2, 2005 | 10:25 PM
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nice job, my hood is next right?
Old Sep 2, 2005 | 10:30 PM
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Wow, Jon, that really turned out good. I'm thoroughly impressed!
Old Sep 4, 2005 | 07:48 AM
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Looks good. Do you have any kind of write up on what equipment and procedures you used. I want to do a little paint work on my '88 Cougar.
Old Sep 7, 2005 | 11:11 PM
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Looks pretty good.
Old Sep 10, 2005 | 07:44 AM
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Originally Posted by ROCKN SS
Looks good. Do you have any kind of write up on what equipment and procedures you used. I want to do a little paint work on my '88 Cougar.
yeah what information can you pass on to me,,, car looks pretty good from what I can see.
Old Sep 10, 2005 | 04:56 PM
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Looks great.
Old Sep 20, 2005 | 10:57 AM
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Awesome man....nice to see somebody learn something new and go for it. You saved tons of cash and it looks professional. Congrats
Old Sep 20, 2005 | 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted by pHEnomIC
I did all the body work and stuff and got it ready and painted it only to find, the shop gave me the wrong color so this is actually the 2nd time i painted these panels.
Enjoy! Im open for discussion.
They gave you the wrong color of black The job looks great, you have every right to be proud!
Old Sep 22, 2005 | 09:35 AM
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Isnt black like the hardest color to paint? Good work!!
Old Sep 23, 2005 | 04:31 PM
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Good job with the paint...now work on getting that thing lower!
Old Sep 26, 2005 | 07:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Fat_Boy
Isnt black like the hardest color to paint? Good work!!
Black is not the hardest color to paint....it is the hardest solid color to make look good because every imperfection will show up. But black looks the best when it's done right. The hardest colors are camillions, candies, and pearls because of the complexity of laying it down evenly.
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