Decided to Repaint my whole car. Progress Pics

[b00stedgt]

Looking forward to seeing it finished

 

[TheSmokedLights]

^ Same here.

Got a question, I have an unpainted cervini's c-500 series bumper that needs to be painted to performance white. I found a painter that does it for $150 and he says he uses the matrix stuff system. Does anybody know if this matrix stuff a good paint material?

 

[silverhorseGT06]

Looks fantastic! looking forward to seeing it all put back together!

 

[28ONE]

You have some mad skills there buddy! Looks really good

 

[sgbruton]

are you gonna paint the mirrors? that would probably look better than the skull caps.

 

[J.Cagle]

A few teaser pics of some parts arfter the first buffing. Still have two more to go.

This is my Tigerhonaker shot! ^^^ hahaha

 

[UltraKla$$ic]

Looking good! Time to wrap it up and get some sweet shots finished!!!!!!!!!

 

[Dreadknought]

Damn thats gonna look gorgeous.

 

[TheSmokedLights]

Where are you at now? We need an update...

 

[J.Cagle]

still buffing,lol. I have one side done with the 2nd buffing (swirl free) and it looks alot better! I am still waiting on my flush louvers to come in as well. So who knows when Ill be able to get it finished up. Ive already missed 3 of the bigger cars shows I was planning to go to.

 

[jas2234]

looks good man, can't wait to see it finished.

 

[maverickwolfe]

looks good man, can't wait to see it finished.

ditto!

 

[TheSmokedLights]

still buffing,lol. I have one side done with the 2nd buffing (swirl free) and it looks alot better! I am still waiting on my flush louvers to come in as well. So who knows when Ill be able to get it finished up. Ive already missed 3 of the bigger cars shows I was planning to go to.

Gotcha, you'll be able to go to those car shows soon and get first place prizes.

 

[Wicked Pissah]

cars looking great!!, post some more pics when done with final buff!!

 

[FalconGTHO]

Base coat(s)

After clear coat

Would it do any good to color sand the base before the clear, as well as the clear?

 

[J.Cagle]

Would it do any good to color sand the base before the clear, as well as the clear?

No, not really. The only thing that gets sanded out of the base is dirt chunks. You would sand right through all of your base if you tried to wetsand it. If doing an actual "show car" the Ideal thing to do would be, base the car, clear it, Block the whole thing with 1000 grit, and then reclear with three coats a week later. The wet sand and buff it out. My hood was actually done this way. Not by choice tho haha. It had a little sag in the front edge. Ended up cutting through the clear into the base. So, had to wetsand the whole hood, spot in the cut through area, and reclear it.

 

[VTXFrank]

Man, that baby is looking really sweet!

 

[J.Cagle]

Thanks! I cant wait to get it done and be able to drive it again. It's been waaaaay to long. But, it has been kinda fun using my ol' 1964 chevy truck for a daily driver,lol.

 

[J.Cagle]

A couple more pics. Its getting pretty close to getting wrapped up. Still waiting on my damn louvers to come in. Also, took a couple quick pics with the new pony emblems setting on the fender that I will be installing.

 

[LAK3RS]

Damn! Your car looks amazing!!! I can't wait to get my entire car re-painted here soon. Hopefully it will turn out like yours!