Progress Thread “Rising from Ashes 5” “Dreamcicle’” 84 4 eye T-TOP notch build

[bird_dog0347]

When you work on cars as a day job but wanna get your trunk and doors jambed out. The 7 pm to 2 am shift it is

I'm gonna want to see one of your orange fenders next to one of my blue ones in the sun in the same photo please

 

[95steedamustang]

I'm gonna want to see one of your orange fenders next to one of my blue ones in the sun in the same photo please

This color waits for sun to show its true color lol

 

[General karthief]

Sleep is overrated

 

[bird_dog0347]

This color waits for sun to show its true color lol

That finish is way too smooth, I'm currently more interested in as much orange peel as you can provide as protection.

 

[General karthief]

That finish is way too smooth, I'm currently more interested in as much orange peel as you can provide as protection.

That's not in his vocabulary

 

[bird_dog0347]

That's not in his vocabulary

You'll understand soon enough.

 

[General karthief]

 

[95steedamustang]

I havent had a chance to give much details on the work but here’s a couple pieces. Custom pace car hood and front bumper. Front bumper was cut and molded together as a one piece now. Liscense plate cut out took a piece out of a GT bumper and plastic welded it and bodyworked in to smooth the front. Heres some progress pics on the bumper

 

[AeroCoupe]

Will you remove the headlight "buckers" and shoot those black or do they get body color?

 

[95steedamustang]

Will you remove the headlight "buckers" and shoot those black or do they get body color?

Headlight buckets and grill will go black as well as the center of the hood but on this car…instead of matte black going gloss blqck qnd everything buried under clear

 

[AeroCoupe]

That is going to make the orange look even better!

 

[95steedamustang]

A Little fluff and buff on the ole engine bay

 

[General karthief]

Why is there a mural of your yard on the firewall???
Oh.....nevermind

 

[DadLife0724]

Nothing reflects off of my firewall

 

[Blackhawkxx]

Installing the engine would have me all kinds of nervous with that perfect paint.

 

[ctandc]

Haven't been here in a while - click "What's New" and get orange goodness.
Nice.
All my paint jobs have imperfections, unlike yours apparently, - that way I'm not mad when I get the first chip. Or it's because a gnat got in the clear coat. Either way.

LOL

 

[95steedamustang]

Haven't been here in a while - click "What's New" and get orange goodness.
Nice.
All my paint jobs have imperfections, unlike yours apparently, - that way I'm not mad when I get the first chip. Or it's because a gnat got in the clear coat. Either way.

LOL

No paint job in the world regardless of high end booth that doesnt get a little something in it somewhere but when you lay down 6-7 coats of clear you can block it flat as glass and buff it to perfection. Ive always said…it’s not custom paint…it’s custom sanding. 10 hrs cutting and buffing the bay will get results of paint perfection. Thats what I did here. With that…engine bay done

 

[95steedamustang]

For those that are following @bird_dog0347 build thread. Im doing the car in Single stage black to perfect the body before final color. Same thing here on this car. This is a step Ive added to take them to yet another level. So here we have panels in 4 coats of single stage white. One could block this and buff to make for a nice finished paint job but for me its a bed for my color.

 

[DadLife0724]

 

[Noobz347]

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