Getting my car painted!! Progress pics

nick6690

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My dad just emailed me some progress pictures of my car at the body shop. I'm so excited! The guy at the shop said he was gonna primer it tonight. I cant wait to see it when it's done! It's going to be Redfire Metallic and no more ricky racer stripes lol. Anyway, here some progress pictures.

 

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Nice.... love that color, cant wait to see it done

 

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Good start and I hope it turns out nice. Just a little advice: I can have all the window and door trim removed in less time it takes to mask it all off. It takes literally about 15 minutes, a screwdriver and a moulding clip to get them off. And when you paint them seperately and get them reinstalled, your end result is 100% better than the way you guys are doing it.

I'm sure it's still gonna be sweet when done, but you could have had it look cleaner with less work.

 

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you should paint it clear, havn't seen that done in a while

 

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Gonna look awesome! Redfire is a great color, I painted my old '95 GT that color instead of repainting it Laser Red.



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nick6690

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Wow that color is sexy as hell.

 

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congrats on getting the fresh paint! subscribing for progress updates

S&B said:

you should paint it clear, havn't seen that done in a while

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whats clear? pics?

 

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+1 on taking the moldings off, its almost a shame to paint a car an not take them off. It will literally take ten minutes to take the mirrors out, door belt molding off and a pillar molding off.

 

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Inwas just wondering the other day what a red fire metallic fox would look like.


If in ever strip my car down and repaint it...I might go red fire. Can't wait to see final pics

 

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Dude, I've always liked your car. Can't wait to see it painted.

 

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goona look good...put the moldings mirrors rear windows and trim and taillights should have been removed ...just not the right way to paint a car

 

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VanD said:

whats clear? pics?

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well its hard as hell to get done right b/c you need to have a perfect 100% smooth body, but here is a pic of a 1989 saleen SSC on a forest road

 

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S&B said:

well its hard as hell to get done right b/c you need to have a perfect 100% smooth body, but here is a pic of a 1989 saleen SSC on a forest road

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The paint on that car doesn't look right for some reason.
It almost looks like they didn't remove the window trim before painting it. Lol

 

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MAC'n89Blckstng said:

+1 on taking the moldings off, its almost a shame to paint a car an not take them off. It will literally take ten minutes to take the mirrors out, door belt molding off and a pillar molding off.

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I agree and also will prevent the obvious tape lines that are going to be visible on the entire car.

 

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Paint!!

 

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looks great man! keep up the work!

 

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congrats! paint looks like it was a quality job but this is also a good example why others said to pull the windows/trim. whatever works, but when i'm ready to get mine done that will be the route i go - full out.

 

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that color is great on a fox! good choice!