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My paint has been on going on a year. It's not faded or damaged in anyway. It's awesome. It's brightside. It sat in direct sun in 90-100 degree pa summer last year, sustained rain, sustained cold freezing, ice (and me scraping ice!), hail, and last but not least BIRD CRAP!

Paint looks as good as new. No fading. I'm repainting it next week because I hate the color but durability is AWESOME!

FYI it's been at the beach a bit it's a convertible.

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I have been following this thread for a few months reading here and there and it is great. I don't have a car in need of paint bad enough to take the time to do this but i plan to start working on my sidecar this weekend as the paint on it is 20 years old and seen it's better days. still undecided on color as of now. here is pics of it if anyone has color ideas!! it is currently black and the bike is marron and silver(but fading). I don't want a bright color like yellow or orange cuz it atracts bees....already had some episodes with bees in the sidecar cuz the kids had bright pillows in there....and dark colors might make it hot in there. so was thinking white, but now i'm thinking maybe a dark color would still be best, like a maroon/burgundy type color. ideas?

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Now that is a different roller project...

Here is my first thought on the sidecar... go and visit the web sites of the companies that make those personal water sports vehicles...

Those things are somewhat similar in size to a sidecar ( ie a small scale paint job ) and so you can check out how they have used paint and colors to make these small scale units look their sexiest...

For example, check out the Sea-doo color combinations on the 2008 Sea-Doo's... ( blues, yellows, reds, blacks, white ) But pay attention to how they apply them on a small surface to be the most flattering...

http://www.sea-doo.com/en-US/Products/Showroom.htm

or maybe you might like the Yamaha Waverunner's for color inspiration...

http://www.yamaha-motor.com.au/waverunner/waverunner.asp

There are other manufacturers, like Polaris, Honda, etc.

Hopefully some of those paint jobs can give you inspiration... Sometimes it pays to think outside the box.. while at the same time benefiting from all the paint and color design work done by those companies...

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The flag blue I've seen is dark about what the blue on the US Flag looks like. One good thing if you like the dark blue check ebay there is a seller there that deals only with fire red and flag blue I bought the red from them six quarts for the price of two.
http://cgi.ebay.com/6Qt-Cs-Blue-Interlux...1QQcmdZViewItem

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I just noticed the very interesting variety (from other car makes) of usernames on this thread!

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Dang...I wish I could peel out like that! sigh...If they're like me, they dream of one day owning a mopar like yours. That's why this thread is so important. It allows us to save up for one.

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i have read on boat forums the flag blue looks black. i assume its a similar color as to some of the newer body style celicas ive seen. it looks black but you can barely tell its blue.

any help is greatly appreciated.

thanks.

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Interesting tidbits on what flag blue actually means. I did not know that is the genuine US Flag color blue. That's pretty cool.

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The cool thing about the 'true flag blue' is that it does give a car the 'decepticon' look that I love in paint jobs. Meaning the color of the car in bright day light is completely different then its night time look.

And during the day when the sun is hitting it... certain body lines at certain angles will catch a blue highlighting that emphasizes that body part and give almost a two tone type aura about the car. Naturally some cars can benefit from this effect of light reflection better than others.
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I totally agree. One of the reasons why blue is my favorite color, particularly dark blue. Fortunately, I like black vehicles too so I get the best of both worlds! The body on the 81-87 chevy full sizes have a little ridge about half way down the doors that I think will really pop.

I'm really tempted to paint it before I finish the mechanics just to see it. Might motivate me to get to wrenchin. I can always do touchups...

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Could I buy only 1 sandpaper grit for during layers? Can 1500 or 2000 be good enough?

Let me know any thoughts or pointers you have.

THANKS

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