Progress pics on the new paint job...

Posted By: silverfish

Progress pics on the new paint job... - 05/11/10 06:16 PM

Here are some pics of the new paint job. Gonna be able to pick the car up tomorrow. Everything turned out pretty good except for the clashing gold wheels on the front. You can see the before in my sig pic. Its a huge change!

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Posted By: silverfish

Re: Progress pics on the new paint job... - 05/11/10 06:17 PM

another...

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Posted By: silverfish

Re: Progress pics on the new paint job... - 05/11/10 06:19 PM

heres anotherh one...

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Posted By: silverfish

Re: Progress pics on the new paint job... - 05/11/10 06:19 PM

one more...

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Posted By: Jacob Pitt

Re: Progress pics on the new paint job... - 05/11/10 06:23 PM

Beautiful car! I liked it before too, but it really looks good now. Who painted it?

Posted By: Anonymous

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Posted By: silverfish

Re: Progress pics on the new paint job... - 05/11/10 06:24 PM

A local guy here in Idabel. The shops name is Idabel Collision Center. His name is Edgar Ramsey.

Posted By: silverfish

Re: Progress pics on the new paint job... - 05/11/10 06:25 PM

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I liked the old paint job , but the new really works on that car. looks killer. ... just have the wheels powder coated silver to match.

I thought about having them powdercoated....can they powdercoat them to look shiny?

Posted By: rowin4

Re: Progress pics on the new paint job... - 05/11/10 06:31 PM

Nice looking paint job, like the blue & silver and graffics , yes the wheels did go along with the other paint colors, just another added expense to make your ride just right. Now to choose the next front wheels, There sure allot to choose from. The lightest ones are now the every body has them wheels.

Posted By: HardcoreB

Re: Progress pics on the new paint job... - 05/11/10 07:13 PM

That's a nice improvement...looks great.

Posted By: bdaz smblk

Re: Progress pics on the new paint job... - 05/11/10 07:34 PM

Oven cleaner will take the gold anodize right off.

Posted By: blown572dart

Re: Progress pics on the new paint job... - 05/11/10 07:37 PM

SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted By: bigdad

Re: Progress pics on the new paint job... - 05/11/10 08:47 PM

Looks great !!

Posted By: HEMIDARTS

Re: Progress pics on the new paint job... - 05/11/10 09:22 PM

Posted By: silverfish

Re: Progress pics on the new paint job... - 05/11/10 09:28 PM

Thanks for all the positive feedback! What do you guys think I should do about the front wheels? Powdercoat them? Leave them alone? Or????

Posted By: 2QUICK4U

Re: Progress pics on the new paint job... - 05/11/10 09:43 PM

What do you guys think I should do about the front wheels? Powdercoat them? Leave them alone? Or????

LEAVE THEM ALONE.I LIKE THE GOLD.

Posted By: 1Fast340

Re: Progress pics on the new paint job... - 05/11/10 09:50 PM

looks good!

Posted By: Chassisman

Re: Progress pics on the new paint job... - 05/11/10 10:04 PM

On the wheels...remove the old color then polish them...then have them transparent powder coated....I had these wheels done on custom bike I built...they did the wheels and the triple trees...looked like green chrome in the sun..

click on the pics to make them bigger.
http://www.amdchampionship.com/content.p...;bikenumber=074

Posted By: ProSport

Re: Progress pics on the new paint job... - 05/11/10 10:15 PM

That looks really nice! Very tastefully done.

I do think it would look much better to remove the gold finish and polish them. It would go better with the paint scheme.

Posted By: smokinwoody

Re: Progress pics on the new paint job... - 05/11/10 11:09 PM

that IS a BIG change....

looks AWESOME

Posted By: JD Dart

Re: Progress pics on the new paint job... - 05/12/10 12:10 AM

I like that paint job nice.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: Progress pics on the new paint job... - 05/12/10 12:59 AM

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...........What do you guys think I should do about the front wheels? Powdercoat them? Leave them alone? Or????

I think you should sell them to me.........SERIOUSLY.........

Wayne

Posted By: psycomopar

Re: Progress pics on the new paint job... - 05/12/10 01:58 AM

very nice like the change!

Posted By: boatracer572

Re: Progress pics on the new paint job... - 05/12/10 02:35 AM

I think the gold wheels look good myself,but If you dont like em go to your local anodizer and have them striped(its cheep)while there,you could also get them anoed blue!!!
just a thought.

Posted By: hemi-itis

Re: Progress pics on the new paint job... - 05/12/10 02:42 AM

Looks 10 MPH faster just settin ther lookin purty

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: Progress pics on the new paint job... - 05/12/10 02:46 AM

Looks awesome....Good luck with it..

Posted By: Al_Alguire

Re: Progress pics on the new paint job... - 05/12/10 03:30 AM

Looks great...Time for some polished fronts now

Posted By: topfueldart

Re: Progress pics on the new paint job... - 05/12/10 08:17 AM

Take off the gold, go polished!

Posted By: silverfish

Re: Progress pics on the new paint job... - 05/12/10 05:01 PM

Thanks for all the ideas guys! There aren't any places close around that does powdercoating or anodizing so I think I will experiment with taking the gold off and polishing them to see what that looks like. I will work on the backside of one of them first and see how it comes out. I guess I should just use a normal aluminum wheel polish after I get the gold off??

Posted By: silverfish

Re: Progress pics on the new paint job... - 05/12/10 05:02 PM

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...........What do you guys think I should do about the front wheels? Powdercoat them? Leave them alone? Or????

I think you should sell them to me.........SERIOUSLY.........

Wayne

What would you give??? They would look good with Brown Sugar for sure! You do realize they are spindle mount wheels tho right?

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: Progress pics on the new paint job... - 05/12/10 07:45 PM

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What would you give??? They would look good with Brown Sugar for sure! You do realize they are spindle mount wheels tho right?

Doh, I didn't notice that........

Wayne

Posted By: bigdad

Re: Progress pics on the new paint job... - 05/12/10 08:14 PM

These would look oooooooohhh soooooo nice on the front

http://www.jegs.com/i/American+Racing+Pro+Series/287/AR48553S/10002/-1

Posted By: silverfish

Re: Progress pics on the new paint job... - 05/12/10 09:18 PM

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These would look oooooooohhh soooooo nice on the front

http://www.jegs.com/i/American+Racing+Pro+Series/287/AR48553S/10002/-1

Yes they would wouldn't they?! Until you look at that price tag!!!! Yikes...$770 for each wheel! I think I will figure something out with the ones I have. You don't know anybody that has chrome wheels that they want to trade for gold ones do you????

Posted By: bigdad

Re: Progress pics on the new paint job... - 05/13/10 01:00 AM

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These would look oooooooohhh soooooo nice on the front

http://www.jegs.com/i/American+Racing+Pro+Series/287/AR48553S/10002/-1

Yes they would wouldn't they?! Until you look at that price tag!!!! Yikes...$770 for each wheel! I think I will figure something out with the ones I have. You don't know anybody that has chrome wheels that they want to trade for gold ones do you????

no, but, selling the Gold ones will recoup almost enough to get these !!

DO IT

Posted By: Al_Alguire

Re: Progress pics on the new paint job... - 05/13/10 03:57 AM

Oven cleaner will remove the anodizing just fine. As for the polish Mothers works as do many other products out there. IMO trying to go from satin to polished I would choose something a tad more agressive to start and a good variable speed sander/polisher. Wool pads work well on polishing aluminum as do the foam pads used to buff cars out.That is what we use is our old paint buffing pads.