ready for paint! (56k beware)

Gr1m · 05-19-2009, 11:31 PM

so tommorow i will be spraying my car a Cadillac pearl white with a touch of silver flake in it, just got finished wet sanding the car and fixing a bunch of minor dings/dents, heres some pics of the new skirts and various other things.

cherrington17 · 05-19-2009, 11:33 PM

ugh. someone call GM and have them repo this car. just horrible.... horrible!

Edit: nvm. i can't read.

what'd you have it in the shop for, for so long?

Gr1m · 05-19-2009, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by cherrington17

ugh. someone call GM and have them repo this car. just horrible.... horrible!

nvm. i can't read.

what'd you have it in the shop for, for so long?

someone tried to steal the wheels and ended up snapping the lug studs leaving the car on 3 wheels which crushed the front bumper and sideskirt, luckily the wheel was untouched somehow....amazing i know.

Nate's Alero · 05-19-2009, 11:33 PM

i will get OSV wheel's i must have OSV wheels

cherrington17 · 05-19-2009, 11:52 PM

wow. lucky.

can't wait to see this thing complete. got an ETA? (doesn't paint usually take more then a day to finish)

Gr1m · 05-19-2009, 11:55 PM

nah we start spraying it 8am tommorow it should be all done by the end of the day

pimpalero2003 · 05-20-2009, 12:04 AM

Damn vin did you have to cut to fit those looks wide as hell LOL and what tires are those?

AftermathAlero · 05-20-2009, 12:45 AM

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Originally Posted by pimpalero2003

Damn vin did you have to cut to fit those looks wide as hell LOL and what tires are those?

he cut nothing. those are 215/35/19 tires. hella stretch'd out tires.

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Looks good bro!

Gr1m · 05-20-2009, 12:09 AM

ya i had to cut/trim a bunch of shit outta the way haha, they are BFGoodrich KDW's

jrim · 05-20-2009, 12:10 AM

Damn that thing sits lowww! Looks sharp. Can't wait to see the finished product.

bdyman · 05-20-2009, 01:24 AM

heres a question for ya
1. what about the front and rear windshield molding?
2. what about the door frame moldings??
3. what about the belt moldings??

ya know if ya keep these parts on the car, there will be allot of material built up and it will flake off if these parts arent removed

food for thought

Spilner521 · 05-20-2009, 03:07 AM

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Originally Posted by AftermathAlero

he cut nothing. those are 215/35/19 tires. hella stretch'd out tires.

Those tires don't look very stretched at all. They look like they fit the rim pretty well actually. Maybe it's just that picture...

This is a hella stretched tire

pimpalero2003 · 05-20-2009, 05:37 AM

Looked a lot wider to me might just be phone idk. Hence why I asked

-Alero- · 05-20-2009, 10:54 AM

that white pearl is my favorite color, looking forward to seeing that

Trickyslick · 05-20-2009, 11:28 AM

Love the car and looking forward to the picts...

Gr1m · 05-20-2009, 08:12 PM

changed my mind on the paint last minute, made a custom mix, these pictures dont really do the color justice. ill see what happens tommorow if we get the car together and see if my 10MP camera can get the actual color of the car, anyway, what you all are interested in:

paint shelf

white sealer on the front

white sealer on car

vinny spraying the pearl on

finished with 2 layers of pearl and clear

the color is very unique along with the rest of the car, thats what i was going for, it looks so sick in the sunlight with all the pearls in the paint, ill get some pics up tomorrow when we throw everything together.

bdyman · 05-20-2009, 08:24 PM

so did you remove these parts off or going to leave them on
what paint system is the painter using

Oldsman · 05-20-2009, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by bdyman

so did you remove these parts off or going to leave them on
what paint system is the painter using

by the looks of the pics I would say no he did remove the moldings. so we know what that means.

Gr1m · 05-20-2009, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Oldsman

by the looks of the pics I would say no he did remove the moldings. so we know what that means.

Humor me as to what that means please since you've been doing paint and body work your entire life

Oldsman · 05-21-2009, 01:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Gr1m

Humor me as to what that means please since you've been doing paint and body work your entire life

if you would like to get c0cky with me, Please come to ASS and get c0cky to my face. don't be tough on the internet. Thank you.

to quote bdyman

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heres a question for ya
1. what about the front and rear windshield molding?
2. what about the door frame moldings??
3. what about the belt moldings??

ya know if ya keep these parts on the car, there will be allot of material built up and it will flake off if these parts arent removed

when painting a car properly you always remove all moldings to prevent a build up at the edge and then you have a hard line and it WILL over time start flaking and chipping off. It gives the look of a piss poor paint job because time was not taken in the prep to make sure the car was truely ready to paint.........oh I may not have done it my entire life or do it for a living but I did learn from someone who knows how to paint award winning show cars and by prepping and painting my own cars. So I speak from experience and listen and learned from people who know what they are doing. Thank you.