The complete repair, rebuild, repaint, and v8 swap of my early model sedan

[euroshark]

Damn dude. Well done! The paint looks incredible, the wheel fitment looks awesome, the V8... jesus.

[SkiFree]

I came on here simply to check on your progress..... and woah! That color will be incredible! Really looking forward to seeing this complete.

[JGood]

Thanks guys.

We finished spraying the remaining panels last night (fenders, spoiler, front bumper, side skirts, etc...). It's funny, we didn't get a single run on the car when we sprayed it, but almost all of these parts got massive runs last night. So they'll need some serious wet sanding. We aren't sure why everything ran so easy this time.

We pulled the car outside as well, and noticed some orange peel that will definitely need fixed in some areas. We'll tear down the booth tonight then begin wet sanding.

All in all, not a bad paint job for two IT guys in a homemade booth. I'm happy with the results and a big thanks to my good friend Walt for all his hard work to get the car painted.

[bmwmech1]

The paint looks good man! I'm waiting on some outside shots, just like everybody else... looks like the Spraybooth 6000 did it's job!

Garey

[JGood]

Thanks man! I want to see it in the sun more then anybody, haha!

[JGood]

By the time I get home from work at 5:30, there is literally about 3 sq ft of the parking lot behind my garage that gets light. So I pushed the damn car over to the spec of light and took a pic. Lol

[MR 325]

Oh wow...

[Schnitzer318is]

Goodness... can't wait to see more.

[White325is]

That looks like ass. hurry up and put it all back together and I will be over to pick it up from you when youre done. :)

[LJ851]

Wow.

[drumad]

Nice. BTW, how did you remove the black trim around the windows for the rear doors? Pretty sure it's intuitive but I'll ask anyways.

[Brian D]

Outstanding color selection and application, and that spray booth setup- I'll be copying that! You and your friend did it right. Nice to see another first class car coming together!

[JGood]

Thanks guys!

Nice. BTW, how did you remove the black trim around the windows for the rear doors? Pretty sure it's intuitive but I'll ask anyways.

I used this article to get a basic understanding of how the trim is attached:

http://www.r3vlimited.com/tech/windowtrim/windowtrim.htm

You are basically just going to use a small flathead screwdriver to pop the clips out of position. The article says to push on the base to release them, but mine required an impact motion from the screwdriver, which popped them out of place. You'll understand when you start removing it. Just buy new clips, it's not worth trying to save the old ones.

Outstanding color selection and application, and that spray booth setup- I'll be copying that! You and your friend did it right. Nice to see another first class car coming together!

Thanks! Shoot me a PM when you're ready to build it, I have a few improvements that I would make if I were to do it again, and a few tips to make things easier for someone trying the same thing.

[slammin.e28]

Awesome! Really can't wait to see it done now!

[MattAvino]

Great work, wow