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Re: Pictures, New paint, New color!
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Originally Posted by SilverSpear
BTW, the strut towers and the VIN number plate area could have been easily sprayed with a 30 mins "parts removal" job. It would have looked a bit better.
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Looks to be a really good paint job. Attention to detail and removing as much as you can before painting is the key. Mask minimally
But I have to agree with Danny on the strut towers. I little extra time in removal of the coolant/washer reservoirs and some protective masking would have made all the difference.
I would have masked off or removed as much as possible in these areas and painted down as far as I could with a satin black with a good airbrush, trying to cover as much green as I could see.
Then with the airbrush, I would have sprayed the red heavily where it was most visible and down into the recesses as far as I could. This way the red fades into the black deep in the shadows of the engine bay as is far less noticible. Then do the same with the clearcoat.
I have used this technique before very successfully. The airbrush is much mure controllable and able to get into small areas.
(But svxcess would have removed the VIN/ build date and trim plates from the door jambs and strut towers, painted underneath and pop-riveted them back into place. Because knowing they were green underneath would really bug me)
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Last edited by svxcess; 04-28-2010 at 06:53 AM.
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