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Posted by: tracks914 May 20 2003, 05:19 PM

Original Chrome Yellow paint - base coat in the picture.
Lessons learned:
If you suck at drywall (plastering) then you will have a hard time doing body work.
3 coats of sandable primer will cover most errors. (good thing)
Under reduced paint blobs.
Over reduced paint runs.
A smalll undectable scatch in the primer coat will show up big time in the base coat and make you feel like torching the car.
One coat of clear coat will cover the scatches.

Chasing clear coat to blend in overspray and orange peel is futile if you don't know what you are doing.
All in all it turned out pretty good for my first real paint job. (other than stock cars)

Had a Pro come in and look at it, he said "good job, just wet sand these few areas and put one more coat of base coat and it will look like we did it in our shop."

I hired him on the spot to put my last coat of clear coat on for me. I now know my limits!!!




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Posted by: Brad Roberts May 20 2003, 05:24 PM

Damn.. you have been busy. It looks good from 30 feet...ha ha



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Posted by: seanery May 20 2003, 05:25 PM

Woohoo!

Good Job!

Yellow is Faster!

Posted by: tracks914 May 20 2003, 05:28 PM

Ya - nice flat base coat and it looks perfect!!!
Spent 33 hours on it this weekend alone. Painting sanding, painting sanding...you get the picture.
I was really discouraged at times but the Pro I brought in this AM really made me feel good about the whole weekend.

Posted by: Brad Roberts May 20 2003, 05:31 PM

I keep hearing the crying in my head "why does it cost 7k to have my car painted ??"

THIS IS WHY.

Body shops will have 80 hours in your car if not more...


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Posted by: Thomas J Bliznik May 20 2003, 05:42 PM

Looking real good!!!
Can't wait to see the next progress pictures. Now the fun begins after the hard grung work is completed.
Tom

Posted by: tracks914 May 20 2003, 05:52 PM

$7K US is about $10K CAN...but we're catching up.

Posted by: ChrisReale May 20 2003, 07:08 PM

You are not supposed to paint the window! Just kidding, looks great.

Posted by: 72Signal914 May 20 2003, 07:33 PM

ORANGE IS FASTER!!

God job for doing it yourself . I need to have my car repainted, got some spider cracks and a nice chip on the front hood and little discoloration on the trunk

Anyone know where I can get some Signal Orange touch up paint for the obvious stone chips. Do I have to go to the Porshce Dealer

Posted by: madd_dogg_914 May 20 2003, 07:57 PM

Looks great. I applaud your effort. I spent months trying to do bodywork. It turned out allright, then I ought all of the stuff to paint, a compressor, a couple of sprayers, then I chickened out and had a pro do it all. Money well spent because if I had done it I would have spent the rest of my life nit-picking the job. This way I can relax. I tell you, you have got bigger balls than me.

-Chris

Looks real good (except it looks like there is a little overspray on the windshield and it looks like you accidentally attached a forklift to the back of it. Might be hard to handle in tight turns, I guess we wil see)

Great way to get a big engine into a 914, attach a forklift.

HAHAHA

I crack myself up, but seriously folks, I'm leaving now.

Posted by: 914Timo May 21 2003, 12:31 AM

Looks Good !! Very GOOD !!! Congratulations

I know. Spraying the clear coat is damn difficult. I cant do that too.

Posted by: tracks914 May 21 2003, 06:11 PM

LOLOLOL...

The counter weight on the back of the forklift really helps it hold good on the corners but it bounces to much in the bumps.
The diesel has lots of torque but no top end.
Rear wheel steering has got to go though, lots of fun on ice and easy to park but but the wife just can't get the hang of "driving stick"

You crack me up too!

Posted by: dmilzoff May 21 2003, 06:31 PM

Check out this web site for matching paint color, any car. Just info. Never used them.
http://www.paintscratch.com/