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Paul's phoenix red restoration Thread, GT clone |
914itis |
Jun 22 2011, 09:28 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,892 Joined: 9-October 10 From: New York City Member No.: 12,256 Region Association: North East States |
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif)I will start a resto thread soon. The flare are staying, What are you guys using as rims without doing a 5 lug conversion? meaning i need some nice 4 lugs rims that will stand out. |
Andyrew |
Jul 12 2011, 08:58 AM
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Spooling.... Please wait Group: Members Posts: 13,376 Joined: 20-January 03 From: Riverbank, Ca Member No.: 172 Region Association: Northern California |
Its actually Hugger Orange, which is a chevy color I bought from here.
http://www.tcpglobal.com/RestorationShop/ Hugger orange is almost an exact color match to Phoenix red, which is my factory color. A couple of other things to note about bc/cc paint, It typically gives a deeper gloss, and it also sands better/earlier when your cutting and buffing it to get rid of orange peal or dirt in the finish, which is the main reason why most shops use it now for 90% of their work, because they can turn around the next day after baking in the booth or outside and cut and buff it, Where a single stage paint needs 2 weeks to harden to the point that you can cut and buff it. I waited 2 weeks with my single stage paint and then I had a couple chips (Stupid me dropped a screw driver) So when I was spraying something else for the car I had some drips leftover in the mixing cup and I just dabbed a tooth pick and dropped a drop in the crack, Since its so thick im going to wait til the end of summer then sand down and buff those area's down and you'll never be able to notice the chips. This is is one of the pro's to single stage, as you cant do that with clear. |
914itis |
Jul 12 2011, 11:23 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,892 Joined: 9-October 10 From: New York City Member No.: 12,256 Region Association: North East States |
Its actually Hugger Orange, which is a chevy color I bought from here. http://www.tcpglobal.com/RestorationShop/ Hugger orange is almost an exact color match to Phoenix red, which is my factory color. A couple of other things to note about bc/cc paint, It typically gives a deeper gloss, and it also sands better/earlier when your cutting and buffing it to get rid of orange peal or dirt in the finish, which is the main reason why most shops use it now for 90% of their work, because they can turn around the next day after baking in the booth or outside and cut and buff it, Where a single stage paint needs 2 weeks to harden to the point that you can cut and buff it. I waited 2 weeks with my single stage paint and then I had a couple chips (Stupid me dropped a screw driver) So when I was spraying something else for the car I had some drips leftover in the mixing cup and I just dabbed a tooth pick and dropped a drop in the crack, Since its so thick im going to wait til the end of summer then sand down and buff those area's down and you'll never be able to notice the chips. This is is one of the pro's to single stage, as you cant do that with clear. i love that color, I may go with that as it is the closest to my l20e. I am not sure how it would look with my boxter silver rims. on the other note, do I still need 2 guns for a single stage? what should i set the psi on my compressor? |
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