The Project Pad

kinda hard to tell in this type of picture.... but i like it. my yard guy thought i had cut myself when he saw it on top of the trash can LOL.

Nice! I love to see steady progress! The color looks like strawberry jam. mmmmm, jam. your car will be yummy.

:woowoo: :-D :-D :-D thats lookign great, i cnat wait to see the car sprayed!!! when will we get pics???

this is on the other thread, just for the color, but it belongs here too.

masked off and ready to go.







now for some base coats. we went 5 pass on roof, and 4 pass on rest of whole car. ran out of base so the front bumper did not get painted. oh well. sooooon it will be though.








and the skirts and 1/4 panel body trim. this is post clear, fresh wet.





and the rear bumper. i made the choice of the rear bumper due to the fact that it would take less paint and we could do the whole thing.





and fresh un-taped, rolled it out to the sunlight. i think it looks freaking awesome. Don (Repoman) did one hell of a job. he retired from painting cars 7 years ago, and did not have any plans to do any more paint work.... but he realized i got into a pickle, and being the good guy that he is, he came down and spent the day hooking this up. and it looks awesome. even though i got the wrong type of clear, which only let him put down two coats, it still looks great. and my poor compressor. that last coat of clear, it was a struggling!!!!

this way, even if i dont get it running, which i will, i will still take it to the show and at least have everyone drool on it LOL.

















i will get some shots tomorrow with the stuff put back on, the real drag rims, etc. but i tell ya, it looks awesome. especially for a garage paintjob.

:woowoo: Nothing quite like that smell of fresh paint in the air. Looks good, but probably needs a few runs in the 9's to really cure it. :-D :-D :wink:

quattro87 wrote::woowoo: Nothing quite like that smell of fresh paint in the air. Looks good, but probably needs a few runs in the 9's to really cure it. :-D :-D :wink:

yeah the high traps will realyl help the paint dry! :-)

looking awesome aaron!! woooohooooo
i bet it looks even better inperson and feels even better to have it DONE!!!! :-D :-D

FUCXK YE!
Got a pic with the drag wheels on Aaron?

Aaron yes yes yes, looks awesome dude glad you did not give up…. Let us see that thing run please… im lovin it :cheers:

speeding-g60 wrote:i will get some shots tomorrow with the stuff put back on, the real drag rims, etc. but i tell ya, it looks awesome. especially for a garage paintjob.

:stupid:

not yet. we just got done about 30 minutes ago. tomorrow....

and yes, it does feel good to have it painted. just one less thing to do, and sweat, and have on hold....

and man it looks good.


John, can you send me some good water to wash it down with?

Nice job! Looks fantastic.

please allow me time to recover my jaw from the floor before posting any further.

zerb wrote:please allow me time to recover my jaw from the floor before posting any further.

i know.... mine is still out in the garage somewhere watching it to make sure it is really done

but it looks really good. i am kinda glad shitsack bailed on me. allowed me to go pick my own color, and this job is better than he would have done.

one detractor, now i have to be ultra careful, as it is painted. but, take it when you can, or you may miss out on it. took it. its cool, i got lots of blue tape LOL.


i like how its dark inside and bright ass outside. its definitely a cool color.

the factory car it came on; not so cool. 1999 Chevy Prizm. hahaha

Audilard wrote:Nice job! Looks fantastic.

:stupid:


:woowoo:

Wizard-of-OD wrote:FUCXK YE!
Got a pic with the drag wheels on Aaron?

GEEZ. give me some time LOL (like i could really wait anyways haha)

and my Pit Crew wanted to be in some flikz....

Heck yeah, that looks good.....

Maybe my vr6 4kq be prism red

remember. 1999 GM paint code 675 F..... it really is a nice color. Dark Carmine Red Effect.

I am literally all giddy inside Aaron,
You have no idea!!!

Excellent work I must say .....but you know this allready as you are one of the few guys I know that "gets shit done" :woowoo:

and both Coupes together, with my wife/camera crew..... i like that dark shade of red, eh?

I like the monster header

Yessir... real pretty color

Blood red for sho :wink:

cant get over how good it looks. changes all the time. hood sets it off as well.

you throwing the black side moldings back on or you just going with the way it is now?

what black side moldings?

under the door? if thats what you mean, no because i have Reiger skirts. i cant put the pass side skirt on til the motor is in, as i have to take off the fender to mount the exhaust. i dont want to be dicking around and chance scratches unless i absolutely have to.