MY bodywork thread, from start to finish Options

[Batman722]

when I bought this car away back it had been repainted by the previous owner and it was a hack job. The color was custom so it was difficult for me to match for the skirts/extensions and the guy didn't really feel like sanding the car before painting it so there were a lot of spots where the paint was just chipping right off the car

so let's start with the pics

getting it sanded

I stripped everything off the car (spoiler, bumper, mirrors, moldings) and brought it over to a friend's new house. A guy who sands car at a Maaco came to do some sanding and fix a couple small dings. Thanks Hector















next here are some shots of it at the shop and in the booth

they sanded the chip gaurd off the doors



and fixed some cracks in the skirts





getting taped off





and a few shots of the base with no clear







first coat of clear





and the second coat of clear

[playr158]

looking good bats. I like the color choice a lot.
and nice job manny on the paint work.

although (no disrespect to your friend)
Maaco guys (at least in my area) are known to be very very poor at prep work. So i just find that point ironic.

This post has been edited by playr158: Aug 14, 2007 - 12:02 AM

[presure2]

looking good bats. I like the color choice a lot.
and nice job manny on the paint work.

although (no disrespect to your friend)
Maaco guys (at least in my area) are known to be very very poor at prep work. So i just find that point ironic.

thats why all the prep work was done at my house dan.
the main reason you see crap prep work come out of maaco, is they push to TOTALLY sand a car, in ONE HOUR.


D, the car looks amazing.

glad you like it, buddy