Looks awesome CN. Won't be long now. Did you buy a trailer yet? lol
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Looks awesome CN. Won't be long now. Did you buy a trailer yet? lol
Thanks Sid!
Interior and car is DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 6 years (give or take) later. ;)
Here's a video of the inside..... https://www.instagram.com/p/BkDdFECl-Sc/?taken-by=interiorsbyshannon
My friends 55 chevy has rubber mounts and I have poly. His mounts are only two years old and are falling apart.
I can with out doubt say the ride is stiffer in my car using poly, but I like that....
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Trunk is done!!!!!
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb214/DocHarley/IMG_0882.jpg
While I was waiting for the upholstery shop to take my car (which was 6 months :( ) I got board and made the center console and installed seats from a Lexus SC400. He had to fix a few things I...
Holly Cow!, my last post was over a year ago, how time fly's. Anyhow, I ended up re-clear coating my hood, looks perfect now.
On another note, sorry I've been slacken posting, here's a few up to...
Is that paint I see? Won't be long now Robert, your almost done! hehe
The guy doing my interior gave me an estimate 20 to 25K :cry:
C-nut, you still have those lexus seat? If so wanna sell them?
Chevynut, Are you using guide coat as your only source for laser straight panels? I hope not, there's more to it when perfection is your goal. I've seen cars that were guide coated only and look...
I screwed up, please help!!! Spot about 1" long 1" wide on the front top corner of my hood, did not hit the paint but I can see where the clear is so thin it has craters. What's the best way to spot...
CN, you make me hate my car. :cry: lol
I know how much money I have in my car and it's not half the car your is going to be so I hope you spent twice as much as I did on my car so I dont feel half...
ChevyNut, I sprayed three coats base and used a full two gallons of paint mixed 50/50 so a total of 4 gallons. I did not spray inside the trunk or car except for about 4 inches around the edges on...
I ran out of epoxy so I called Barry at SPI to order more, he told me it's not necessary to use a sealer. He said to sand with 400 then paint which I was happy to hear because I saved $200 and it...
If your talking about "touch-up" when using BB/CC and touch-up is needed because burn through during cutt or buff on an edge/corner, a person could use single stage for touch-up, that way clear...
Thanks Sid! I really appreciate your very nice comments. Makes all my hard work worth wild. :)
Thanks for the kind words. I'm really happy how it's turing out. I could not have done it without all your guys help. It's greatly appreciated!
Cut and buff is a lot of work. So happy with how straight my panels look, was worth all the hard work.
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I'd like to place my order please. :)
First part I cut and buffed I burned through to the epoxy on a 3 inch section at one of the corners. :( What's the best way to fix it? Thanks!
I hear the Sherman quarters are much better then Golden Star but still have issues. Good Luck!
I used cut to fit AC filter on the exhaust fan. http://www.homedepot.com/p/NaturalAire-24-in-x-36-in-x-1-in-Cut-To-Fit-Case-of-12-40655-012436/203143924
Worked great, cut down on the overspray...
The Golden Star sedan quarter panels suck, just saying.... :)
LOL Rick, that's our spare room, now I have an excuse when company wants to spend the weekend. HeHe!