Nomad final prep and paint

[NickP]

Paint Plugs might work: https://hightempmasking.com/products...0aAoMGEALw_wcB

[Florida 57]

Trying to figure out how to deal with holes in the outer sheetmetal when spraying bedliner in the wheelwells. I'm talking about the trim holes in the quarters and the V8 emblems below the taillights, among others. If I cover them from the outside with tape, the bedliner will have something to cling to and might plug the holes. If I leave them open, I think the bedliner might make it to the outside of the body. Also have to figure out what to do with the taillights since I'd like the backside of the sheetmetal covered with bedliner but the outside painted. Any advice from experience?

Tape the holes on the outside.From the inside fill the hole with a thick paint polish or glaze using a Q-tip.The oils in the polish-glaze will inhibit the bedliner to stick to the tape therefore reducing the chance of bedliner around the holes being pulled off when removing tape.When removing tape, remove pulling tape on an angle again reducing the chance of pulling paint-primer on the outside.

[chevynut]

Thanks for the ideas guys. My concern is getting bedliner on the outside of the body as well as plugging the holes and perhaps peeling the bedliner off inside. I'm pretty sure that if I didn't plug the holes I'd have bedliner running down the outside of the body. How about this.....tape from the outside, let bedliner set up, cut out the holes with a razor knife blade, then peel off the tape. Amazing how there are so many details you have to consider when doing this stuff.

[Florida 57]

"cut out the holes with a razor knife blade,"
Lot of work.Do a test on the polish-glaze idea that was offered.It has worked for me.

[chevynut]

I'm not afraid of "a lot of work" . I masked off these machined logos with liquid mask and cut them out with a razor blade after painting the calipers. I don't necessarily want the easiest, just something that works well. I'll give the polish idea some thought.

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[hurddawg]

Calipers look great!

[Bitchin'57]

Honestly Laz, you're over thinking it. Just plug the smaller holes with the foam ear plugs, and the larger holes with masking tape from the outside. You won't have any problems.
Something else I suggest is, masking off more of the undercarriage ahead of your rear wheel wells. The product will be spattering out of the schutz gun at least 40-50 psi, and when you go to spray the front portion of your rear wheel wells, some of that spatter can overshoot and travel quite far.

[chevynut]

Thanks Dave, I was actually looking at it yesterday and realized I'll need to mask off more of the bottom of the car. I'll probably just use some plastic sheeting I have to mask the rest of it. I wanted to spray this week but it looks like I won't get to spraying it until we get back from Florida. Had way too much stuff to do this week before the trip and I did get the headers back on .

[55 Tony]

I believe those are the nicest calipers I've ever seen. Is this car going to get driven? I'd be afraid to!
(oh, if they were a fluorescent or other bright color I wouldn't be saying this)

[chevynut]

I believe those are the nicest calipers I've ever seen. Is this car going to get driven? I'd be afraid to!

Like everything else, I spent WAAAAAAY too much time on them....and money. I used G2 epoxy caliper paint color matched to the car. I rebuilt and painted the stock C4 rear calipers too. I plan to drive the Nomad about like I do the Porsche. I've owned it since 2002 and it has 36K miles on it and never driven in the winter. It had 6K when I bought it. But I'll take the Nomad to shows too, as well as a little cruising.