Author Topic: Paint Job on my 71 Firebird (Read 78332 times)

joe74ta · « **Reply #50 on:** March 13, 2012, 09:42:08 PM »

You can see the Pearl in the lower valance but still can't beat seeing it in the flesh it is just stunning.

LeighP · « **Reply #51 on:** March 14, 2012, 05:55:09 PM »

At last it's starting to look like a car again....

LeighP · « **Reply #52 on:** March 24, 2012, 03:12:55 PM »

Hood is now in the base coat.

There'll be a couple of solid days on prepping and painting the car next week.

1977 Transam · « **Reply #53 on:** March 24, 2012, 05:40:15 PM »

Looking good Leigh.

LeighP · « **Reply #54 on:** March 26, 2012, 06:14:39 PM »

Thanks.

Car was out for it's final clean this afternoon, they cleaned out the interior, trunk etc and pressure washed the exterior (without flooding it, luckily, lol). They want to remove as much dust as possible before it goes in to the booth in the morning.

Bodyshop owner decided he wanted to use the best, hardest clear on the car.....seems its pretty expensive stuff, but its used for high end cars like Mercedes etc.
Ceramiclear - apparently, you only get 24-36 hours to remove any little imperfections and buff it up as it gets really hard and becomes tough to work.

Heres the trunk lid finished in colour and the ceramiclear.

LeighP · « **Reply #55 on:** March 27, 2012, 06:02:42 PM »

Turned up to the panel shop this afternoon...look what they were doing in the booth....

Heres some pics, this is straight off the gun, the clear hasn't even flowed out and settled yet....

Pretty straight, I'm happy.... :)

This one shows how the colour changes with the angle of the lighting, at times the car looks almost black.

Spokes · « **Reply #56 on:** March 27, 2012, 07:51:04 PM »

these are great photos.....thanks for sharing......you can really get a feel for the overall colour now........you can actually see the depth.....quite a journey....thanks again for the ride along :)

birdman · « **Reply #57 on:** March 27, 2012, 09:49:48 PM »

Leigh,you must be excited bigtime,the paint job looks spectacular...you can see right through the colour...awesome...

LeighP · « **Reply #58 on:** March 28, 2012, 05:32:08 PM »

They were cutting and buffing today when I turned up, then the windscreen fitter arrived and fitted the front and rear glass. Looks sort of like a car, eh?

They pushed it out into the daylight to have a look at the buffing job....

It was late afternoon....so I still don't have a pic with the sun directly on the paint....still looks great, the pics just don't capture the metallic or the colour changes as well as I'd like.

LeighP · « **Reply #59 on:** March 29, 2012, 05:38:03 PM »

More progress.....painting some of the other parts and starting on the exterior trim.

Author Topic: Paint Job on my 71 Firebird (Read 78332 times)

1977 Transam

Spokes