My New project car: 1990 L+

[lanemeyer14]

How's it looking as far as orange peel? Are you wet sanding between every two coats?....Details man, details!

[Festiva_Fred]

How's it looking as far as orange peel? Are you wet sanding between every two coats?....Details man, details!

There is a little orange peel, nothing wetsanding won't get rid of. I'm wet sanding between every 3 coats.

[Festiva_Fred]

More..







And some bodywork I did on the passenger side by the taillight, it was smashed in right by the taillight before, and I hammered it out from the backside then smoothed it out with body filler. (not done yet)

[sasquatch]

cool looks great!!!

[Festiva_Fred]

cool looks great!!!

Thanks! hopefully I can get alot more done on it this weekend if the weather is decent..

[Festiva_Fred]

Some more progress..




Got the other side almost ready for paint.




Drivers side is pretty much done now.



Installed the rear wiper bottle today

[91blufestiva]

gettin more spiffy everytime!

[Festiva_Fred]

gettin more spiffy everytime!

Thanks Josh!

[spiko]

Looking awesome so far, looks like a different car already!

I did a lot of reading on the roller paint job, do I have the cliffs stated correctly?

Wash car throughly
Rub down with mineral spirits or alcohol to get rid of any wax/oils ect.
Fill any dents or dings with body filler
Sand them smooth
Spray with primer on affected areas
Sand the rest of the car or area you're working on
Mix 50/50 paint to mineral spirits
Roll 2-3 coats with 4" high-density foam roller
Wetsand (800 grit?)
Roll 2-3 more coats
Wetsand (800-1200 grit?)
Buff & wax to bring out the shine

[Festiva_Fred]

Looking awesome so far, looks like a different car already!

I did a lot of reading on the roller paint job, do I have the cliffs stated correctly?

Wash car throughly
Rub down with mineral spirits or alcohol to get rid of any wax/oils ect.
Fill any dents or dings with body filler
Sand them smooth
Spray with primer on affected areas
Sand the rest of the car or area you're working on
Mix 50/50 paint to mineral spirits
Roll 2-3 coats with 4" high-density foam roller
Wetsand (800 grit?)
Roll 2-3 more coats
Wetsand (800-1200 grit?)
Buff & wax to bring out the shine

Thanks! Thats what I did

[Festiva_Fred]

A small update..

Painted the front bumper cover black today.









It won't be that glossy when the paint is fully cured, it's satin black.

Mocked up on the car, starting to look really nice in my opinion.

[sasquatch]

when i saw that first pic of it i was like "WOW!!!! that looks nice!!!!" but then you said it wouldnt look the same dry... then i got sad... but even dry it looks just as good keep up the good work it looks better every time!

[91blufestiva]

Looks awesome Fred. Hey! Look! you can even see the white bounce off the black!

[Festiva_Fred]

when i saw that first pic of it i was like "WOW!!!! that looks nice!!!!" but then you said it wouldnt look the same dry... then i got sad... but even dry it looks just as good keep up the good work it looks better every time!

Thanks! It turned out decent.

Looks awesome Fred. Hey! Look! you can even see the white bounce off the black!

Thanks Josh!

[Festiva_Fred]

Update

Today I finished removing the A/C from the car, and installed the rubber plugs from where the A/C lines were. It's nice having a parts car to steal parts off of (parts car doesn't have A/C)







And some pics of the whole car.










Found this funny bumper sticker on the hatch today, it says "Area 51 Experimental Test Vehicle" :p