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| evmetro | Nov 23 2013, 10:39 PM Post #106 |
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You read my mind! |
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| Woodie | Nov 24 2013, 07:32 AM Post #107 |
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I sure am glad you're not bothering to do a thorough job on this one. Edited by Woodie, Nov 24 2013, 07:33 AM.
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| evmetro | Nov 24 2013, 11:17 AM Post #108 |
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I don't know why it is so hard for me to keep it simple... |
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| t3ragtop | Nov 24 2013, 11:56 AM Post #109 |
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Turbo3 and Twincam Tweaker
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i actually got a job review that said that i couldn't differentiate between a quick and dirty "duct tape" project and a "gold plated" project. i took that as a compliment instead of a bad thing. if you're like me (and i think you may pass me up ) you won't produce anything that doesn't pass your personal expectations.this car will never be anything but a "special" vehicle. don't keep the paint anything close to factory. do something larger than life with it. metallic chili pepper red, bright safety yellow, fluorescent orange.... make people's mouths fly open!
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| evmetro | Nov 25 2013, 10:42 PM Post #110 |
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I got off easy and did not need to skim the entire door. I guess the donor car at Pick n Pull was not as rough as some. Just a couple of dings.
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| evmetro | Nov 27 2013, 07:22 PM Post #111 |
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Here is that same door with primer on it.![]() and here it all blocked out with my 9 inch block. One more perfect Metro door in the world. ![]() Lotsa blocking to be done...
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| evmetro | Dec 4 2013, 09:38 PM Post #112 |
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Put some more primer down on the hood and bumpers. The hood looks like it will be good.![]() Body filler does not stick very well to these plastic bumpers, so I blow on a coat of primer to create a base that the filler will stick to. Once I block this primer down on the bumpers, I can fill the scratches and blemishes with filler and then re prime. It takes a lot of work to take an old beat to shit raw plastic bumper cover to a nice paint ready surface, but it looks pretty sweet in the end having the bumpers painted. ![]() I sure like this primer. It blocks out like a dream.
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| unplugged5150 | Dec 4 2013, 09:45 PM Post #113 |
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reeeally nice work!
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| evmetro | Dec 5 2013, 10:53 PM Post #114 |
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Did some "jambing". got to get it blue on the inside before doing the outside. This is just the base coat, clear will come tomorrow.![]() ![]() I added some reinforcement behind where my 110 charging plug goes
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| clarkdw | Dec 5 2013, 11:03 PM Post #115 |
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I wish I had even a small part of your bodywork skills. I don't know if I suck at bodywork because I don't much enjoy it or I don't much enjoy it because I suck at it. Chicken or egg. I enjoy your threads with every post.
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| evmetro | Dec 5 2013, 11:48 PM Post #116 |
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The bodywork part of what I do is pretty basic, but one of my many careers was being a production line collision tech so this stuff is easy. I also spent a lot of my military career painting aircraft, including a vip aircraft for an admiral. You know that that plane had to look pretty... no haze gray under way color on that one. White cap, blue stripe and gray bottom, all gloss. Wood n velvet inside... |
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| truckjohn | Dec 6 2013, 10:05 AM Post #117 |
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Do you mind coming over for a weekend and doing mine? I think my Metro would really look sweet in a coat of that beautiful BMW silver.... |
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| evmetro | Dec 6 2013, 10:23 AM Post #118 |
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Everything has a price... |
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| evmetro | Dec 6 2013, 10:56 PM Post #119 |
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I put down some clear, so now I can see what the new color is really like. Strange stuff... Here are two shots of the underside of the hood, and I am holding the little filler panel from below the tail lights to show the original color. The color that my paint supplier said would match... Yeah, that's quite a match... Anyway, I think I like it better, so I don't think I will go back for a rematch. This stuff is a mile off, but I will run with it. It seems to be very different shades when you look at it in different light. Here are some pics of the different shades.![]() ![]() Those two shots above are with clear, and here is a shot from last night of the driver door without clear. Keep in mind that the hood and door were shot last night out of the same cup of base color... I don't know how this thing will look all painted now, but it will be interesting to see how it turns out. I feel pretty spirited, so here we go. ![]() |
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| evmetro | Dec 6 2013, 11:37 PM Post #120 |
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This color will be too technichal for me to paint in pieces, so I will need to squirt the whole outside with all the panels on the car except the bumpers. There are many colors that can be painted separately and still have them match, but there is no way that this color would match like that. |
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) you won't produce anything that doesn't pass your personal expectations.
metallic chili pepper red, bright safety yellow, fluorescent orange.... make people's mouths fly open!





reeeally nice work! 



7:23 PM Jul 10