got the body painted today

[alv69]

I got the body painted today, tomorrow will do the doors and hood and trunk. big pita painting with the body on took 6 1/2 hours to tape the body off but did not want to take the body off as did not have enough help. color is Sherwin Williams facfive9 rage red metallic and titanium grey stripe I believe facfive11.73927739287392973930

[Boydster]

Nice! Looks pretty spectacular from here...

[BTHWarrior]

Beautiful Job!! At least you don't have to worry about messing up the new paint putting the body back on!

[AC Bill]

Nice color combo. The red is very rich looking, which add's some classiness.

Hopefully you mixed enough paint at one time, to do the doors, trunk, etc., so they will match the body..

[bil1024]

Awesome!

[RickP]

Looks really nice. Love the red.

[GoDadGo]

Killer Kolor For Sure!

That's how we spell down here in Nawlins Dawlin!

[wareaglescott]

Looks great!

[alv69]

thanks for the kudos, very close to ford ruby red which I was going to go with but did not want to do a tricoat. the Sherwin Williams paint went on real nice.

[srobinsonx2]

Hmmmm. Seeing your color makes me wish I had checked out the FF colors. I love that red. B E A Utiful.

[KDubU]

Very nice combo. Honestly not a fan of red but yours looks really nice. Similar to one other red roadster that I was considering emulating but went blue instead.

[Olli]

That looks fantastic!

Olli

[phileas_fogg]

Very nice.


John

[RR20AC]

Sweet!

[Lowrod]

Looks good!

[CVOBill]

Looks great!!

[GFX2043mtu]

Looks great, now I can't wait till I get mine ready to wheel it into the booth.

[wallace18]

WoW! Super Job!

[bigtedaf08]

Am I the only person the factory five link on the sherwin williams page isn't working for?
http://www.sherwin-automotive.com/custom-restoration/color-programs

[Svtfreak]

Looks good. Can’t wait to see it in the sun

So that is a two stage paint?

[alv69]

yes just color then clear no midcoat.

[jwebb]

Beautiful!!

[rich grsc]

Nice color. Hope the doors hood and trunk come out good, shouldn't they have been shot at the same time with the same mix?

[Alig2]

Damn, thought I had my colors picked. Didn't think about the F5 colors, found the local SW store has no color chips. Pictures are deceptive, so will need to find a sample.
alv69, where are you at?

[AC Bill]

Nice color. Hope the doors hood and trunk come out good, shouldn't they have been shot at the same time with the same mix?

Ideally they probably should have been, but at minimum shot with the same mix. A pro painter could probably pull it off, but I have seen where even a temperature change can alter the results.

[alv69]

I've always painted cars in pieces and garage is not big enough to hold all the parts. been lucky so far always keep the pressure the same and the weather was the same so hopefully will look the same. I just went from the color on the computer from Sherwin williams

[alv69]

Damn, thought I had my colors picked. Didn't think about the F5 colors, found the local SW store has no color chips. Pictures are deceptive, so will need to find a sample.
alv69, where are you at?

in nj I asked on here if anyone had painted their car this color and did not receive any replies.

[Olli]

alv,

Where in NJ ?

Olli

[alv69]

alv,

Where in NJ ?

Olli

jackson

[alv69]

sanding, sanding,sanding, started with 600 very lightly then 1000, 1500, 2000 finished today arms too tired to take pictures of the sanding completely done but here are some I took yesterday

[Jeff Kleiner]

Looks good! I really like than combination :) Painted body on---man, all I can think of is glutton for punishment!

Jeff

[frankb]

Beautiful color combo! Hang in there with the sanding...your arms will recover quickly, especially after the polishing starts (when you see what the results will be)!

[42Bfast]

Love the color!
But I am just blown away by the super cool Tigger and Pooh seat covers!!! Outstanding combo! ��

[alv69]

7441874419seat covers were special order. here are a couple pictures of car buffed and polished , just need to use the swirl remover and glaze.

[Steven K]

Wow! Looks great.

[rich grsc]

Man those are some sticky tires. :rolleyes:

[mcwho]

Looks Great, I just finished my paint as well, I am gonna use flat black vinyl stripes, and a very similar color, Ruby Red.

Please tell me about the seat covers? I have the leather seats and want to have something to protect from the rain.

[TexasAviator]

wow, spectacular color. Just when I thought I had my colors picked out. What an amazing job. My wife even loves it, and we are not red car kind of people.

[alv69]

finished up the swirl remover and put on the glaze, used all mequire products this time around. worked ok but I still prefer 3m as they seemed to work faster. glad to be done as my arms are worn out, now time to put back together but will have to wait a couple of months as I am going away in the motorhome for awhile to Talladega then Martinsville then to texas for a month or so visiting friends and sightseeing. 7445274453744547445574456

[Taz Rules]

Nice nice nice!

I like the 3m products myself. I tend to do 1500, 3000Trizact, 5000 Trizact then the three stages of polish. Good result every time.

Waiting a couple of months is good, btw. It allows the paint and clear to "knit", and also allows for all the shrinkage to happen. I can't count how many times I've had buddies do a glassy smooth finish only to have the paint finish curing and have to re-sand because some orange peel rose out as the paint shrunk back.

[alv69]

getting the car all put together now. made an aluminum pipe for the lower hose, bought some 1 3/4 alum. tubing off ebay and bent it up and put speedway silicone 90's on each end. also made up a fan shroud out of aluminum and welded it up and mounted the fan with nutserts so I can remove the fan w/o having to take off the shroud.

[Higgybulin]

Great work!! Color combo is smoking.

[jwebb]

Painted with the body on, carpets/seats installed & dash?

Jim

[alv69]

Painted with the body on, carpets/seats installed & dash?

Jim

yes took a whole day to tape out.

[mcwho]

That is beautifull and looks very close to my car which was painted about the same time in September Ruby Red Tricoat.

[alv69]

That is beautifull and looks very close to my car which was painted about the same time in September Ruby Red Tricoat.

yes it's close but more flake and pearl, I have the tri coat on my ford but did not want to put the extra coat on the car, makes the paint job take longer.

[alv69]

finished the upper radiator pipe and installed it. bought aluminum tube from ebay and bent it to shape and welded on the fill. then powder coated it in almost chrome. then bought a silicone 90 degree from speedway motors.

[danielt]

Beautiful combo!

[mcwho]

Beautifull,
looks similar to my color which is ford ruby red. i have not done the black stripes as yet.

[alv69]

I finially got the sniper back from holley [long story] and got everything buttoned up and the hood on and with 60 degree weather today I took it out and went for a 15 mile ride to check things out. everything worked good including the new gauges, going to take some getting used to with a water temp. gauge in centigrade though. had a small antifreeze leak at one of the hoses which I tightened up to take care of that. now have to wait for spring to get back out and cruise.