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I Finally Painted my Z


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Is that satin black on top? What equipment did you use?
No it's not satin black, hopefully I'll be able to get the full shine out of it before it's done. I used Restoration Shop Urethane basecoat / clearcoat system and shot it with a DeVILBISSFinishLine gun.
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thats a nice 3 tone paint job at least from what it looks like but i dont think i could have went silver along the bottom unless thats just a rock chip prevention paint. either way

 

CAME out AWSOME show pics after its buffed up i think you just inspired me.

The silver isn't chip prevention, just a look I wanted. Here's a PhotoShop of what it's supposed to look like when it's done:

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how many coats of clear did you layed down? are you painting your body kit seperate? looking good.
Two good layers of clearcoat. I had everything apart for painting, and painted the body kit at the same time. I've starting installing it tonight and It's looking great so far.

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thats cool that you painted the bumpers seperate and still have to put on the bumper because for a minute i thought the fade was off on the rear bottom section. lol. i knew you had a kit at one time...outside in the sun pics if possible.

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Yes, it's a shark theme complete with gills and a shark emblems from the Mako Shark concept car. The blue and silver are much lighter than they appear in the last picture I posted, as it was dark when I shot it. It's not for everyone, but then again - it's not supposed to be. I put a couple pieces in the sunlight before I put them on, and it looks fantastic in the light.

 

More pic's to come...

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thats cool that you painted the bumpers seperate and still have to put on the bumper because for a minute i thought the fade was off on the rear bottom section. lol. i knew you had a kit at one time...outside in the sun pics if possible.
BTW - The bumpers themselves are chrome. The fade on the paint below the rear skirt was off, but installing the rear skirt fixed that.
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Making progress putting it back together. By the time I got the wheels on and backed the car out of the garage, it was getting dark already. Here's a pic anyway.

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I've been noticing the blue areas have a much better gloss than the black areas. After a while I determined that it's not necessarily the black areas that don't shine as well, but areas that are more horizontal than vertical. I think that the horizontal areas collected more overspray during clearcoat than other areas. Either way, I think that color sanding should take care of the problem. I'm going to try and do the sanding this weekend.

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