280zNHChris Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Today was a Z day at the shop. After I did the airbox I decided to finally coat my 73 240z Cowl & Inspection lids. I blasted them all down clean and coated them in Ultra Black Chrome & a thick coat of Urethane clear powder. It is actually shinier and deeper in person, the oil cap is lollipop purple, camera always makes it look blue. My goal is to coat the whole car. Little steps... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roye@hrewheels.com Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Are you using the Tiger Drylac Black chrome? It looks nice in the pictures. I did my Cowl and inspection pannels in Rohm&Haas Solar black, I want to do the hood but it's a little too big for my ovens. RE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
280zNHChris Posted December 22, 2009 Author Share Posted December 22, 2009 I used NIC ultra black chrome and NIC clear vision clear. I went heavy on the both, could have been a little smoother. I can sand it but would rather have the protection and not have to do tons of filler, sanding, etc. Hood is next, I got some lab metal to use as a filler for a couple dings in the front. The doors will be a pain to take a part but I want to do them also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roye@hrewheels.com Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Iv'e used NIC for some custom powders, quality stuff and most importantly they deliver quickly. We use Akzo Nobel for most of our powders, we use their 158c121 acrylic clear on our parts. At 2.0 mills it's as smooth as glass but we still have to wet sand and buff any little dots or dirt that lands in it. How do you plan to shoot the main body of the car? do you have a booth and oven big enough? I wanted to use Akzo's powder primer on my entire car then use liquid paint for the color and clear but it just wasnt realistic for me since we use small batch ovens. RE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
280zNHChris Posted December 24, 2009 Author Share Posted December 24, 2009 I plan on doing everything myself except the uni-body (unless I make a "pregant" addition to my oven). I will probably ask another coater to do it. I'm just messing around now. If I change anything I'd just strip them down and recoat them. I didn't use acrylic because it chips easier and it's on the outside of the car. I can sand it down whenever, so no hurry for that now, too cold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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