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That is absolutely incredible, great work man! I'm sitting here with some friends looking your photos in disbelief! As for your side mirrors, I vote for the color match. Keeping them black with your body color makes them look like boring after-market replacements.

Fox
Denver, CO

INTREPID 1 wrote:Painted by hand with a roller?? You could've fooled me. It came our great. IMHO I would paint the mirrors the body color. I did that when I had my car repainted in March 2009 and that gives it a more finished look. Are you planning on staying with the 390 bottlecap wheels? Tires will cost you an arm and a leg when it's time to replace, if it's your desire to keep car as original as possible, with the exception of changing paint colors.

Thanks! I'll probably stick with the bottlecaps as long as the tires last. I've got two sets with tires on them; the car had fairly new tires on it when I bought it, but they are 185/65/R14's and looked a bit small. Speedo was off a bit because of them as well I'd guess. I picked up the set of bottlecaps scm65 had for sale a few weeks back; they've got decent 195/70/R14 Bridgestone Turanza's on them, and should last a while. The car looks a lot better with them on; I haven't checked the speedo, but judging by the flow of traffic, I'm thinking the 195's are a lot closer to where I ought to be. I'll bide my time a while & wait for a nicer set of non-metric wheels to present themselves.

Mark 88/M5 Houston wrote:Looks great!

Other than the front and rear lock-strips and the mirrors.

Yeah; those are next on my list, after getting things sorted out in the interior & getting my back seat out of my basement and in the car.

D_Rumba01 wrote:Hotness!

now come do my car

Thanks! I'd love to help you out, but I'm afraid you couldn't afford me.

What did you originally use to prep the car for paint/use to remove the factory paint?

EZE84WIP wrote:What did you originally use to prep the car for paint/use to remove the factory paint?

The factory paint is still there; it's better than any other rust preventative you could put on the car. I just roughed it up a bit with sandpaper to give the paint something to stick to.

Hell, that looks fantastic!!

I did a write up on fixing the chrome lock strips with Aluminum Duct tape! Works great for super cheap!

Jake D wrote:Hell, that looks fantastic!!

I did a write up on fixing the chrome lock strips with Aluminum Duct tape! Works great for super cheap!

Found it. Great writeup; thanks! That's another thing I can't make up my mind on, whether to do the PlastiDip Shadowline treatment to all the chrome on the car (already did it to the side & bumper trim pieces) or stick with the chrome look. I've already got plenty of aluminum tape on hand, so maybe I'll try that first. Looks easy!

That came out terrific! I remember reading the thread that explained the roller paint trick some years back - I think on some late Sixties American sled (Charger, maybe?).

I also dig your avatar!

dino wrote:That came out terrific! I remember reading the thread that explained the roller paint trick some years back - I think on some late Sixties American sled (Charger, maybe?).

I also dig your avatar!

Thanks! That Mopar thread was where I got most of my info; the guy who threw the idea out there was 69chargeryeehaa (must like The Dukes of Hazard!) The thread is ungodly long and includes a lot of inane back & forth about who knows what, but I distilled things down and added some things I figured out by trial & error for the post I put on my blog.

That avatar was a windshield washer spray head that was dangling from a box in my garage. I walked by it one day and it stopped me in my tracks; had to snap a photo of it (one reason I don't mind carrying a cell phone!)

Bumping, wanting to say, "it looks great".

I've got a 10 footer too, well more like a 20 footer.

I totally missed this thread!
Awesome!

Hey! That looks GREAT! I've read the how-to of this before and it looked good there however, red is not an easy color paint anytime and you pulled it off well.

I think the mirrors body color might look good.

Looks great. I just helped my brother roll his Volvo 240 Turbo wagon. I cannot believe how well it came out. I'll get some shots of it and post them. This is not as bad of an approach as a lot of people think. It's all about the sanding and polishing. I will be interested to see how it holds up after a year or so.

I suppose it's time for an update of sorts... It's been a few months, and the paint still looks good (as long as I can keep it clean anyway!) Still haven't done anything with the mirrors though. I plan to do the shiny aluminum tape to the window strips this weekend. Also need to put some wax on it before the snow flies.

I wanted to kick myself earlier this week; drove it out to the junkyard to pick a few parts for the 735 & ended up taking home a muffler for it. While trying to fit it into the trunk (it didn't) I bumped the paint on the top edge of the left quarter panel & put a nasty chip in the paint.

zmayne01: I look forward to seeing photos of your brother's Volvo... My wife thinks it's weird that two of my favorite cars are e28's and Volvo 200-series wagons. She still likes me though! And you're right about the sanding & polishing; that is the trick to doing paint like this.

how does the finish have such a gloss to it? also, what did u reduce the rustoleum w/? looks good

bimmerpowrd wrote:how does the finish have such a gloss to it? also, what did u reduce the rustoleum w/? looks good

Quick answer... Mad buffing skilz and mineral spirits. For the longer answer, here's a link to my blog where the whole process is laid out in excruciating detail.

Looks KILLER!

Going back to an old thread -- how has this held up over time?

SPF2006 wrote:Going back to an old thread -- how has this held up over time?

Looks great when I take the time to wash, wax & buff it, but otherwise (like now, about a year after that was last done) it looks pretty dull. It still looks better than the crappy gray respray it covered up though, so that's a positive.

Well alright Dave She's looking pretty good and at a very reasonable cost

-RoyW

Thanks -- and by the way, a great blog posting on the how-to as well. I'm trying to figure out a solution to the destroyed clear coat and paint on my $900 eta -- just trying to keep the body (which is reasonably straight) from rusting out...

Thanks again.

Very nice! Someday I wanna do this with my e28 when it is not my primary driver. Paint roller came out nice!

It's definitely not a job for the faint of heart, nor if you don't have the space and time to dedicate to it. It's cheap materials-wise, but pretty time consuming.

I'd still like to have a go at it with some regular auto paint instead of the Rustoleum. The key is to thin the paint and put on several very thin coats, wet sanding after every other coat, and I don't see any reason that wouldn't work with something other than Rustoleum in the bucket. I've got a stray sunroof panel hanging around, and a buddy that works in an auto paint supply shop; I should give it a shot sometime...

Looks awesome! I am two coats of rattlecan into a hood refinish I've been meaning to get to.

I'm only doing the center 1/3 and the front lip (crazy right?) but I want to see how close I can get it to the original color/shine and will have an easy way to compare and some easy lines to tape on.

Right now there's not much shine to be seen, but the shade is correct when viewed from above (no reflections on hood).

If I continue to wet sand and polish can I expect to get a good shine out of the job? I just used the duplicolor spray from Advance, but I prepped the area pretty well beforehand.

Also on an unrelated note, I like the rake of your suspension.

Are you on a stock setup? Mine sags over the rear wheels a little which may be because the suspension is old as hell, but I thought I'd ask.

I much prefer the aggressive look with the higher rear end.

Looks great to me!