New Paint!

[davintosh]

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.

I did the c-pillar vent covers with rattlecan, also the fuel filler area and touched up some sloppy spots around the trunk. The same wetsand & buff worked well with that paint as well, but that was with Rustoleum. Not sure what will happen with DupliColor...

As for the suspension, as far as I know it's stock, but given some of the creative repairs I found elsewhere on the car and the fact that the rear seems high & feels stiff, he might have done something out of the ordinary there too. Actually, I'd like it to be a little lower and less harsh.

[foamy]

so its been a few years is it still the same paint how does it look now?

[davintosh]

so its been a few years is it still the same paint how does it look now?

Yeah, a few years... Seven years ago; hard to believe it's been that long!

The paint looked great as long as it was being taken care of, but it didn't fare well with neglect, which is what started in 2013 when I went through my cancer deal. Before that, I drove it pretty regularly and took care of the finish. My middle son used it as his daily driver in his junior & senior years in high school, then he went to USMC Boot Camp in January 2013. I got my cancer diagnosis in the spring of that year, and it didn't see much use for about a year. Sitting outside, without regular waxing & care, it wasn't long before it turned to more of a matte finish. It could probably be brought back with a good buff and maybe some touch-up and a wet sand first, but I sold the car to my oldest son last year when we moved to Germany.

I last saw it in July, and he hadn't done anything with it so it still had the matte look to it.He has plans to sand it down to metal and repaint it "properly" (his word. ) He's working for an auto body shop, doing the paint work, and should be able to do much better than I did with it, if he can find the time. 25 years old, and now dating a girl somewhat seriously... He loves the car, but it may be one of those projects that keeps getting put off.