New Paint Job & Prep Pics

[SEVEN40iL]

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:buttrock

ok, now let's get into chronological order...

Front Alpina lip de-Alpina'ed prepped and put on, car sanded down and any imperfections fixed

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Rocker panels prepped and ready for primer and paint

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All bumper mouldings prepped to be painted to match, chromeline remains

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De-badged the rear

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almost ready for paint

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Seeing her 3 days after paint, right after wet sanding

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Trunk all badge-less with my new 'trunk key-hole DELETE MOD' :devillook (I just had them paint it so it blends in, I don't put my key in ever)

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That is all for the paint and prep, on to the photoshoot pics...

[SEVEN40iL]

now I was shooting with a camera I was not too familiar with, a Sony DSC-F828 8.0 mp, so I was trying out different settings and then playing with the various editing tools within iPhoto, so here they are...

Setting: Parking Garage :rofl: :devillook

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LOVE this rear end shot...

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and a few on my way out of the parking garage...

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met up with a rival :mad

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this is a great shot of how the paint came out, Cosmos Schwarz Metallic

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[SEVEN40iL]

and a couple from another day

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The End. :D

[TheodoreHendrix]

Damn fine work there. She looks great!

[cazal740i]

Absolutely Beautiful.............Droool........Im just an anal SOB but after a nice paint job..I would remove each wheel and get a good sponge and hot soap and water and make those wheel liners like new..You might need some GASonline toremove the stubborn areas(grease,armor all)..You just made the car look new and the dirty wheel wells are killing it...trust me ..you can make any hard plastic like what we have look NEW
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[paulmer]

Absolutely Beautiful.............Droool........Im just an anal SOB but after a nice paint job..I would remove each wheel and get a good sponge and hot soap and water and make those wheel liners like new..You might need some GASonline toremove the stubborn areas(grease,armor all)..You just made the car look new and the dirty wheel wells are killing it...trust me ..you can make any hard plastic like what we have look NEW

Agreed. Well done otherwise.

Also, please get rid of those wheels - they are disgusting

[Lucky740]

Looks great, but I agree those wheel arches look pretty dirty. You can really see the depth on the paint, what color is that again?

[SEVEN40iL]

Cosmos Schwarz Metallic

Thanks guys! Will try and get to the wheel wells this weekend.

[Sasa Ivanovic]

I didnt know you got a new paint job buddy... looks amazing! wish I had paint like that lmao

[Baoser]

HOLY F-IN NOISY PICTURES!

paint looks good, wont be able to see the wheel wells once its dumped =D

[04SSHD]

nice! did it need paint?

[mojocoggo]

That looks INCREDIBLE. I love how you got the bumper plastic trim pieces painted, they look great. Debadge ftw (I would have done the roundel as well)! Looking great, much better than the crappy re-spray my car received before I bought it. :(

[Cashmere740IL]

Nice paint! Looks good.

[dophineh]

Debadge ftw (I would have done the roundel as well)!

+1 exactly my thoughts

and i think suspension should be next on your list. i'll tempt you with photoshop if i have to :D

[Zorack]

Congrats! Looks great buddy. Almost as good as mine. j/k.

You need to go put the first ding in the paint so you don't have to worry about someone else doing it.

[Jayccel]

Agree, it looks great! If I had that done to my car, I'd be afraid to drive it...lol.

Now......drop it!

[mahmudb]

Wow looks great! I like how you blacked out the key hole on the trunk. Why didn't you shadowline the rest of the chrome?

[SEVEN40iL]

I didnt know you got a new paint job buddy... looks amazing! wish I had paint like that lmao


nice! did it need paint?

I was going to get the lowers painted along with the Alpina lip this summer, but I was hit in a parking lot, so it made it helluva lot easier to get the whole car painted instead.


HOLY F-IN NOISY PICTURES!

paint looks good, wont be able to see the wheel wells once its dumped =D


Nice paint! Looks good.


Congrats! Looks great buddy. Almost as good as mine. j/k.

You need to go put the first ding in the paint so you don't have to worry about someone else doing it.

Thanks guys!


That looks INCREDIBLE. I love how you got the bumper plastic trim pieces painted, they look great. Debadge ftw (I would have done the roundel as well)! Looking great, much better than the crappy re-spray my car received before I bought it. :(

Yeah, I hated looking at the faded black when I would wash the car it would stand out a lot. Another little addition I added that isn't much visible in the pics is, I got the B-Pillars and connecting trim around the windows finished in Gloss Black :D


and i think suspension should be next on your list. i'll tempt you with photoshop if i have to :D

farhod's H&R's are one their way :redspot


Agree, it looks great! If I had that done to my car, I'd be afraid to drive it...lol.

Now......drop it!

I circle around the parking lot 3-4 times now before parking :eyecrazy


Wow looks great! I like how you blacked out the key hole on the trunk. Why didn't you shadowline the rest of the chrome?

Yeah, I thought it would be a cool "mod" that no one has done yet, and I hated how it stood out. I kept the rest of the chromeline around the car because I like it :buttrock

[Spitfire007]

very nice.
I like the fact you kept the chrome, but don't care for the wheels much. Otherwise beautiful paint! Congrats, it's like a new car!

[740R1]

Car looks great!

I love how bright all your lights are!!!

[Am3n]

It came out beautifully bro

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[SEVEN40iL]

very nice.
I like the fact you kept the chrome, but don't care for the wheels much. Otherwise beautiful paint! Congrats, it's like a new car!

Thanks. To each their own on the wheels. I like them and enjoy them, so that's all that matters to that :D


Car looks great!

I love how bright all your lights are!!!

Thanks! 6000k lows, 6000k fogs and 5500k AE's


It came out beautifully bro

:buttrock

Thank YOU for your help getting it all together! :buttrock

[bstar]

Was it 2 tone?

Looks sweet!!

[ProStreetDriver]

:eek: wooooowwwwww man!!!! she looks gorgeous!

good thing that car isn't around me, you might have some white spots on it :shifty

[SEVEN40iL]

Was it 2 tone?

Looks sweet!!

No, it was always Cosmos Schwarz Metallic . It gives the illusion of two tone.

Thanks!

[TxDarth]

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[OrientBlue740il]

Damn that paint job came out perfect! Btw how much did it run you all the prep work and painting. My orient blue has acquired a few dings and dents due to parking in a public :( lot and i'm pretty interested in getting mine repainted too down the road

[SEVEN40iL]

:eek: wooooowwwwww man!!!! she looks gorgeous!

good thing that car isn't around me, you might have some white spots on it :shifty

hahaha thanks bro, keep that 10 ft. distance :shifty


I agree on the ass end shot of the Cosmos.......

It's just oh so Sweet! :alright


Damn that paint job came out perfect! Btw how much did it run you all the prep work and painting. My orient blue has acquired a few dings and dents due to parking in a public :( lot and i'm pretty interested in getting mine repainted too down the road

Thanks! I am quite happy with it. PM'd

[lilmonsta]

Soo fresh!!
Some peeps got some good points too man. But looks nice! Gotta play around with the lighting more but otherwise pics its all good. give me a shout when you down to shoot

[MJ DOOM]

Very nice indeed. :buttrock

[740fizza]

Lookin pimp paaji...now just watch out for all the aunties and their shopping carts!

[sleepy740]

looks good dude, i wanna see it again whenever im gonna be in toronto.
maybe next month, will let you know over fb.

[deciphe]

looks Great i am going to have to paint mine here soon. The only problem from photos i saw wat the non removal of lights and even the chrome strip on the trunk. That is just asking for peeling around those areas later down the road.

[E32BlkDemon]

God that paint is so fresh man! :drool:


But, the rims.....not so much my taste, but clean ride!

[Sarvinder]

Okay it turned out pretty nice, but I am sure there must be some peeling going around the edges of the molding and lighting area. Why I say that is they didn't pop out the fog's, head nor tail lamps, nor the lower front grill, takes 10 minutes and would have been better for the long haul. But all in all she looks Good! By the way what did the bill rack up to?

[tommyb2b]

Wow that looks great! I really like how you painted the trim pieces! Makes the car look sooo clean!

[SEVEN40iL]

Okay it turned out pretty nice, but I am sure there must be some peeling going around the edges of the molding and lighting area. Why I say that is they didn't pop out the fog's, head nor tail lamps, nor the lower front grill, takes 10 minutes and would have been better for the long haul. But all in all she looks Good! By the way what did the bill rack up to?

Yeah, coulda woulda shoulda, but I have no regrets and there are no signs of peeling, yet.


Wow that looks great! I really like how you painted the trim pieces! Makes the car look sooo clean!

Thanks Tommy! Yeah, on the black, whenever I washed her, those trim pieces would always stand out as dry and dull. BUT, this only works well on a black car, because it all blends in. Any other color and it looks weird all blended in.

[spazzboy]

Turned out real nice. Maybe when my car goes in for a repaint (next year) I'll follow your lead. However, it is a shadowlined version with oxford green metallic paint with a darkgreen base. Not sure if it will be too much.

[pizzaman09]

How much did this run you? Did you do most of the work? We were quoted for $5k for our 98.

[SEVEN40iL]

How much did this run you? Did you do most of the work? We were quoted for $5k for our 98.

I was quoted around the same, but thanks to insurance claim and my uncles body shop :devillook it was next to nothing :alright