i just painted the hood for my car. tell me what you thing - NJFBOA - Home of New Jersey's Camaros and Firebirds

heavy_chevy29 · 08-21-2005, 05:16 PM

i painted the hood for my car yesterday. so i went into work to wetsand and buff it today. it came out really nice other than a huge sag in the last coat of clear right at the font of the cowl on the passenger side. that pissed me off so much. i sanded it out but you can still see a shadow. im going to try and sand it alittle more tomorrow. im probably going to have to paint it agian, which pretty much sucks but what am i going to do. oh well, i through it on the car just for the hell of it. let me know what you guys think. follow the link and scroll down to the bottom

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/222944/6

08-21-2005, 05:23 PM

very nice is that SSOM?

j0n · 08-21-2005, 05:34 PM

your car is just about the sweetest third gen ever...well done my friend

ar0ck · 08-21-2005, 05:55 PM

So when are you going to drive the dam thing?

Go to Wycoff on wensday!

heavy_chevy29 · 08-21-2005, 06:38 PM

believe me, if i could drive it i would. the other day i drove it to work and i get about 3/4 of the way there and its leaking antifreeze like a bastard. so i pull over and take a look. it was the gasket on the back of the water pump. so i call up the tow truck at back to my house it went.so i put a new gasket on and why'll i was doing that i shorted out the altinator on the valve cover. now it wont start. i checked all the fusses and there all good. so i think that i fried the msd box. im going to send it back to summit and see if they'll send me another one. hopefully it will all work out. so long story short i will be at wycoff but not with the camaro. i had the camaro at wycoff about 3 weeks ago, no one really looked at it.

and yes it is sunset orange

Fasterthanyou · 08-21-2005, 07:41 PM

Looking good!

Slow_88 · 08-21-2005, 09:39 PM

very nice!

camaro2you · 08-21-2005, 10:25 PM

damn thats a nice car, where did you get the paint done at?

heavy_chevy29 · 08-22-2005, 06:57 AM

i did all the paint work myself. i work at a bodyshop so i had all the right supplies and a booth to do it in.

camaro2you · 08-22-2005, 08:43 AM

Wheres the shop located, ill be needing my car painted sometime in the spring next year. thanks

heavy_chevy29 · 08-22-2005, 07:44 PM

well i dont really want to credit to tye bodyshop that i used to work at for my own work. they don't do the quality work that i do. that one of the reasons i left. i dont want my name on crap work. the shop i work at now does so-so work. its not bad but its not great. but im probably going to be leaving there shortly to be a mechanic.

i have an update on the hood. as usual everything has to fight me. i tried sanding out that run alittle more and ended up sanding through the paint. thats not that big of a deal. i can just reshoot the hood in about an hour. no biggy. but i started looking at the rest of the hood and noticed some cracks that were in the gelcoat came back. i dont know how this could have happened. i sanded the cracks out of the gelcoat then i feather filled it(sprayable body filler), then i blocked the feather fill, then i primed it, then i blocked the prime, then i primer it again and blocked again, and then did that one more time. then i final blocked it for paint and painted it. so i dont know if i should just sand it smooth and repaint it, but the cracks will most likely come back. im really starting to get sick of this ****ing car.

PDubs87Z28 · 08-22-2005, 09:45 PM

what a beautiful car man!

unstable bob gable · 08-23-2005, 03:05 AM

That's a helluva hood! Looking pretty dayum nice! 8)

somss02 · 08-24-2005, 03:20 AM

nice color..LOL