SHO Painting Project
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Here is the car the day I got it. The paint was flaking off the drivers side ground effects and it had obviously been repainted in places. |
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Here is the drivers side with the cladding off. |
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And the passenger side. |
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I was very happy to see no rust damage under the cladding. |
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The only rust on the whole car was a few spots on the roof where the weatherstripping had rubbed through the paint. |
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The majority of the bodywork that was needed was just to fill and smooth scratches in the factory paint. |
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There were a few small dents to fix. |
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I used a nice acrylic urethane primer to prime the areas that need it. |
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The repaired dent on the fender. |
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And on the rear door. |
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The entire nose of the car got primed. |
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So did the trunk lid and rear bumper. |
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And any sections that got filled |
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All the cladding got filled and completely primed. |
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Along with every plastic part on the car. |
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I opted to swap out the black door handles and replace them with painted 94-95 style ones. |
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They got primed as well, along with the keypad bezel. |
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Midway through my project I acquired a slightly damaged Plus hood. |
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The damage was minimal and limited to a few cracks on the front corner. |
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It did not take much to fix it. |
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The clutch went south while I was priming so I went ahead and did my 3.2 conversion. While I had the engine out I painted the engine bay. |
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It was much easier to paint it with the drivetrain out of the way. |
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I don't think I could have gotten near as much painted with the engine in there. |
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I proceeded to paint the "hard parts" before I sprayed the body. |
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The door jams took more time to paint than the entire outside of the car. |
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You have to mask very carefully or you'll paint your interior. |
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If I had it to do over again I would probably just pull the interior and not try and mask everything. It would be much faster. |
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With the trim back on it does not look bad though. |
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While I was still painting smaller things I painted the intake. |
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And the valve covers. |
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Here it is after I sprayed the body. I still need to put the cladding back on. |
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And from behind. |
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The repaired Plus hood. |
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The 94-95 door handles and painted keypad bezel. |
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I repainted all the black trim and the black pats of the mirrors also. |
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And finally a nice sunny shot with all the cladding on. |
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