ok tearing apart the ZR-1 for paint

[A26B]

I'm with Pete on this kind of work. I hate body work, just way to much elbow grease.

from me too amigo!!

[-=Jeff=-]

Looking good Johnny!!!

I like seeing pictures of the progress you have made

[phrogs]

Well Im no waxer but Ill have to wax it at least once after im done.

But the paint was falling off of the car so it needed to be done.

[louispf]

I have # 354 that Johnny worked his magic on. I no doubt that this Z will ROCK when he is done with it.

[Corvette95]

I have painted several C4's . Its much easier to take the hood off (getting it back on and aligned, well thats another story) and paint it seperate and using Eastwoods undercarriage black is an exact match to the factory finish for the undserside - make sure it completely degreased! Also, I don't know what primer your using but from experience, 2k primer is MUCH better on the Corvette to hide old paint lines and bleed through. I HIGHLY recommend it over even a good regular primer! Good Luck!

[Huntingbigun]

Man bring back memeories of what I just finishd, the rear bumper comes off real easy and I pulled the rear glass off too, made it much easier to paint under it but then there went the seals so you may be on a better track. I am having my wheels done as we speak so we will have twins great job

[jonszr1]

afriend of mine that paints high end cars for a living . is using all aircraft primers fillers skims )base coat and their clear . it got this neat little effect of having roadside rocks just bounce off without going through the clear. mark does 3 4 coats of clear as he does some color sanding. and want it like a perfect mirror . but he tells me its only about 200 more to use the aircraft stuff .,remeber houw are cars are shaped below the gig line . rock city

[phrogs]

Originally Posted by Corvette95

I have painted several C4's . Its much easier to take the hood off (getting it back on and aligned, well thats another story) and paint it seperate and using Eastwoods undercarriage black is an exact match to the factory finish for the undserside - make sure it completely degreased! Also, I don't know what primer your using but from experience, 2k primer is MUCH better on the Corvette to hide old paint lines and bleed through. I HIGHLY recommend it over even a good regular primer! Good Luck!

you are correct about pulling the hood but all im doing in those pics was the initial primer The hood is off now because it needs more work and more primer and even more sanding im thinking about pulling off the doors off this car as well not to worry this car will be pulled apart for paint.

heres the pics of #354's doors and hood getting paint.






I hate all these rock chips they really do a job on the paint, I think this car was daily driven behind gravel truck on a dirt road covered in rocks it is peppered. I really wanted to get this done before next week but im not going to kill myself to make it happen.

I am using 2k primer everything I have for this job is Sherwin williams ultra 7000 series products ill have to get me some of that eastwood paint for the bottom of the hood.

Any ideas on freshening up the plastic wheel wells?

[phrogs]

Originally Posted by Huntingbigun

Man bring back memeories of what I just finishd, the rear bumper comes off real easy and I pulled the rear glass off too, made it much easier to paint under it but then there went the seals so you may be on a better track. I am having my wheels done as we speak so we will have twins great job

I think I comented on yours on the corvette forum the last ZR-1 I did I completely tore it apart, this one the bumper will come off, the hatch will come off the hood will be off and pissibly the doors as well, I havent decided on the doors yet.

[tomtom72]

On the wheel well plastic liners I use that stuff Adams makes, it's a dressing I think it's the "Undercarriage Spray"? It's a dark colored liquid.

Mine look like they've been strafed by rocks. I used a strong solution of Adams general cleaner soap ( the green stuff ) with one of those sponges with the scrubbing pad on the back. After the wash & rinse, I spray the dressing and buff it with an old tee shirt. It kind of hides the whitish looking collection of rock chips. I suppose you could paint it after some sanding with chassis black. I never went that far with mine. The Adams stuff works well enough for me, they look black at least...but they don't look glass smooth if you look closely at them you can tell they have been around the block a few times.


Tom