No flowers were harmed in the making of this picture.

 

Heres before:




Then a little of this:











Started that early, early saturday morning, had to go out of town sunday night till monday night, and was all done by today with this:







Sorry for soo many pictures

 

^ looks real good man, i have a question for you.

Did you strip the wheels with anything before you painted over them?

What paint did you use?

I am suprised you didnt paint the contrl arms black as well.

cheers

 

Haha actually thats on the list...i spent plenty of time and decided I didn't want to get everything done at once...gives me another excuse to paint haha

Actually no, I decided to just paint directly over the existing paint...not the best of ideas, but the idea of sanding down each rim by hand was not pleasing...I just used 500 degree heat paint primer, the 1200 degree high heat black satin (yes a little over kill on the degrees, but this stuff matches the black arches and tires very well, plus I can match all exhaust stuff too

The lack of sanding down is probably a weak point (seems like paint will scratch off easily) but I also made it easy by using just that paint so touchups will be a breeze

I just used the same high heat paint on the door handles....don't know how it will hold up yet (normally I use this for plastic chrome trim pieces...minus the heat paint...plus some really good sanding)

 

thanks for the quick response, great forum we got here.

i was just wondering because i have seen in other forums where they used some aircraft paint remover to strip the wheels and then primered and painted. keep us updated on how it stands up. i like it a lot

just realized you live in Celebration, thats a neat little "town"

 

Yes its very nice there. I actually moved out of there a little while ago and now live in champions gate (only a few miles south on I-4), but I work and play in celebration so I still consider it home plus I've grown up there since the 8th grade

 

NICE

 

Nice looking paint job Checkercooper! Here are some pics of Blackjack. Just picked him up yesterday. Thanks for giving me the clue on how to post photos in my message.

 

just wondering are there any1 who painted their JCW body kit to matches the body color?

 

nice cutters68

 

Very nice car. The sport stripes were an excellent choice, too; you don't see many of them.

That IS Astro Black, right? I've got an AB/White on order and am dying to get it. In fact, I'm standing in my driveway with a bucket of suds, sponge, and a stack of cotton towels right now...just waiting.....

 

Here's my baby. Had her since January and already put over 7,000 miles on her

 

Nice Combo, where did you get the yellow Union Jack?

 

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Had them custom make it for me with a Pantone color (printer lingo ) that was closest to Mellow Yellow. Being in the printing industry, I have a Pantone book so it was easy for me!

 

Wow, someone speccing a PMS color! Now did you use coated or uncoated?

 

Testing Photobucket...but this IS my car.

 

Yep that's Astro Black. Should look great with a White top. You getting any stripes? I'll here waiting for the pics!

 

Love the floor to floor strips! Web Spokes are way cool too! NICE

 

yeah tjtull. i lika tha stripe a. very nice.

 

Thanks, I need to get some better shots...it was pretty cloudy the day I took those.

 

I'm digging those full sport stripes too... looks like I'm going to have to head to my vinyl detailer to get mine extended. Sweet looking MINI!

 

here it is, just got it three weeks ago.

 

Nice car and picture (I like the key fob in the foreground).

 

thanks! i just did it accidentally and i think it does a great job hiding thehideous stock wheels! (my personal favorite pic)

 

Love what you did!


What percent Tint is that? It's gotta be 5%.... I love the blacked out look!!