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PostPosted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 9:11 pm
This a GP1200 that I shot at my friend Steve's shop. The color is Spies Hecker FP2002 Blue/Black with House of Kolor KF01 Kameleon Red to Gold. Topped off with Spies Hecker 8180 clear.

Before:
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Broken down ready to sand:
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Taped ready for initial sealer and coats of base:
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Inital coats of black (in this pic it has already been wetsanded with 600):
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Ready for more coats of black and clear to make a good surface to lay down graphics:
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Cleared:
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Clear coat sanded and a little checkerboard action:
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Taped Flames:
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Kameleon:
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Cleared:
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Notice the carbon fiber (custom painted) center:
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Assembled:
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(The white rag is to protect the paint when we painted the gas cap)
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Thanks for looking. Hope the post wasn't too long!
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 10:48 pm
Man... looks good

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 10:53 pm
Thanks!
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 9:29 am
Sweet! Looks like you guys stay pretty busy.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 6:29 pm
Yea we stay busy. Thats actually my buddy's shop because we had no room at ours. He is just a regualr collision shop. Unfortunately we aren't doing much custom paint anymore, no one wants it. It's mostly painting rims, smoking taillights, repair work on cars already done. With the economy so bad no one wants to pay 20K for a paint job. Our bread and butter is mostly repair on muscle cars and street rods, adding more things to those cars, bringing them back from the dead, etc. Most of our work is mechanical now a days. The last paint thing we did was a 54 Studebaker or however u spell it, we had to cut the radiator support for a bigger radiator and fan set-up. That was a custom car so we had to paint the radiator support, all the brakets, blah blah.... But it's all good. How about you, you stay busy?
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 7:53 pm
The recession is real and i've been feeling it. But the past few months
have been OK. My core customers/friends have been keeping me afloat.
I'm VERY grateful to them for thinking of me when their friends and family
members need repairs done. Makes my day.

Custom and fabrication work is what i'll be doing eventually...
A man can do all things if he but wills them.



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PostPosted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 8:38 am
If I ever make it big I'll be shipping my cars out to Han to paint them.....



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If I ever make it big I'll be shipping my cars out to Han to paint them.....


Small parts please. :)

And if/when i make it big time, i'll...
A man can do all things if he but wills them.

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