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The paint job

Well, Boog and I FINALLY finished work on the new paint job. It turned out REAL well!
!!THANKS BOOG!!
We got the paint from Larry @ Weaver's Auto in Madison, WV. He mixed up a batch of custom paint that only he makes, we call it "Larry" Black. Creative, huh!! After a GOOD bit of body work on the hatch (I must admit, it was much more than I expected) and a couple other spots on the car ("that damn hole just kept gettin BIGGER & BIGGER!!"... LOL), we finally got around to actually painting the car. Boog sprayed 2 coats of basecoat & 3 coats of clear coat!

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Here's the Saleen wing after delivery on my porch w/ my watchdog, I mean cat. And here's a pic of the car after installation of the wing. It actually wasn't that hard, it just took us about 3 hours. But it was our first experience w/ a Saleen wing on an LX hatch & we had some common rust spots to patch up on the hatch.


Here's the Saleen front air dam after delivery. I purchased both the wing, brake light, and the air dam from Design Concepts. The air dam is not urethane, it's fiberglass, but the fit & finish on both the wing & air dam were great. I highly recommend Design Concepts. Their prices are low & they make high quality stuff.

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This is a pic of the car before the air dam & a pic of the car w/ the air dam and the wing. LOL, believe it or not, SOME people thought the car looked good w/ the grey on the front end!???!

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Here's the car sanded down. Also a pic taped up & ready for paint.

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The car w/ primer. We used Urethane Primer, and this stuff was GOOD.

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Here's Chachi all taped up & ready for the first paint of "Larry" Black, which Boog is mixing up.

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Boog's hard at work!!


This is the rear quarter after the basecoat.


Prior to the clear, the car already looks good to me!!

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Here's the car after the clearcoat.


Here's the car after removing all the tape & paper, before any waxing... just straight outta the garage.


This is the view of the car that very few people see!! LOL

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Finished!

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