I bought this car a few years back to make a weekend warrior out of it. I drove around long enough in primer and finally decided to paint it. I bought the summit single stage paint in candy apple red and decided to go ahead and spray it in my shop. I think it turned out decent for the amount of experiance i have in painting.

This is the day i brought it home with bass boat flake black paint on it lol

 

Looks like you did a good job for a first timer

 

What happened to the original nose?

Just a suggestion, paint the door handles and locks satin black. When they're body colored it just screams Maaco.

 

yea i agree with the handles and it was on the to do list. I like the 82 nose better personally and every third gen I see riding around town has a busted up lower nose.

 

wow nice work better than my 1st attempt at paint lol

 

looks good!

what kind of gun and compressor did you use?

 

Pretty nice job for the first time if you ask me! Like the color choice! Nice 3rd Gen you got there.

 

looks good im about to embark on my first paint too

 

I've just have a 40 gallon craftsman compressor, and a $100 dollar kobalt gun. Paint did not come out perfect. Alot of sanding and buffing got it to where it is now. I just got some fourth gen window sweeps and they look really good on it. i also painted the handle.