Took the rear bumper cover off to get it stripped, repaired and primed. Gunna start tearing all the ground effects, bumpers, decals, weather stripping, door handles, locks and glass out to repaint it correctly. Going back with the factory orange with a different base to make it alittle different. Will see how it turns out. My painter said it'll really make it pop. Will post pics as it goes.

 

What base?

What paint are you using?

Base color makes little difference with most of todays paints, they are not transparent enough.

In the old days of laquers painters would use different bases, to change the overall color.

Yellow base was used to make red pop a lot.

 

Its medium orange metallic. Were using matrix paint. He said hes gunna thin the base down and spray it like a candy. He said hes done it before so i trust him. I hope it comes out how he thinks it will.

 

That may work. Can't wait to see the results!

 

hes gunna use a silver base with a straight metallic coat over that. i trust him so we will see.

 

Sounds good. Post pics when you get it back!

I'll be repainting mine this spring.

 

I never knew IROCs came painted orange from the factory. Can't wait to see how it turns out!

 

Its not Orange like mine, more of a sunset orange, pretty uncommon color though.

http://images.search.yahoo.com/image...mb=OEjbj04A9f/

 

Its a 88 only color. They only made alittle over 3000 in that color. I've never seen one in person other than mine. But who ever repainted it was way off. Its more of a maroon right now. But after I pulled the weather stripping off I saw the original paint witch is bad a**.

 

It's an awsome color for sure. I've thought about repainting mine that color.
I don't think I've ever seen one in that color in person before.

 

Gotcha. I've seen a few Camaros painted that color. I've always thought it was like a rust color.

 

Well they did have 2 oranges. One was more of a copper color. Mines more of a burnt orange. But has a gold hue to it.

 

Got everything off the car I needed to to get a nice paint job. Now I just gotta get the decals off and windshield removed.

 

Got my new hood about 2 weeks ago. The painter got the body work don't today on it. He's gunna start on the main body tomorrow.

 

Is that a factory hood? Steel? What was wrong with the old one?

 

Sounds like it's going to be nice when done. That is a rare color.

 

Yes the new hood is a gm hood off another iroc. The hood that was on my car was a rust free hood but had a lot of small light dent from the underside up and one dent from the topside down. Would have takin hm like 2 days to fix it. Its is repairable though if anyone is lookin for a hood. Its the original hood off my car. Still has the vin sticker on it.

 

Great color, can't wait to see it finished.

 

Final bodywork is done on the hood, front bumper cover and side ground effects on doors. Will have more pics tomorrow.

 

My painter has had some colission work come in so car was put on hold. But he had a full day today to work on mine. Hood, front bumper cover, all ground effects and rear wing are done and primer.

 

Started on the main body today. Got a lot of the body work done today. Has alittle more to do. May have it in primer tomorrow.

 

Here is one more

 

Car is in primer finally. Body looks very straight. All the ground effects, bumpers , wing and mirrors are getting painted tomorrow. Can't wait.

 

Hood, ground effects and wing are all in color. Here are some base coat shots.

 

Here is a pic of the hood cleared. I'm also gunna have 92 style stripes painted on the hood and deck lid in a metalic black.

 

looks good

 

Looking great!

 

You do good work I always wished I knew how to paint a car. I have a question can u lay the stripe after laying the primary color base coat then clear both?

 

Nice job... keep the pics comin

 

I'm not doin the accual body and paint. A friend of mine is. But to answer ur question yes u can. That's how I would have done it. But he's more comfortable doin it this way I guess. Only thing I if the first color does cure enough u have a chance of pulling it off when u take the tape off. Then u get to start all over.

 

The car finally got painted today. Still has to paint the bumpers, mirrors, hatch and stripes. Here are some pics so far. I know it looks red but it is in fact orange. My phone makes it look this way.

 

Here is a pic outside. Doesn't do this color justice

 

Looks amazing! I could only imagine what it looks like in person.

Is that Color GM code WA9188?

 

me gusta!

 

Yes 9188. Will look even better when its wet sanded and buffed. As far as stripes go what do guys think will look better. Black and gold or black and red?

 

Black and gold

 

+1.... That shouldn't even be debated.

 

Beautiful color, love it!

 

The rear bumper and mirrors are painted and cleared. And all the lights were tinted. Have pics of the lights so far.

 

Looks beautiful, very nice.
You don't see many done in a real paint booth with a professional painter.
Mind if you tell us what it cost you in materials and labor/painter.

 

Pic of bumper and mirrors

 

i had it painted at work. The painter hooked me up big time. For a gallon of base, clear and sealer i paid about 600 bucks. i also had to get 2 quarts of more base (this stuff is very transparent). for labor i paid 850. But i took the car apart and am putting it back together. There wasnt a whole lot of bodywork on the car thats y he did it so cheap. With weatherstripping, getting the rear bumper stripped and primed and some odds and ends i think i have about 2400 invested. If i would have had any other shop do it i would have been hi 3 to 4000.

 

Thats a killer price for what you have achieved. Like you said knowing a pro. painter with access to a booth makes all the difference in the world when it comes to getting/affording high end paint jobs. Thats the only way I managed to get mine done with all the bells and whistles.

 

I've done some great paint jobs in my garage. But its a lot nicer when done in a booth. Less dust to deal with usually.

 

Nice idea for the stripes. I'm so glad I decided to go that wrought, cant imagine my car with out them.
Yours are going to look great.

 

sence i went with the 91-2 blisters it dosnt look right without them to me. Also i had my painter clear my rear bumper saturday and its a good thing i did. The place we got the paint from mixed the base about 5 shade to dark. if i wouldnt have caught it the hood, deck lid and mirrors would have been way off. witch really would have sucked sence the stripes are gunna be painted on not vinyl.

 

Here's a pic of the tailights on the car with the running lights on.

 

Welll the front and rear bumpers, mirrors, front chin spoiler and t-top bar were painted yesturday. Color looks a lot closer this time. The last pic is the metallic black were using for the stripes, headlight buckets and front grill.

 

glad to see someone painting a car the "right way by not masking everything up and painting it. Only way to make a car look right is to diss-assemble and paint!

 

I hate tape lines and overspray. The only thing I wish I had the extra money for was a windshield. Somethin came up and had to use some of my paint money so it did get masked off. Other than that it was done right. Here are a few more pics with the bumpers repainted and back on. Also what do u guys think of the new emblems.