This is a project my buddy Nate and I have been working on a while. It's his '85 WS6. We started the first round of painting today and wanted to get some input.

 

We just got done laying down the last layer of clear for the day.

 

Here's the engine compartment. It is bright silver now. Tomorrow we will be doing a kewl paint effect that looks like the paint crystalized. I will get some more pics when we get that done.

 

Also, check out the firewall. He's got an unbelievable amount of hours getting it smooth. I think he's got more hours in on the passenger side of the firewall than most people do in the whole paintjob.

 

Attention to detail, I like that. Just think how much $$ you save doing the job yourself.

 

Hopefully something. The booth the car is in is actually built inside his 3 car garage (sideways) . It's like 22 feet by 28 feet. Built it out of 2x4's and 6 mil plastic. We even put a door in it.

 

that is AWESOME.

keep us posted.

 

thanks, we have been working on it forever, and spent all day today getting it just right. I have a couple more really good pics, but dont want to get in trouble posting all of them.

 

Even the frame rails/sub frame is smooth

 

Pics turned out good. Cant wait to see the rest. N8

 

Striped Clean Go Fast Machine!

 

Hey,
Here's N8 now..... this is his car!!!!!

 

hey man car is coming out excellent! keep us posted

 

nice, i deffy want to see more pics of it . but why did you go with a silver engine bay .

 

Silver is a pretty common base to put down when doing any kind of candy or marbleized custom paint. He said that they aren't done in the engine bay yet. I wanna see what they're getting ready to do.

 

:hail: looks awsome. i wanna see the finished product...what engine/tranny/wheels are you planning?

 

WOW is all there is to say really. that paint is so friekn smooth im super jelous. wanna paint my car.

 

Even if the engine bay stayed silver I think its a nice contrast to the body color.

That looks really nice, and that smooth firewall will really get some attention when you open the hood.

 

What sort of paint effects are you going to be using under there anyway???

 

Thanks for all the great comments. Good news, Nate's cowl hood is in and he is driving up to VFN today to get it. That puts a hold on the paint tho...... here is a sneak peak of what it is gonna look like tho. The main color will be black and the crystals peaking thru will be the silver, and maybe some kandy red too!

 

niiiice, looking sweet bro, gonna have to take some tips from you when i do mine

 

looks sweet man

 

Love the engine bay. Looks awesome!

Not sure I would even do that other effect on it.

 

what color is the car? the paint looks good and so does the engine comparment!

 

Very cool!

Why not go with a tubular K-member while you are at it?

 

The paint is black. It is a GM shade from '85, but not sure what they actually used it on. I will have to talk to him about the tubular K-member. I think he's more into the straight line speed tho. Hood's here tho and that's a good thing. VFN makes a killer cowl hood. We should get a shot at doing the crystalized paint on next wednesday or thursday. I am sure to have some pics of it by then.
That's a secret for now. I will have to see what he wants let out before it's done. It will be a SBC with an automatic behind it.

Thanks for the kind words everyone. Please check back often as hopefully this will turn into a build-up thread on this car. We've got some tricks instore that hopefully will be new or not overdone anyway.

 

Tubular K member is even better for straight line speed. drops more weight. Check the suspension board their is a group purchase going on now. Good deal if he can afford it.

 

very very nice. What is your plans for the wheel wells?

 

For the outer wells, they are being coated with a hard urethane coating (kind of like bedliner material). The inner wheel wells are getting painted with the same as the firewall.
I will have to check that out. I was wanting one for my Z28.

 

very nice

 

WOW! That is super clean!

 

very sweet how do you guys do that crystalizing effect is there a sight that you can link me to that has more info on it?Keep up the awsome work!!

 

It is actually a product that makes that happen. I will have to check with N8, I can't remember the name of it, or the web site. It is really killer stuff tho...

 

Thats going to be a sweet car.

 

did ya find out what the product was to make that effect?

 

That product is called Lectra, and the site is www.lectrafinish.com

If you do use that Lectra product, word of advise would be to watch your booth humidity. Not enough humidity, and it dries flat, too much and it dries as "runs" instead of crystals.

I decided to do something other than the crystal effect. It will go along with the paint job that I am planning for the rest of the car.

 

that stuff looks awsome im wondering how some stripes would look set up like that

 

That black 1/4 panel looks perfect, as does the firewall. Hey, you guys wanna do another Firebird when you finish that one?




No, seriously.

 

It's gonna be at least summer before this one gets done, if you can wait that long. The booth is in crazyn8's garage, the same place the car's gettin built. PM him or me.

 

Read up on there sight and that stuff is great.I didnt like the idea of stripes on my Camaro but i think i just changed my mind

 

Verrry Sharp looking.. 2 thumbs up.

This is another awesome product I thougt about useing in certin areas.

http://www.alsacorp.com/products/cra...r_prodinfo.htm

 

Thanks for all the great comments. N8's car has changed directions a little bit. We tried out the Lectra finish and it turns out, the humidity was a little too high for the stuff to dry properly. Who'd a thought?? Anyway, there is a new plan of attack on the engine bay. I don't think N8 wants me to let the secret out just yet. I'm gonna go check it out tonight or tomorrow. I think it's gonna be killer.

 

Looks like your doing a good job!

 

Here is an update on the firewall (what it looks like now).

 

Got Armor?

 

Another angle

 

Verry Different... are you gona carry that theme anywhere else on the car or just under the hood?

 

AWESOME! How was it done?

 

It looks very well done but why go thru all the work of smoothing everything out if the work is going to be hidden by all of that? It looks real cluttered.

I looked awesome just silver. And I guess I'm glad you didn't leave it that way, cause its my goal this winter on my TA.

The workmanship does look great though.

 

that is pretty sweet.