Driveway paint job (satin black)

Nitemare06

Keep comments to myself? You posted it on a public forum you know....

370zproject

ibtl?

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Wow.

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Wowzers.

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370Ztune

Looks good!

Painting a car doesn't take a rocket scientist. It's all in the prep work. If you have a good enough eye to spot imperfections during the priming and sanding, and you make sure to wipe down the substrates with wax and grease remover, chances are that you'll have no problem with it turning out good. This is a prime example of good prep work.

Also, matte paints tend to hide minor surface imperfections like dirt or sanding scratches until you get up very close.

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kenchan

Wait, wat just happened??

phelan

Yes, good prep work. Wouldn't do it myself, but hey your car

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Solus

We all know it is all in the prep work because we do most everything ourselves to include paint and body work and have spray painted several vehicles and got them to turn out where noone knows it is spray paint or says anything other than "who did your paint job and can I get their info". Painting really does boil down to prep work and wet sanding. We spent every bit of 30 hours per person between 3 of us sanding it during the stripping and priming process and I dont even want to think about how much time we spent wet sanding between coats of paint.

As to the fella that made a comment about "keep your comments to yourself, you know you posted it on a public forum right". Obviously I am intelligent enough to realize I posted it on a public forum or else I wouldn't be expecting anyone to make any comments would I? Furthermore, although I did post it on a public forum I am also very familiar with the forum rules and regulations, and know I was well within my right state of mind to make sure and let everyone know if they are gonna hate just dont say anything, you should probably take a look at them yourself.

Waiz

Wow, you spray painted it?

Nitemare06

Just saying. Donuts in the mud, spray painting a car you just spent 30k on. Now posting pictures of it and telling people if you dont like it dont post? You crack me up.

bflosabre91

from the pics, i like it. though i would be nervous to how it looks in person. but if you say it looks good then ill take your word for it. as far as i can tell from the pics, i think it looks good too. Post more pics

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Solus

Yessir we did. We are going to put one more coat on it just for the sake of my sanity (and there is one spot where it didn't turn out perfect because we were painting it in the dark) and when we do that I will take a bunch of pictures from different angles in different light and up close to give a better idea of how it looks. If anyone is in NC/Myrtle Beach are and wants to see it by all means let me know and where you are and the next time I am in your general area I will let you know so we can meet up if you would like. I do a lot of traveling around this area.

XwChriswX

Spray painting a Black car at night... Ooook.

The matte looks different/interesting so for what it's worth fair enough. If it came out with no bubbles or debris imprinted in the drying paint good on you for that.

But honestly, the spray painting isn't my it's the taillights...

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Solus

Pretty much yeah. I'm glad I could give you a laugh. I do what I want when I want and how I want and live my life to the fullest. If something sounds like fun I go ahead and do it. For instance: Donuts in the clay/mud - What is the worst that is going to happen here? I maybe break something and spend a little money fixing it but had fun in the process? I have to wash it for a long time to get it clean then its like it never happened (what ended up happening)? What is the big deal? I can say I did it and I wasn't disappointed with either of the two incidents you listed. The donuts... nothing happened other than the car got dirty... the paint... everyone that sees it loves it. Don't get me wrong, I love my z, its the 6th one I have owned... but its not like I am taking a GT-3 and doing this... its a pretty cheap sports car that wouldn't be too hard to fix that I don't ever plan on getting rid of.