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Old 05-14-2015, 12:44 AM
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Awesome! So they sprayed the black over clear? Did they wet sand the clear first? Just curious about the steps required to do stripes... Thx.
Here is how I do it. Base color, stripes, then clear.
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They cleared it, sanded it, painted the stripe then several clear coats on top of that. Next wet sand and buff
Old 05-14-2015, 08:22 AM
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Getting there. By the way are your Team III wheels 2 piece or single forged?
two piece. The single piece wheels are cast and dont come in the required backspacing.

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Old 05-14-2015, 12:08 PM
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Thanks Nick
Old 05-15-2015, 12:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Mtl-Marc
Here is how I do it. Base color, stripes, then clear.
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They cleared it, sanded it, painted the stripe then several clear coats on top of that. Next wet sand and buff
Thanks guys. I read a while back that putting clear before the stripes makes it easier to fix up potential problems with the stripe edges.

Looking forward the seeing your vette with the wheels on. -R
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Finally got it back from paint. Just a few quick shots will have some better ones over the weekend
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Old 06-06-2015, 10:17 AM
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Finally got it back from paint. Just a few quick shots will have some better ones over the weekend
Really looks great!!!

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Old 06-06-2015, 05:15 PM
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Absolutely gorgeous sir!
Old 06-06-2015, 06:10 PM
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Default Great attention to detail!

I can't tell you how many cars I've seen that look very nice on the outside, but are held together by chewing gum, baling wire and electrical tape on the inside.

Great to see someone do it right.
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Looks amazing. That stripe is really awesome.
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Thanks for the compliments, almost there
Old 06-13-2015, 01:56 PM
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I am dropping my headers and side pipes off at Jet Hot Coatings next week and they will be either black or brushed. I welcome your comments.
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Originally Posted by vstol
I am dropping my headers and side pipes off at Jet Hot Coatings next week and they will be either black or brushed. I welcome your comments.
I gotta say that I wondered around this decision myself for a while. I went with black and they absolutely pop. However, my car is sunflower yellow but given your black accents on your paint job I think black will look awesome.
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Thanks what shade of black are yours, flat, semi or gloss
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Thanks what shade of black are yours, flat, semi or gloss
Flat
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Old 06-16-2015, 07:45 PM
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Spoke with Jet Hot I am going with their satin black, I drop them off this Thursday.

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Old 06-17-2015, 03:06 PM
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Looking great. One heck of a build.
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Originally Posted by rklessdriver
Looking great. One heck of a build.
Will
Hey Will its been a while since we were talking Ujoints how's it going?
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Originally Posted by vstol
Spoke with Jet Hot I am going with their satin black, I drop them off this Thursday.
Great choice! They'll look great with the black stripe...

John


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