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Really?
If you were a body shop manager, and you were ordering that rear side body panel, please name the car manufacturers who's nomenclature refers to a Rear Fender, and not a Left, or Right Rear Quarter panel.
Perhaps I should not have said there are "no rear fenders".
That was wrong, because the old Volkswagen Beetles, and a few other, mostly older vehicles, had bolt on fenders for both the front and rear of the car, because the rear fender on those cars, bolted onto the quarter panel.
Pretty rare these days.
Perhaps I should have been more specific and referred to "one piece" rear panels, such as the Corvette, and nearly every other car made in recent times.
Originally Posted by ruxvette
Gotta call ya on that one...look at maybe a '32 Ford and those things covering the back tires would be...ta da...fenders.
Corvettes...not so much.
I agree, see above, I already explained and did the mea culpa.
Originally Posted by blitzebill
this car has fenders....no two ways about it.
If you're talking about the front panels, yes they are fenders.
If you're talking about rear panels, you'll have to show me.
"This car"....what is the "this car" you're referring too?
If it's a C6, you'll have to explain why parts suppliers, including GM, call it a Quarter Panel?
Go easy on Ham...I think he's mixing vodka in his prune juice...again!
Geeeze, all I have to do is state a fact, and right away, I'm called a drunk.
Originally Posted by Bruze
Female body parts are more interesting . . .
Originally Posted by RoadkingC6
aside from the top coat varying in color depending on what color base or ground coat you use, candy apple paint is a translucent color and changes in darkness by the amount of coats you put on until you reach your desired shade of color, in other words it gets darker and darker the more you put on, with any standard paint you can apply a hundred coats and the color will be the same when your done, the paint itself is also very expensive more than your standard paints, it is more difficult to spray when you spray a standard color you may start at the top of the car, then go to the hood, then the fender , the door, the quarter panel, each coat over lapping at the fender seam and door, quarter panel and door etc, on a candy apple paint job your supposed to go down the entire side of the car not overlapping those areas as you get darker spots in those areas, i painted one candy apple paint job and it takes quite a bit more time to do, but looks beatiful when done right.
Thanks for the post, since you've actually done the work, your opinion means more than mine.
Based on what you said, if I ordered a Candy Apple Red paint color on a new car, I would of course expect it to be a premium color with an extra charge.
Compared to all the standard metallic colors such as Blue, Green, Bronze, etc., what amount extra, would you think should be charged for a factory paint job in Candy Apple Red?
I know your not talking about a standard 3 step metallic paint job, but I AM.
You keep referring to very expensive hand rubbed lacquer paint jobs.
It's like I'm talking about bananas, and you want to talk about oranges.
The others get it, but you don't for some reason.
Like I said, it's all good, this really isn't very important anyway.
Hmm. Well considering that you responded to my original post.
In which I stated that "I love Candy Apple when done right".
And your response was.
Originally Posted by Hameister
It's really just a base coat metallic, then color, and topped with clear.
Yet for some reason, it's always considered an exotic, expensive, color.
Sorry but it’s not me that didn’t get it originally.
I could care less about current base coat clear coat finishes in candy apple. When I first said “done right” I was not referring to base/clear. A color of which does not come close to what I am describing. My version of done right is not base/clear.
We are talking oranges/apples and I got that from the very beginning that you seemed to have trouble understanding my “done right” statement. I don’t find a base/clear in candy apple nearly as appealing.
No it’s not important at all . I’m going to check out now because who the hell cares.
The folks at Fender Skirt Depot call this a Fender Skirt for a 77-88 Impala.
But I do get your point. What is called a trunk was actually a trunk, not a compartment. Some things change but the name sticks.
Now you're really stretching.
Originally Posted by 1rusty1
Hmm. Well considering that you responded to my original post.
In which I stated that "I love Candy Apple when done right".
And your response was.
Sorry but it’s not me that didn’t get it originally.
I could care less about current base coat clear coat finishes in candy apple. When I first said “done right” I was not referring to base/clear. A color of which does not come close to what I am describing. My version of done right is not base/clear.
We are talking oranges/apples and I got that from the very beginning that you seemed to have trouble understanding my “done right” statement. I don’t find a base/clear in candy apple nearly as appealing.
No it’s not important at all . I’m going to check out now because who the hell cares.
I paint race bikes and car parts on the side since the mid eighties. As Roadking stated correctly it''s a time consuming process with generally 4 coats to get the candy effect to "cover" the base. When I do real fire it might be 8-10 coats to get the depth of the flame down. Candies do not really like sunlight. A company called USPaint has a bc/cc system that is supplied to Honda that emulates the 3 coat candies of common use.
Candies done well are a thing of beauty,but one'd done wrong are easily spotted
