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The corvette is panel painted at the factory so I see no issue with doing it that way.
When you get into trouble with panel painting is when you don't mix enough paint to spray all the panels at once.
The goal should be to spray all of the panels at once, if you use tintcoat that should include your base and top coats as the base now plays an imporatant roll in how the tint lays and reflects
I've watched on how the corvette is made a few times over the past few years on tv and all panels are on before it goes into the high tech paint booth.
I've watched on how the corvette is made a few times over the past few years on tv and all panels are on before it goes into the high tech paint booth.
After reading all the posts on this thread I have decided if I ever need to have any major painting done I'm going to have a wrap put on the entire car..
After reading all the posts on this thread I have decided if I ever need to have any major painting done I'm going to have a wrap put on the entire car..
If it wasnt for the cheap labor im getting with mine I would be doing the same thing..
Looks great, exactly the input I was looking for.. Could you elaborate on the doors? Thats the only part im not sure about, is the weather stripping glued on or does everything unbolt? Thanks
I've watched on how the corvette is made a few times over the past few years on tv and all panels are on before it goes into the high tech paint booth.
Here is a picture of how the panels are painted at the factory:
Looks great, exactly the input I was looking for.. Could you elaborate on the doors? Thats the only part im not sure about, is the weather stripping glued on or does everything unbolt? Thanks
I believe the stripping has a screw at each end and fits in a channel, so just pulls out.
I know the side window weatherstrip on the targa is that way, and the inside hatch glass strip is also.
If you were repainting the car the same color then painting the car with the panels on the car would make sense (possibly) because all of the hidden places (seams) would already be the same color.
When doing a repaint of a different color, you should take off all of then panels that you can, and paint them all at the same time with one batch of paint to make sure they all match.
If you paint the car a different color with the panels on the car, you will always be able to tell and that would devalue the car.
I did a wide body conversion and all of the panels were painted off of the car except for the doors which were painted on the car. Every panel matches perfectly and you would never know it has been painted. Looks like a factory paint job (except better, no orange peel).
And yes, the rocker panels are painted on the car.
Looks great, exactly the input I was looking for.. Could you elaborate on the doors? Thats the only part im not sure about, is the weather stripping glued on or does everything unbolt? Thanks
the weather stripping has plastic "push pins" inside of the weather stripping every couple of inches that hold them in place. If you are not careful when removing them ... you can tear the rubber .... but they are not that hard to remove and reinstall once you figure out how to remove the "push pins" without tearing them.
If you look at the picture of my painted doors that I posted ... you can see the holes for the weather stripping "push pins".
Also, you mentioned earlier that you can remove and reinstall a fender quickly.
But keep in mind:
when you remove 1 panel ..... it is fairly easy to reinstall that 1 panel because you have the other panels for gap reference. But, when you remove everything .... its a lot harder to get everything realigned because you loose that reference.
Unless I was doing a wrap, I personally wouldn't consider doing a color change without removing all the panels .... but that's just me.
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I know two owners of two high end body shops where I live and both have told me they would never paint a panel on a car if it could come off. Too much time time taping and there is always a chance of overspray no matter how much you tape. I have seen their work in panel painting off the car and it is nothing short of spectacular. Dead on matches to oem shade, tint, orange peel, color etc..to the panel next to it.
Interesting. I've never heard of over spray being a problem in any "high end" paint shop that certainly would/should have the latest in down draft booths. And assuming of course that they would/should be using the highest quality HVLP guns money can buy.......
If you were repainting the car the same color then painting the car with the panels on the car would make sense (possibly) because all of the hidden places (seams) would already be the same color.
Yea but no matter what you do and no matter how much you tape I can guarantee you, you will get paint in places that it's not supposed to be. It is so much easier on the paint shop to remove the panels, it takes no time at all when you know what your doing. Taping a whole car for paint can be a nightmare.
Interesting. I've never heard of over spray being a problem in any "high end" paint shop that certainly would/should have the latest in down draft booths. And assuming of course that they would/should be using the highest quality HVLP guns money can buy.......
Maybe were using two different definitions. I consider over spray as paint being in places it shouldn't be.
Interesting. I've never heard of over spray being a problem in any "high end" paint shop that certainly would/should have the latest in down draft booths. And assuming of course that they would/should be using the highest quality HVLP guns money can buy.......
One time I had my Miata front fender painted (Red, on car, not a high end place) and it was taped shut and tight as a clams ***. A little while later I had to remove the front bumper and what did I find, a little red spray on the black frame that hols the bumper on. How the hell it got in there I don't know. This car had tape and plastic in every nook and corner before he painted that fender. So that is the point I was trying to make.
Either way I will be taking the panels to him off the car whether its right or wrong. Im still 50/50 on doing a color change, mainly if the work involved was worth it. I will already have the front fenders, front bumper, hood and rear fenders off for him to paint. All that would needed painted for a full color change would be the rockers, doors and deck lid. So where im stuck is if stripping the doors down and masking the car for the rockers if worth a cool new color
I love black but my ocd kicks in and makes me mad trying to keep it clean..
CRM is great but the 05 color option is more of a cherry apple look. I prefer CRM under certain light but the magnetic red was super sharp every time I saw it. Buddy's MRM (left) my CRM (Right)
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