jagamajajaran

Kai Spande brought a panel to his NCM presentation today that was painted in the new paint shop. It is a marked and significant improvement over the old paint shop finish capability. Keep in mind that Kai remarked that they are still fine tuning the process. The future looks bright! (This panel is painted Sebring Orange Tintcoat.)

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RicK T

It does look nice. And I'm still liking that color too. Thanks for posting.

SSTG

I don't think I will have the patience to wait for the newly painted cars but those pics make me hopeful!

drs

Thanks Jaggy Man. You are a constant provider of quality information on this forum.

Pretty interesting that they are already producing parts (even test parts) from the the new paint shop.

OnPoint

Ah, finally, paint jobs worthy of the Corvette.

That looks like a real improvement. Great to see.

I'm liking the new color, too.

sTz

Looks good. Thanks for posting

Zymurgy

Orange, but no orange peel. They look great. Looks like the new paint shop is going to do wonders for Corvette paint quality.

UsernameProtected

I wonder how much extra prep and detail work they performed on that one before displaying it.

AORoads

I strongly agree w. Rick above. Panel and paint looks very good and the color does, too!!!! Thanks for the pics.

Silver C7

The first "Sebring" thread wondered if the color was metallic...you can see the flakes in that second image.

tones_Z

Looks awesome.
Love the metallic paints.

Maxie2U

Did Kai Spande have a big smile on his face? How did you judge his excitement level on how he thought the panel looked?

In your estimation what is the reduction percentage of orange peel?
30% reduction, 50%, 75%, 90%, etc. ???


Thanks for sharing!

dmaxx3500

I too wonder ,has it been wet sanded and buffed

MSG C5

Very nice. I would love to see them come out with a true red metallic just like that. Not like the current and previous dark reds, but a true, bright metallic red.

jagamajajaran

Nothing more than the normal new shop process.

Kai was very excited about showing the new paint! And I'd say 80% reduction in texture/orange peel.

rob62

Thats great! Wonder why the new process couldn't be done in the old facility.

Steve Garrett

I like it, Jeremy! Can't wait to see other colors done with the new paint process and shop.

onyx_z71

Exactly. Chip Foose can spray with the same technique in my garage as he can in the best paint booth. My garage may add a few boogers just like my 2 C7's had from Bowling Green, but I have a hard time believing the orange peel itself can't be removed with the correct spray tips and robot programming. I find it difficult to believe new robots have capabilities to remove orange peel that the old ones couldn't.

If the first colors to come out of this new paint shop were supposed to be white and yellow, why are we looking at an orange panel as fresh out of the new paint shop? This is all marketing bullcrap IMO.

dmaxx3500

the old paint shop is from 1982?,,things have changed in the last 30 years,heck in the last 5 years

23/C8Z

awesome Jeremy. Nice job. love the finish on the panel it does look as you say 80% less OP if the pics aren't lying.