My wide body conversion
#61
Burning Brakes
Lookin' good, but dang, they're really taking a long time on this, after the parts were painted & polished, it should take less than a day's worth of labor to take the old ones off, put the new ones one (with some down time while waiting for things to cure).
What kind of error are they causing? I don't see what kind of issues would arise from putting on the new panels needing body work or repaint, other than poor workmanship or carelessness?
Why are your doors disassembled?
Why are your doors disassembled?
#62
Melting Slicks
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No down time - they have a baking paint booth
Not sure on your rocker question - they felt it was better to paint it on the car
Door is disassembled because they do not want any tape lines so they remove rubbers and mirrors etc. which is the best way to do it
I told them to take their time as I needed to sell my parts for help with paying for the job - its going be around 6,000$ lot of paint work involved with side skirts front splitter - hood vet etc. basically all of the carbon flash parts - dropped of 3 stage front splitter and winglets this morning so probably buttoned up end of next week - waiting on a rear wheel well
Few more crappy pics - almost there
Due to the sun could only grab a few angles
Blade Silver factory color - autocolor base paint code is 8ADBB
http://paintref.com/cgi-bin/colorcod...model=Corvette
Not sure on your rocker question - they felt it was better to paint it on the car
Door is disassembled because they do not want any tape lines so they remove rubbers and mirrors etc. which is the best way to do it
I told them to take their time as I needed to sell my parts for help with paying for the job - its going be around 6,000$ lot of paint work involved with side skirts front splitter - hood vet etc. basically all of the carbon flash parts - dropped of 3 stage front splitter and winglets this morning so probably buttoned up end of next week - waiting on a rear wheel well
Few more crappy pics - almost there
Due to the sun could only grab a few angles
Blade Silver factory color - autocolor base paint code is 8ADBB
http://paintref.com/cgi-bin/colorcod...model=Corvette
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firehawk44 (10-22-2017)
#65
Melting Slicks
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Why are your doors disassembled?[/QUOTE]
Oh they painted all the parts they did not blend the doors thats why they are torn down - everything was painted except for top, mirrors and rear hatch
Oh they painted all the parts they did not blend the doors thats why they are torn down - everything was painted except for top, mirrors and rear hatch
Last edited by rsvette12; 10-20-2017 at 05:56 PM.
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joemosfet (10-20-2017)
#66
I really wish If I could send the car to the states have it prepared and modded properly then have it back here.
I found a dealer of ACS in Kuwait and it'a almost the same price shipped from Canada to Doha.
I will be postponing the OEM wide body for a while hope to have everything sorted properly as I'm planing on proper center locked wheels & suspension upgrade
I found a dealer of ACS in Kuwait and it'a almost the same price shipped from Canada to Doha.
I will be postponing the OEM wide body for a while hope to have everything sorted properly as I'm planing on proper center locked wheels & suspension upgrade
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rsvette12 (10-22-2017)
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rsvette12 (10-23-2017)
#72
Melting Slicks
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Hi Buddy - yes they are going to be painted carbon flash - winglets are painted already need center section done and the side skirts need to be painted
Had skirt side wall trimmed down from the center towards the back of skirt - I dont like how chunky the skirts gets towards the back of skirt ( front of the rear wheel)
This is what I mean - this is not my skirt just ref pic
front flares will remain factory plastic for now - haven't decided on painting them carbon flash
Have you added anymore tweaks to your Build Joe ?
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joemosfet (10-30-2017)
#73
Burning Brakes
Hmm, just the badges from Emblems Pro, and then today I dropped it off to get clear-coat correction, and a ceramic coating.
Attachment 48355880
I'm nut sure what else I can do, from here, maybe more carbon fiber pieces? Not sure!
Attachment 48355880
I'm nut sure what else I can do, from here, maybe more carbon fiber pieces? Not sure!
#74
Melting Slicks
Thread Starter
^^^ Yah was thinking that - you have pretty much did all you can do looks great
Its ll your fault I did this lol thanks for that
Its ll your fault I did this lol thanks for that
Last edited by Steve Garrett; 10-23-2017 at 10:37 PM.
#78
Wow looks great. Thanks for sharing. Seems like you’ve had a good experience with this body shop. I’m going to get a quote from MacMulkin to replace my rear bumper cover and diffuser. Someone backed into me a few weeks ago. May get a quote from this shop as well.
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