Gone to the beauty parlor
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The old gal needed a bit of a nip-and-tuck
Yes Beo, I KEPT IT 6M1!............
The paint will be so nice, you'll have to use saran wrap when wheeling
Can't wait to see the final pics!!
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Keeping the flares. I do not really care for the flareless look.
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It came off really nicely. The guy has some kind of electrical heating gizmo that they wire up to the panel and it heats the panel up and the mouldings come off fairly easily. Aparently they have to be careful 'cuz it can get hot enough to burn the paint...
I was really glad because I have the plain front door mouldings and those are discontinued.
I was really glad because I have the plain front door mouldings and those are discontinued.
lookin' good. I never thought the paint looked bad...but, you know her much better than anyone else.
are you gonna borrow beo's plastic wrap?
are you gonna borrow beo's plastic wrap?
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Yup, he's gotta sizeable stash....
The roof was geting pretty bad, that's what started the process.
The roof was geting pretty bad, that's what started the process.
so what's wrong with the finish? You must be welding the rusted rack holes and painting over them.
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Clearcoat failure.
The truck was refinished ~9 years ago. The shop was foolish enough to give me a lifetime warranty on the paint, not realizing that I was going to own the truck long enough to collect......
To his credit I took it by for him to look at a couple months ago, thinking He would re-shoot the roof. He climbed up and looked at it and pronounced "To make this right I really need to paint the entire vehicle again with a different product".
I was astounded and all I could say was "OK.." I de-trimmed it and will reassemble it in order to save him from having to do it and it also insures that all the odd-ball bits get taken off and reinstalled properly. I will also pay for the repair to the fender and a new windshield (it's broken anyway) and flare gaskets and a handful of other bits.
Out the other end comes a ~5,000 dollar paint job for a couple days of my labor and about 500 bucks worth of parts.
The truck was refinished ~9 years ago. The shop was foolish enough to give me a lifetime warranty on the paint, not realizing that I was going to own the truck long enough to collect......
To his credit I took it by for him to look at a couple months ago, thinking He would re-shoot the roof. He climbed up and looked at it and pronounced "To make this right I really need to paint the entire vehicle again with a different product".
I was astounded and all I could say was "OK.." I de-trimmed it and will reassemble it in order to save him from having to do it and it also insures that all the odd-ball bits get taken off and reinstalled properly. I will also pay for the repair to the fender and a new windshield (it's broken anyway) and flare gaskets and a handful of other bits.
Out the other end comes a ~5,000 dollar paint job for a couple days of my labor and about 500 bucks worth of parts.
Clearcoat failure.
The truck was refinished ~9 years ago. The shop was foolish enough to give me a lifetime warranty on the paint, not realizing that I was going to own the truck long enough to collect......
To his credit I took it by for him to look at a couple months ago, thinking He would re-shoot the roof. He climbed up and looked at it and pronounced "To make this right I really need to paint the entire vehicle again with a different product".
I was astounded and all I could say was "OK.." I de-trimmed it and will reassemble it in order to save him from having to do it and it also insures that all the odd-ball bits get taken off and reinstalled properly. I will also pay for the repair to the fender and a new windshield (it's broken anyway) and flare gaskets and a handful of other bits.
Out the other end comes a ~5,000 dollar paint job for a couple days of my labor and about 500 bucks worth of parts.
That's awesome! - See... good karma from helping us all out with Cruiser parts
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- #55
The original paint was Sikkens (sp?) and he now uses Spees-Hecker (sp?).
I've been out of the business for 15 years. Sikkens was considered a top-quality paint at the time, generally used on Euro cars. Never heard of Spies-Hecker. Their website has them affiliated somehow with DuPont, although in the minute I spent researching it I couldn't determine if they were part of DuPont or just a business partner. DuPont has a line of paint that represents every quality level, and supplies paint to OEM manufacturers. I was a DuPont-certified refinish tech back in the day, and lean toward them and PPG. Spies-Hecker seems to have it's roots in Europe, is this a European car shop you're using?
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-Spike
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The shop is one of my clients and I have known the owner for ~17 years. He fixes a little of everything but mostly Japanese stuff. The owner has a really nice 1978 FJ55 that his dad bought new.
Sounds like the guy stands behind his work and his products. The best warrantee DuPont offered in my day was 5 years, on their best paint. Manufacturers strive to get their paint to last 10 years, and anyone in the business will tell you that it's impossible to equal the quality of an original paint job, because it's impossible to duplicate the process that the manufacturer follows. Mostly its about curing, which the manufacturer can do with infrared heat while there are no plastic parts on the car. I laugh when I see people whining that their 12 year old car's paint is peeling off or getting 'dull'. Unless you keep it out of the elements, its doomed. Give that guy all your business, he's earned it.
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My Challenger was painted 20 years ago last month, With Centari. It still looks almost perfect. Of course the car has only traveled ~3,000 miles in that time frame....
I have a question. I really like the rubber strip that says Toyota Land Cruiser, and I also really like all the silver colored logos and crud. If I'm to remove all of the armor and crud before I get it painted, how do I remove those, or are those things that need to be masked?
Edit: I'll say crud instead of cr@p. Go me....
Edit: I'll say crud instead of cr@p. Go me....