She's finally painted! Pictures

[Go240Zags]

It's ALWAYS like that here! Pass it on.....

Not on the east side of the state - It's nearly 1 a.m. and still 70F degrees outside. We've been only getting into the high eighties to low nineties lately in the sunny Okanogan, but it will probably warm back up soon. We do get some snow and a few months of cold in the winter though. BTW - The paint looks great. I wish my Z was done.

[76Datsun280z]

Thanks guys,

I've actually been on a trip for the past week so that's why I haven't been on here lately.

What was the cost of that job just curious, did they paint the engine bay as well? I love the color looks like straight out of the factory!

I'll send you a pm on the painting cost, but no, we did not have him paint the engine bay as it would have meant pulling the engine and being a lot more costly both of which I couldn't do at the time, but on the plus side it was orginally a silver car so the paint inside the engine compartment doesn't stand out as much as you'd think where as if it was originally a totally different color.

Car looks great! Now you just need to get a new, unbent license plate on the front and you'll be all set

Haha, yeah I think you're right, if I had it my way, I wouldn't even have a front licence plate on it as I really don't like the look of them, pounding it out with a mallot seemed to help it some.

Did they sand and buff after painting?

He did, wet sanded it and buffed it out.

Now all you need to really show it off is a decent camera, better lens, or a different choice of settings. Or is that just the doom and gloom of the PNW? jk

Hahaha, well I think it's probably a little mix of me being a poor photographer (I really need some good practice at taking quality photos:stupid:) and the fact that it was pretty early in the morning when I took these photos at sun rise.

Where was this show you went to? I remember it rained pretty good last weekend. 21-22nd

The Kirkland car show. Turned out to be a great show... got there a little before 7:00 in the morning when it was pooring and the rain finally stopped around 10:30 I'd say and the sun came out to be a beautiful day. If any of you from the PNW get the PI paper, you may have seen my car in it as it was the picture that was chosen to be featured in that article from the show in the paper the next day which was pretty cool.

Thanks again!

[Surfsup]

nice paint job. haha by some odd reason i thought that was an ad for a 280z back in the late 70's haha.

[DougN]

Haha, yeah I think you're right, if I had it my way, I wouldn't even have a front licence plate on it as I really don't like the look of them, pounding it out with a mallot seemed to help it some.

You could always do what I used to do when I lived in a state that required front plates -- take it off, keep it behind the seat and if asked, tell the officer it came off at the car wash, and you just need to get it put back on :classic: