Off to paint

[mriz]

Finally found a small shop who was willing to paint the Z. He mostly does dealer work and small jobs the other shops refuse . Gave it to him in primer with all the trim/bumpers/glass and such off. He will do the final sand and tape He uses Dupont Chromabase and should have it back in a couple of weeks. I'll post pics as soon as it's home .

[xray]

Good luck, Jim! Hope it turns out well. Would be nice to have another freshly painted shiny radiology Z on the forum! Looking forward to the pics....

[Oiluj]

Looks like there are quite a few of us in the paint stage. What color will it be?

Good luck with your paint job!

[mriz]

Thanks , it will be good to see a decent paint job on it. I almost had to abandon the project but my wife convinced me to hang in and keep it and glad she did . I was going between silver and graphite for a while and couldn't decide . The painter said he will add a little black to the silver to knock it down a little and should look nice. Possibly a shade darker than 76 280z's car . It's no show car as the panel gaps are as good as it gets due to previous damage but better than no Z at all . Jim

[MEZZZ]

Post some pics as I am in the same boat on the color, I have a guy that has a shop and he has silver he bought for a job I can get cheap and I too thought about what would happen if I added some black to it. I really like the dark graphite look.

[mriz]

Quite curious about how it will turn out but I think any shade of silver would look good on a Z so why not try it. Jim

[MEZZZ]

Quite curious about how it will turn out but I think any shade of silver would look good on a Z so why not try it. Jim

I agree about the silver although mine came with an absolutely AWFUL paint job, overspray, runs, drips, etc...looks like the P.O. did it with spray cans in his driveway. So after staring at it for 8 months in my garage like that, I'm thinking I want a change. I look at cars on the road all the time and always come back to a graphite color. There are certain BMW's I've seen that look great.

Keep me posted on the progress, I hope it turns out to your liking.