Thanks, I also painted another set of wheels for it, but he's waiting till good weather to put them on.
All is not rosey though, I made a few big mistakes and had to paint and clear it twice. When I layed the color down, it came out great. I pushed the envelope a bit and shot the clear too soon. I don't think that would have been a problem, but had a lot of runs in the clear for some reason (well I know the reason - I screwed up). Well everywhere the clear ran, it pulled the color with it and distorted the metallic so even though I could sand out the runs, it left a ghost image of the run in the paint. It was severe enough that it was worth it to resand and repaint most all of the car - there were a couple panels that were ok.
So, now I know better and the second time around it came out real good.
I used PPG DBU paint and SPI clear.
He got new front and rear bumper covers that I had to paint and I also did a hood and new bumper cover for my friends daughter's car (another deer hit - we have a lot of deer here). I alos did a couple of hoods for some friends of mine - both had the factory clear failed. Those bumper covers are a pain in the ass and the metal on the newer cars is so thin they dent just breathing on them.
NEW rule - no body work paint for anything newer than 1972!!!!!
