Things got out of hand! Repainted my GTO.

[Justin at Final Inspection]

So this is going to be a pic heavy thread. Lets start back at the beginning of August. I had bartered for a 3pc spoiler for my 2006 GTO with a buddy. It needed some work and a repaint but I'm more than willing to handle it myself.

So I got to work. Fixed some issues and got it in primer.

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Once in primer I blocked with 320 wet and 600 wet. Then sprayed with Martin Senour base and Finish 1 740 High Solids clear. Once cured it was damped sanded with Mirka Abralon disks and polished out.

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Then I mounted it and enjoyed the results

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Here's where I went off my rocker. I decided to just disassemble the car and do a full repaint lol. Overall the car was very straight but with 165k miles it had road rash and thin spots starting to show in the clear.

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Then I had the glass pulled so I wouldn't have tape lines around the windows. Also took care of some minor issues with sanding with 320 and 600. Also some 2k urethane filler primer in spots.

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Once the main body was sanded with 320 and 600 wet I focused my attention to the bumpers and side skirts. The front bumper needed a bunch of sanding and flexible filler for the deeper scrapes underneath.

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Then sprayed with 2k urethane filler primer and wetsanded with 320 and 600

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Then I started on the hood.

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I refinished and painted the underside too

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Rear bumper painted

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Up until here things were going pretty well. Then on the last little section of sanding and polishing the rear bumper I burned it. Just shows ya anything can happen.

This is after feathering out the repair area.

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Luckily I only needed to dust some color on it after sanding and reclear the top section as there was a nice body line to break up.

Then I realized that the lower valance for the rear bumper was tattered and needed repainting.

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After

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[waddell64]

Awesome work, that red is perfect. I had a 2004 GTO, best car I had ever owned......mine was black, but I really wanted red.

[Justin at Final Inspection]

Next it was go time. My boy Brian who's a painter came down to help mask and paint the main body.

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Then the fun stuff began. Damp sanding and polishing the car. Damp sanding was done with my PC7424 and PXE80. Mirka abralon 800 grit, 1k,2k,3k,4k
3M Trizact 5k and 8k

Polishing with BOSS G21, BS uro wool slow speed and M100. Finished with IGL F1 and yellow foam. This high solids clear is like concrete. It ate up disks.

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These finished pics are bare paint. No coating etc until fully cured

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[Sizzle Chest]

As I said before: you are a madman! Looks great, excellent work! Nice!!

[custmsprty]

Great work Justin!

[vobro]

Great job, isn’t that a new concrete floor?

[Justin at Final Inspection]

As I said before: you are a madman! Looks great, excellent work! Nice!!

Hahaha. Yeah I got that reaction at first too then once my buddies saw the results they were blown away.


Great job, isn’t that a new concrete floor?

Yup lol. It's fine. It's already slowly clearing up. It's a shop it will get dirty.

[hoyt66]

WOW!! Looks great!! Thanks for sharing all the pics

[J Z06]

it looks nice!!

[Mike Phillips]

Amaxing work.

You are very talented to take-on painting your own car.

I'm impressed. Very nice work Justin.


:)

[Justin at Final Inspection]

Amaxing work.

You are very talented to take-on painting your own car.

I'm impressed. Very nice work Justin.


:)

Thanks Mike along with everyone else. It's amazing what you can learn on the internet. Plus my buddy had a hand in this as well

[Kamakaz1961]

Wow so cool! Beautiful work!

KEEP ON ROCKING!

[DMiglio]

I love this Justin!! GTO looks gorgeous.

When things get out of hand while working on my car it usually involves a snapped bolt or two and some expletives!

[hoyt66]

Thanks Mike along with everyone else. It's amazing what you can learn on the internet. Plus my buddy had a hand in this as well

SO you have never painted before?

[Justin at Final Inspection]

SO you have never painted before?

Not this magnitude. I have done little parts such as mirrors, door handles etc.