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    Things got out of hand! Repainted my GTO.

    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.





    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.




    Then I mounted it and enjoyed the results




    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.




    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.




    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.




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






    Then I started on the hood.



    I refinished and painted the underside too



    Rear bumper painted




    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.



    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.





    After



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    Re: Things got out of hand! Repainted my GTO.

    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.

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    Re: Things got out of hand! Repainted my GTO.

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













    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.




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







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    Re: Things got out of hand! Repainted my GTO.

    As I said before: you are a madman! Looks great, excellent work! Nice!!
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    Re: Things got out of hand! Repainted my GTO.

    Great work Justin!
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    Re: Things got out of hand! Repainted my GTO.

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

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    Re: Things got out of hand! Repainted my GTO.

    Quote Originally Posted by Sizzle Chest View Post
    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.

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    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.
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    Re: Things got out of hand! Repainted my GTO.

    WOW!! Looks great!! Thanks for sharing all the pics
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    Re: Things got out of hand! Repainted my GTO.

    it looks nice!!

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    Re: Things got out of hand! Repainted my GTO.

    Amaxing work.

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

    I'm impressed. Very nice work Justin.



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