New hope for my 302!!!

[89IROC&RS]

what im thinkin, is having it stripped down to bare metal, and having the whole body bondo'd and wet sanded like they do for high end street rods, primered, then sprayed with 2 or 3 coats of the factory copper/red metalic color, then a single coat of candy apple red metalic, and 2 or 3 coats of clear. engine bay will be glossy black. thats my vision right now though, by the time i get around to doin it, i might change my mind.

[kenwood guy]

will you change your own mind or will money make you change your mind...Hell money makes me change my mind all the time

[89IROC&RS]

lol, thats where the kidney comes in, werent you reading

[kenwood guy]

ahh your going to keep it man

[351wStang]

Black Cherry is a very pretty color. Flat black engine bay, makes the heart beat stick out.

[89IROC&RS]

actually yeah, i meant to say flat black, not glossy, my bad and the engine is gonna be chevy orange, with all the aluminum parts left lookin silvery, and orange valve covers. just like the factory would have done it. back in the 60's.

[blueturtle]

i saw a nice engine in hot rod magazine the block was polished silver and the intake and heads were purple

[89IROC&RS]

lol, damn that sounds hidious, i think it was the mammoth wasnt it? a mopar engine? i guess to each his/her own, but ill stick with factory paintjob, just so it dosnt look too flashy

[DiabloGT]

Originally Posted by blueturtle

i saw a nice engine in hot rod magazine the block was polished silver and the intake and heads were purple

dont u mean purple valve covers not heads?

[89IROC&RS]

naw, they painted the heads if i remember right

[mike123]

how much is that paint job gunna cost you i was wondering howmuc a nice job would be

[89IROC&RS]

im just guessin here, but for that kinda work, anywhere from 3-5 grand is what im expecting to get quoted.

[GTStang]

Originally Posted by 89IROC&RS

what im thinkin, is having it stripped down to bare metal, and having the whole body bondo'd and wet sanded like they do for high end street rods, primered, then sprayed with 2 or 3 coats of the factory copper/red metalic color, then a single coat of candy apple red metalic, and 2 or 3 coats of clear. engine bay will be glossy black. thats my vision right now though, by the time i get around to doin it, i might change my mind.

Unless the paint on there now has a real peeling problem or something like that IROC I would advise against stripping it down to bare metal especially if you paying someone else. Just sand the car's original paint really well.

I just did it to my Mustang(stripped to bare metal) and honestly after doing it I can say it doesn't make the paint come out any better at all!!!! It's just a lot of extra time and/or money for nothing. I will never strip a car to bare metal again unless it is absolutely necessary!

Also if you gonna use HOK Candies the most predominant name in them you really need minium 3-4 coats of candy or it will not cover well and look blotchy.

But your paint idea sounds awesome. I'm doing something similiar in that I'm painting my SHO the factory red and then laying the suggested 5-7 coats of HOK Candy Apple Red over it. Then clearing the whole car.

[Chevyracincamaro]

i can finger paint...

[89IROC&RS]

lol, hell yeah chevyracin

GTstang, thanx man, like i said i dont know a whole helluva lot about body stuff, so all the advice i can get, or corrections to my ideas are greatly appriciated. As far as the condition of my paint, its typical factory third gen camaro paint, clear is peeling up in sheets and coming off, and the color paint is oxidized really bad in multiple areas. also, i am going to wind up having several body panels that are starting off as different colors. the nose is black now, the body is copper/red metalic (where its still colored and cleared) and the rear hatch is going to be a seperate color cuz im getting one from the junkyard with a rear window defogger and wiring it in. so with all those mulitcolored parts, i figured the only way to get it all to be the same shade was to strip everything down and start over. but if im wrong, hell, id rather not pay to have it done lol. as far as the number of coats of paint, again, i claim abundant ignorance, i just kinda guessed at somethin that sounded right