How am I doing? (Page 14/31)
randye FEB 09, 08:15 PM

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Originally posted by skitime:

Nice work! Love how it is turning out.




Thank you sir!
Coming from one of what I consider to be the "Masters" of Fieros, I consider it high praise indeed.

The paint work on my GT was good, but I know it could have been much better, and since the Millennium Yellow color was actually a compromise when I first built the car, I have decided to go to the original color I had in mind for the car and have retained a very good custom painter to help me get it the best we can this time.

http://www.mobileairbrushing.com/index-3.html

I'm not having anything really wild done to the car, just good solid basic paint job, (no graphics), but I've seen Billy Kidd's work and I know he understands what I'm looking for and since we had to basically tear the car apart somewhat to do this, and even though it was hard to do that after all the work I put into it, I am confident that this will all be worth it.

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randye FEB 28, 09:42 PM
Had a good productive day today after a 20 day delay.
My painter was sick and just got back on his feet this week.
The big changes in my Fiero are beginning to happen at a faster pace now.

The car has been scuff sanded and smoothed out a lot better, (but it's going to get MUCH smoother before this is all done)


Lots of parts yet to be sanded:


Antenna hole has been glassed in and smoothed out nicely:


Custom painter, Billy Kidd, busy sanding:


My old daily driver sits in the street. I think she's jealous since she just started making noise from her belt tensioner today.

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randye FEB 28, 09:46 PM
Parts sanded and ready for prep:


Billy Kidd has started bagging the car:

When we get in the paint booth the windshield molding will be pulled back with....what else?.."pull-back tape"
Cool stuff. It's specifically made with a thin plastic strip on one side to slip under the rubber molding and pull it back to let you paint under the molding.
Billy assures me the rubber will lay down fine afterwards.

Billy finds a unique way to hang door panels for prep:


Decklids off and ready:


The squirting of primer sealer begins:

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randye FEB 28, 09:53 PM
We are using a white catalyzed primer sealer.
Great high hide properties, (went on beautifully over the sanded yellow)


We had a nice low humidity day with no breeze, so Billy decided to shoot the primer sealer coats outdoors.
We will be moving the car to a paint booth once we are ready to shoot the final sealer coat and begin shooting color


Front bumper cover lookin' good


2 coats of primer sealer on...we're running out of daylight!!


My new quarter panel scoops from JimmyS also looking great and Billy has kept my wheels and tires nice and clean.
HVLP guns are nice!

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randye FEB 28, 10:01 PM
Billy Kidd of "Tricked Out Customs", doing what he does best...squirtin' paint.


A little more attention to the nose:


The hood be lookin' good!


Rear decklid in white primer sealer...Hurry Bill..it's gettin' DARK!


A sea of Fiero parts in white primer


Managed to even get the mirrors their first 2 coats of sealer before calling it a day


All ready for some more sanding tomorrow, (does this sanding stuff ever end?)

I wonder what color is going on over all that white???

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Jake_Dragon FEB 28, 10:14 PM
Looking good.
JimmyS MAR 01, 06:12 PM

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Originally posted by randye:

All ready for some more sanding tomorrow, (does this sanding stuff ever end?)

I wonder what color is going on over all that white???




To put it simply....Nope!

I know the color, I know the color. neener neener neener. I'm not telling though.
exoticse MAR 01, 06:34 PM

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Originally posted by JimmyS:


To put it simply....Nope!

I know the color, I know the color. neener neener neener. I'm not telling though.



I know the color too and it is going to be awesome !

Great choice randye, can't wait to see it at Daytona !!
av8fiero MAR 03, 09:27 AM
the car looks great, can't wait to see it painted
pontiackid86 MAR 03, 10:00 AM

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Originally posted by randye:

Billy Kidd of "Tricked Out Customs", doing what he does best...squirtin' paint.


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A sea of Fiero parts in white primer

All ready for some more sanding tomorrow, (does this sanding stuff ever end?)

I wonder what color is going on over all that white???





i see another firebird peeking its ugly face into the pic