After we got it running I decided to try the old $50 rolled on paint job. Unfortunantly, this thing has been repainted about 1 million times. This is what it looked like the day I got it running:
That pic doesn't show alot of the bad stuff but the clear coat was peeling, the paint on the bumpers was spider webbed, etc...Not to mention the hood and bumper were replaced with parts from a Special Edition, and no prep work was done to the underlying paint so what they had sprayed on just peeled off with a razor blade.
After many many days of sanding, bodywork and more sanding...
I finally got started on paint last week. I'm at four coats of paint right now. Still not getting full coverage over primer/bondo but it's getting there, i've been mixing the paint pretty thin. I'm using Interlux Brightside paint in Fire Red. Going to be stepping up the paint content from here on out, to achieve full coverage a bit faster. I'm using mineral spirits to thin it.
We've got some rain coming in this week so I won't be able to continue until probably Wednesday. So far I am very pleased with the results, for being painted in the wide open outdoors with a roller. I'll probably do about 8 coats of paint, wetsanding every two coats and finish it with a good wetsand and polish with a rotary buffer and Meguiars M105/205 combo.
keep it up, love to see the final shots...