Hey all, it's been awhile, but I've been slowly chipping away at the car pretty inconsistently. Quite a lot of updates to share. I finished painting the exterior, swapped out the fixed back seats (comfier for Dad), installed carpet, windows, and probably a bunch more I'm forgetting.
Paint: I actually paid someone locally to paint the remaining parts (Kerscher fenders, decklid, kamei spoiler, dash, etc). The sad part is that there was a paint mix up that was partially my fault and partially unprofessionalism. The paint ended up not matching and the painter basically wanted to charge me again, so I just did it myself.
Bad Paint
Here's some shots of me fixing the bad paint. Not only did it not match, but it had some significant pin holes and some terrible prep work (chipped fiberglass corners). This is only my second time really ever painting. I think it came out nicely, but feel free to give me some pointers.
First I figured out the issue with the paint. I had the painter use old paint and for some reason one can was not like the the others. I also was unable to match the existing paint by getting a new can of L96M mixed (even in the same brand).
Fixing pin holes
Primer and quick rinse
Smoothing out more crappy prep work
Rented a spray booth in town and got to business. Some of the parts had a lot of primer work to fix the mistakes so I first hit them with primer/surfacer (green). Then since I was still using the old paint I had, I sprayed the first base layer with a new can of L96M that doesn't match perfectly and followed with two layers of the old paint that matches.
Wear your safety equipment, auto paint is nasty. If I ever do it again or more often, I will definitely have a fresh air supply instead of an air filter. Google Isocyanates.
Little video link
https://photos.app.goo.gl/wu2eebEPb7CyEgU6A
First Coat
Clear Coat
Assembled Finally!
https://photos.app.goo.gl/2MBHYfkbgr56bbyC8
I will eventually fab up a bracket to mount an earlier style bumper instead of the bulky plastic 1974 fenders. If you look at the front bumper, I mounted an earlier style with the integrated turn signals.
