toedrag Posted December 7, 2016 Author Share Posted December 7, 2016 (edited) Repainting complete. I went with metallic blue & metallic black. After I got the car stripped down, I was amazed how much rock chipping there was on the rear fenders. Once a little more time passes for the paint to cure, I'll put some paint protection film on the rear fenders (EDIT: I fixed the rock chips, in case that's not obvious). Once the weather is a little nicer, I'll take some better pictures. Finally starting the car today, after sitting silent for two months, was music to my ears. Reflection looking down at the hard top after I finished polishing it http://www471.pair.com/stalkerv/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=30194&g2_serialNumber=1 http://www471.pair.com/stalkerv/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=30190&g2_serialNumber=2 Edited December 7, 2016 by toedrag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonjo2 Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 WOW. Very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anaximander Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Brit, Beautiful new paint job on your XL. What are your thoughts on how much you are going to ask for that beautiful car and trailer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toedrag Posted December 8, 2016 Author Share Posted December 8, 2016 Thanks, Bob. I hope to have that figured out in a few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anaximander Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Thanks, Bob. I hope to have that figured out in a few days. Do let us know here. It is a little early in the "season" for our type of cars but hey, if there is a Cyber Monday-Sunday price, you never know? I have never built a car but your build process looked pretty methodical from what my mostly untrained eye could perceive. It looked like you powder-coated the frame early on in the build after fitment of the fiberglass which I think is considered a best practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toedrag Posted December 8, 2016 Author Share Posted December 8, 2016 Do let us know here. It is a little early in the "season" for our type of cars but hey, if there is a Cyber Monday-Sunday price, you never know? I have never built a car but your build process looked pretty methodical from what my mostly untrained eye could perceive. It looked like you powder-coated the frame early on in the build after fitment of the fiberglass which I think is considered a best practice. Yeah, the timing of my listing will likely exclude the northern half of the country. I'm not in a hurry (no fire sale price ), and might appreciate the opportunity to continue driving it until the spring when the buyer pool widens substantially. That's correct on the powdercoating sequence. I completed the entire car, then took it apart to have the frame & suspension bits powdercoated, then did final assembly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcarguy Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Repainting complete. Brit, Looks great...but I was really partial to the 'Chalker' look for the top. :jester: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toedrag Posted December 9, 2016 Author Share Posted December 9, 2016 Brit, Looks great...but I was really partial to the 'Chalker' look for the top. :jester: LOL - Thanks. It took way too long to sand all that chalkboard paint off. :smash: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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