ButchN
Active member
The original Lacquer on my 82 wasn't in the best of shape, especially since someone tried to cover it with clear.
The car has been in my pals shop about a month & a half now.
Not only has he smoothed out the low spots that C3's have, he's been filling dings, & most importantly, sanding & steam power washing in places that sanding did not help.
I opted to change the color from Spectra Red to Torch Red as the original color is quite dark IMO.
Here's a glimpse of the small parts painted ahead of time so my pal could get my 'approval' on the color before doing the whole car.
As you will see below, we've gotten allot accomplished in such a short time.
As we all know, C3 lines weren't the best but we were able to make the hood look allot better by removing shims in some places & adding in others.
He also 'worked' the doors a bit do the lines looked better & so the new door handles fit the curves of the door (as you all know, repro, 'eh' at best fit quality).
For 30 yrs old it's as good as it's gonna get w/o throwing obscene time & money into it.
All the weather stripping has been removed with new weather stripping already delivered.
I have new seats, door panels & carpet coming as well.
The car has been in my pals shop about a month & a half now.
Not only has he smoothed out the low spots that C3's have, he's been filling dings, & most importantly, sanding & steam power washing in places that sanding did not help.
I opted to change the color from Spectra Red to Torch Red as the original color is quite dark IMO.
Here's a glimpse of the small parts painted ahead of time so my pal could get my 'approval' on the color before doing the whole car.
As you will see below, we've gotten allot accomplished in such a short time.
As we all know, C3 lines weren't the best but we were able to make the hood look allot better by removing shims in some places & adding in others.
He also 'worked' the doors a bit do the lines looked better & so the new door handles fit the curves of the door (as you all know, repro, 'eh' at best fit quality).
For 30 yrs old it's as good as it's gonna get w/o throwing obscene time & money into it.
All the weather stripping has been removed with new weather stripping already delivered.
I have new seats, door panels & carpet coming as well.