Exterior Paint – The Unplanned Project….

Stripped and a coat of Wurth Rust Converter - to be sure!

 

Rear fender extension - needs acetone to clean off excess Wurth Rust Converter

Etch primed - just the bumpers and rear hinges to strip and etch

With so many ‘while you’re in there’ projects going on I have finally surrendered to getting the exterior redone.  It’s not that it’s bad or actually really ‘needs’ doing but it was always on the car and it seems like a more efficient time to do it.  I had stripped back all the lower panels as they were a bit worse for wear so they needed painting anyway.  The dilema I had was with colour matching, especially for a metallic silver.

The colour of the car as it is does not match the formula colour provided by the local Glasurit supplier.  This is what I had purchased for the wheel wells, engine bay and front boot.  I knew it was off but as the exterior was to be painted at some point I wasn’t concerned.  I then had some paint colour matched for the lower panels (fender extension, valance’s, bumpers).

When I thought about it it didn’t seem to make sense to paint it, only to strip it back and repaint again sometime in the next year or 2.  With this I contacted a local paint guy who I’ve done some other work for and he came over for a look.  A couple of days later he’d prepared a quote based on rub back and paint but also included gapping the panels.  I would be responsible for dressing up the bumpers with trim and putting back all the lower panels.  No problem..

The quote was very agreeable and so it’s booked in.  The car will be in mid March and hopefully ready mid April.  I  contacted the mechanic and he said the motor and trans will be done about then so the timing is good.

When it’s all done, it should be pretty much a full resto – with a paint job I can love!  Here’s pics of the stripped and etch primed panels.  They’ve since had Wurth SKS on the right parts so nothing more for me to do – just get them to the painter.  I’ll be stripping the bumpers and rear lid hinges but that’s about it.