Well guys, i started a thread about my baby getting a TLC treatment. And i finally got enough money and time, so it started last week.

Previous thread: https://acurazine.com/forums/1g-cl-1997-1999-56/tlc-cl-714229/

So, the car is going to be repainted the stock Primrose color, including the stock black skirts, and the m3 mirrors that i bought off ebay, with the blinker.

I Took the headlights off, as well as the tailights and brought them home to Blackhouse the front and tint the back. Front windshield was cracked and was taken off to be replaced after the full repair, and back window was taken off for the bodywork.

Monday''s pictures:







Today's Pictures:

 

holy huge pictures

 

nice, can't wait to see the final pics, i love fresh paint, makes the car look 5 years newer.
what are you doing about the rust? cut out and weld in a new piece, or just bondo and fiberglass?

 

This is all done in a body shop. They are cutting out and welding.

 

Nice man, can't wait to see her all mint, you should have thrown some lips on there to get painted

 

I was thinking about buying the lips, BUT, the car is not getting lowered this year, not enough $$$. So the lips would look terrible on a 4x4 like that. My stock rims are still getting painted, by me, since last summer... lol, gun metal color, and they are going on the car as soon as i finish them, hopefully before the car is ready.

Next year is the drop year and maybe i will purchase the front ww lip

 

nice work. makes me happy to see the devotion to a fellow CL

 

I wish I was getting a new paint job, my mom closed my electric garage door on my trunk today. I'm less than happy.

Good luck and I hope you get no hassles from the shops you have do work on your car!

 

How much for the bodywork and paint?

NVM, read prev. thread

any changes though?

 

Hmm, I'll have to keep those side mirrors in the back of my mind for my respray next year. Post up some good pics of them when you're done with your face lift.

 

I got the chromed M3 mirrors with the blinker. They will sand the chrome down, and paint it.

Ill grab some pictures on monday, when i go and visit them again.

 

sweet jebus those are huge pics

cant wait to see the final product

 

next time resize ur pics u can use ifranview to do so.

 

CTL+R ftw

 

Tsss, what are u talking about.

 

u should keep the car like that...no headlamp, tails or corners...

 

death look

 

ultimate sleeper

 

have you thought about doing a full trunk debage, like getting rid of the A aswell
i did it when i got my car repainted, and i love it, glad i didn't keep any of those stupid emblems on there
although i do have two full sets sitting in a box now

 

i think having the A on the trunk by itself is pretty nice.

 

agree, i know that having no emblems at all would make some people go.. WTF IS THAT CAR... but it looks better with only the A on, in my opinion.

 

agreed. it looks way too plain, almost weird, without the A.

 

damn now that i look at the pix again...the work u gona put into this...this CL is gona look awesome...

 

Ok guys. This was the pictures i took today. The quarter panels have been cutout/welded and repaired. Back bumper was fixed too. Im getting really exited about this. It is quality work, i love it.

 

Exciting stuff!

 

you should shave the side moldings. it looks a lot cleaner with none of them on

 

i was thinking about it... but, u know what. id rather not, u never know what will happen, and it gives u a little extra protection, if some idiot can't drive.... or opens the door on u.. and so on.

 

Um, guys. Is rockblocker down? I look at the other threads in search, and the other links to his site didn't work.. I went to some tint shops, and they all said regular window tint wouldn't stick on plastic.

Is rockblocker specially made for plastic? or its just a regual window film cutout in our taillights shap. I dont want to spray my taillights!

 

i believe rockblocker is gone...

 

yep, theyve been gone for a couple of months now.

 

good stuff man, the cars gonna look great!

rockblocker=no more

 

Darn.... so what should i do. Christ

 

i would just tint them..or smoke...like wha i did to mine...looks sickkk...

 

Becareful down the road if you plan on running some aggressive offsets in the back. The filler will crack if you try to roll it. You will have to trim it. Not sure if you planned on running wheels or not. Hopefully it will look good as new when it's done.

 

just get tint film and cut out pieces and put them on. or have a shop do it.

 

I wont run anything crazy for my wheels. Our roads aren't good enough!

And i went to a shop, they said regular tint wont stick to plastic (tail lights)

 

buy a set of tails for cheap and get a body shop to paint them. best option IMO.

 

The car is in the paintbooth, it got the final sanding and detail fixing before taking a coat of primer. i dont have pics of the car in the booth, my camera batteries died.

 

man that thing is gonna look awesome when it comes out the paint booth!

 

just did my spray tints today, they came out awesome, i suggest washing some tail lights, drying them. and then laying down the coats of tint you want, i got my spray tint at work today for like 8 bucks. keep them away from the bugs, thats bad news. gl, im excited to see it out of paint.