TLCL

had an accident. .

but you'll never know it!
got rid of that stock paint too!
painting basically EVERYTHING. woo woo.


look at the prep job! taped nice and clean.
base coat being applied here:






spray away!






getting that pearl in the paint. yum.





I am going to plug:

Body Pros
12794 Nutwood Street
Garden Grove, CA 92840
Tel: (714) 539-7104
Fax: (714) 539-8045

they do show cars, insurance work, imports. .they also will be in eurotuner soon. .with a fixed up gti. .tell them you heard from rick with the black acura cl. .they'll take care of you.

also some guys are gonna feature my car in importfocus.com about paint and body process and so forth. .gonna do a part 2 with tires and shocks install at another shop. .then all i need is rims!! 19's! help me out. .i'm getting poor!

check out more images at http://acura.home.attbi.com

nate'sCLS

mucho elegante

KavexTrax

so whats the final product? pearl?

TLCL

that pearl is actually the stock pearl in the nighthawk black. .

Nashua_Night_Hawk

How many bonnies u lost for this baby...?

NJ_CLS_driver

I like in the Pics how the NSX is being used for a Table for things.

acura_service

i don't like how the door handles are taped off, and the moldings, when my car was painted everything was removed, glass, moldings, and door handles, mirrors, thats always the best way to paint, where there is tape there is a paint edge which can lift

Shawn S

I was going to say that, but you beat me to it.
Whenever they do it like shown here the edge of the paint line is going to be noticeable and it will start to flake off in time.
It might take several months or even a year, but it WILL happen.

A quality shop will always spend the time to remove the chrome trim and door hardware.
The glass is a plus, but it should be done as well if you want it to last more then a year or two.

Shawn S

nate'sCLS

This was not a Macco special I hope

TLCL

you guys are right, tape lines are a definite concern of mine, and experience will tell if they are blended correctly, should they be seen or not, hopefully taken care after the clearcoat, buffing with a 1500 and 2000 specially since its black where everything can be seen.

i will bring it to their attention to see what they say about the tape lines and masking. if anything's a plus lifetime warranty on work and paint, bring it in, cause hell, get another paint job

Shawn S

While you’re asking questions, ask them why the roof and mirrors aren’t being painted.
If the paint color isn’t EXACT, that’s gonna show.

As for the clearcoat, that’s gonna be done before the tape is removed so I would imagine the paint and clearcoat will stop at the same point.

Shawn S

TLCL

i'm glad you guys are meticulous as i am.

the roof and mirros are not painted because it will be exact, using sikkens electronic measuring system to determine exactly the amount of flakes, black, etc. .in fact i was watching it and it measures to the thousandths. i'm not really worried about that. .

you guys brought up a good point about paint lines but from the prior work i've seen i haven't seen any. .let me give them a ring and cause a little havoc

tuRb0mikEy

If your painting the whole car why leave out the roof and mirrors?? it's just a glorified $399 maaco job then.....

TLCL

hopefully aint no maaco! actually the the bumpers hood and trunk needed to be replaced because of an accident, so those care just needed to be painted and instead of blending it with just the quarterpanel, the whole panel is being painted. well i talked to to them and they said since it is the same body color the tape lines will be sanded down to the original body and the difference will not be known. from their words, to prevent the flaking and peeling after a couple months or two or years, it has been sanded down prior to the base coat being applied.

they promise no tape lines. work and paint is guaranteed for life. if there are any problems with paint at all or the work done they stand by their work, so they said bring it in if anybody could tell. we'll wait and see the final product, take some pics when its done.

KavexTrax

Someone's eating Carl's Jr.

TLCL

they are doing a green supra right now. .used to hold a door open. . j/k

Rod

If you're repainting the whole car, why'd you choose to stay with the factory color? I mean, black looks awesome, but if I were to repaint the whole car I'd go for something different. I wish I could repaint my CL a dark metallic midnight blue.

TLCL

insurance is covering it all. .besides i have to save for rims, damn! slow down turbo. .

TLCL

why don't you give me your 19" rims while your at it. .i've been looking around. .

AK_MOBBER

Experience has shown me that a person skilled at autobody/paint will have no problems taping up everthing PERFECT!

don't be worried a bit!

That car is gonna look 10X better than factory paint! i'm jelous my baby needs new paint...

acura_service

changing colors is ALOT of extra work and $

acura_service

doesn't matter, tape will still leave a break line in the paint,

TLCL

as long as its sanded down with a 1500 and a 2000 no lines will be present, at least if done correctly. .if done quickly and an uneven coat from the base to the clear with an improper prep then problems would quickly arise. .it takes a whole day just to buff/sand properly.

mc222

Sorry to get off topic but this picture was funny ( Like someone mentioned before) Is that any way to "treat" an NSX?

http://acura.home.attbi.com/pages/body_pros_8.html

1killercls

Christ...quit busting his balls,,he's happy..GHEESH!