joemosfet

Lookin' good, but dang, they're really taking a long time on this, after the parts were painted & polished, it should take less than a day's worth of labor to take the old ones off, put the new ones one (with some down time while waiting for things to cure).

What kind of error are they causing? I don't see what kind of issues would arise from putting on the new panels needing body work or repaint, other than poor workmanship or carelessness?


Why are your doors disassembled?

rsvette12

No down time - they have a baking paint booth

Not sure on your rocker question - they felt it was better to paint it on the car

Door is disassembled because they do not want any tape lines so they remove rubbers and mirrors etc. which is the best way to do it

I told them to take their time as I needed to sell my parts for help with paying for the job - its going be around 6,000$ lot of paint work involved with side skirts front splitter - hood vet etc. basically all of the carbon flash parts - dropped of 3 stage front splitter and winglets this morning so probably buttoned up end of next week - waiting on a rear wheel well

Few more crappy pics - almost there

Due to the sun could only grab a few angles





Blade Silver factory color - autocolor base paint code is 8ADBB

http://paintref.com/cgi-bin/colorcod...model=Corvette

rsvette12

Car was very dirty also as its still wip

Johnp94

It looks great

rsvette12

Why are your doors disassembled?[/QUOTE]

Oh they painted all the parts they did not blend the doors thats why they are torn down - everything was painted except for top, mirrors and rear hatch

ya3coub

I really wish If I could send the car to the states have it prepared and modded properly then have it back here.

I found a dealer of ACS in Kuwait and it'a almost the same price shipped from Canada to Doha.

I will be postponing the OEM wide body for a while hope to have everything sorted properly as I'm planing on proper center locked wheels & suspension upgrade

rsvette12

Good luck with dilemma - sounds like you really want to do this

firehawk44

The Vette looks great with the new paint and mods. Thanks for sharing!

rsvette12

Thanks my best friend hope all is well - see if I can get more pics in the building tomorrow night - pic quality is even worse outside - take care Jim

rsvette12

More pics no progress as funds are not available till next Friday - also skirts and center of front 3 stage splitter needs to be painted - thanks for looking

joemosfet

Lookin' good! The wide lines are really evident. Skirts and splitter being painted in Carbon Flash?

How about the front fender flares?

rsvette12

Hi Buddy - yes they are going to be painted carbon flash - winglets are painted already need center section done and the side skirts need to be painted

Had skirt side wall trimmed down from the center towards the back of skirt - I dont like how chunky the skirts gets towards the back of skirt ( front of the rear wheel)



This is what I mean - this is not my skirt just ref pic



front flares will remain factory plastic for now - haven't decided on painting them carbon flash

Have you added anymore tweaks to your Build Joe ?

joemosfet

Hmm, just the badges from Emblems Pro, and then today I dropped it off to get clear-coat correction, and a ceramic coating.

Attachment 48355880

I'm nut sure what else I can do, from here, maybe more carbon fiber pieces? Not sure!

rsvette12

^^^ Yah was thinking that - you have pretty much did all you can do looks great

Its ll your fault I did this lol thanks for that

joemosfet

Worth it.

Do you have any extra power under the hood, or plans for it? That was my primary motivation: too much power for the Stingray wide rubber to stick, even at my altitude.

rsvette12

Not planning on engine changes - for me its fine the way it is

joemosfet

^longevity plus looks, then. And if you're not at high altitude, already you have more power than I did. (Original uncorrected rwhp for me, 315)

gunnerjuju

Wow looks great. Thanks for sharing. Seems like you’ve had a good experience with this body shop. I’m going to get a quote from MacMulkin to replace my rear bumper cover and diffuser. Someone backed into me a few weeks ago. May get a quote from this shop as well.

rsvette12

Bought my car from MacMulkin

Good luck with repair - Tommy is manager at Car Craft - he can take care of you - they are very fair in repairs

SuprChrgdC7

pics look awesome and great attention to detail! -thats the way u want a shop to do a widebody conversion!