Steve Straus

I should get it back on Tuesday. They computer matched the color. They want me to drive the car there again on monday so they can make sure the color is right after they bake it and adjust the paint mix if it's not. The shop seems pretty good and specializes in Vette's and fiberglass. It's East Coast auto body in Manassas.

I'll post pics when I get it back.

VETDRMS

Just out of curiousity, how much did that cost if you don't mind?
I had mine quoted at $600, just wondering if that is resonable.
Thanks, looks good BTW :)

Steve Straus

$400 total and that's including some fiberglass repair. If it's just a paint job $600 is about double what it should cost.

Les

I'm looking forward to seeing the new pics Steve! :cheers:

Jughead

You're lucky Steve, the shops I went to wanted me to do the color matching at the paint shop and then they insisted on painting most of the front end?? :confused: They said that's the only way to really match with the rest of the vehicle.

Price for that??? $725!

I bought a gun and will eventually buy the color match paint and give it a go myself. I can spend the $500 or so difference on something else. :smash:

0Mike69@ECS

:cheers:

Nice! I hope I can get mine in before the spring gets here. But I'm falling behind on my projects! :cry :sad:

I take it you are just having the hood itself done right? You dont need to do any blending correct???

MARKUS_P

matching colors can be very difficult, especially if the paint is old and wasn´t protected by a clear coat. Sun will change the color so much that it´s nearly impossible to have no difference after repainting.
I made some experiences a along time ago with my other vehice btw it was painted red.
Even with the help of a computer analysis they were unable to mix a matching color.

Stingray70, your car has a two color paint job, ever thought about painting the raised part of your L88 hood in the lower color of your car? :rolleyes:
That´s something I would consider, for sure :cheers:

Steve, hop everything turns out wellfor you, it´s a good sign that they say they wanna doublecheck the color of your car with their own eyes again.
You just wouldn´t believe what "matching color" the computer suggested for my other car :eek:

Jughead

Markus---I have a Baldwin-Motion type racing stripe running from back to front. On my original stock hood the stripe ended in a point about 6 inches from the front of the hood----sorta like Eric70's. I plan to duplicate this stripe on the L-88 hood. The lower color is a charcoal metallic and I don't think I'd like the hood painted only charcoal.


[Modified by 1970 Stingray, 7:25 AM 1/24/2002]

flynhi

Good Luck, Steve,
I'm lookin forward to seeing the result.
I just got my 71 back with the new hood with louvers......
Will

Steve Straus

Hey Will, post some pictures! It just occured to me that I never made that video I promised you. I'll take care of that this week. It's been hectic around here.

70L46

I'm gonna mis the red hood...

Hope the color turns out OK for you :cheers:

gearheadz

Steve...I've got a primered L88 hood on my car that needs paint as well. I've always assumed the paint couldn't be matched because I had no idea what specific color code it was. Does the matching involve a computer scan of some sort...similar to how they match paint at Home Depot, etc?

Mark

Steve Straus

Yeah, it was this thing about the size of a brick. He cleaned a bunch of spots on my front surround and set the thing on there and it scanned. Only took a few seconds. They all came out the same, so at least the color is consistent around the edges. He took it back in, hooked it up to his computer and it gave him the exact specs to mix a matching paint. It's was 100% painless. My color turned out to be a GM stock Yellow from 1990. He's going to custom mix it there.

I think a lot of shops do this now.

gearheadz

Thanks...I'm gonna check out a few shops close to home.

Mark

Chris Fowler

:cool: :cool:

I've been wondering how much longer you'd be able to stand a mismatched hood color. ;)

flynhi

Hi Steve,
Please send me your email address. I can't get this stupid IM to work.
Will

Ganey

Yeah Will, these guys haven't seen a Vette for a second or so!

Steve Straus

Will,
I just sent you an e-mail.

Steve Straus

Hey Will,
Hope you don't mind me taking the liberty of posting the pictures of your hood.

This was just too cool not to share.

I hosted these on aol hometown, which is hurting at the moment, so these may load kind of slow. I just donated 10 Sun E4500's from a product that I decommissioned in my system to the hometown team, so it should speed up any day now.

flynhi

ttt
enjoy....