Getting close to done!; *UPDATE* DONE!!!!!!!!!!!

[RKCHARGER]

Just a few photos of the car nearing the end of its paint journey. should be more updates tomorrow with full paint.

[RKCHARGER]

Here a sneak peek of the color.

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

Lookin good man!  Keep it up! 

[hemi-hampton]

Nice color, is that FC7 Plum Crazy Purple? LEON.

[Indygenerallee]

That hood though...

[Back N Black]

Very nice, 

[RKCHARGER]

Personaly I like the hood lol!  There are two more donor hoods on the way so I can try other things.  The paint code is for the 2014 challenger plum crazy.

[RKCHARGER]

Updated photos.

[RKCHARGER]

Still needs to be wet sanded again and another layer of clear put on but close to done!!   

[ottawamerc]

That hood though...

Thats a Chebby hood

Other wise your car looks awesome

[RKCHARGER]

Looks better on the charger than the Chebby 

[ottawamerc]

Oh 100% on that!    Keep some spare paint and maybe some day you will find a "suitable" hood but in all honesty GREAT job on it man keep it up

Scott

[RKCHARGER]

Thanks Scott!

[tan top]

  looking good

[Indygenerallee]

Paint looks fantastic.... but im still  on the hood!! 

[Cooter]

I personally like a well done cowl hood. Yours is well done. Not too "pro" all way tall, but just enough to give it that look.
very well executed with the hood intentions.  

Haters gonna hate, but I'd cruise it. I'd also run a GM 1 wire.

[cdr]

to all the cowl hood haters, the one that is going on my car is for a 70 roadrunner.   

[Indygenerallee]

Yeah Charlie but that's a Mopar scoop!! 

[cdr]

that is a fine lookin car!!!!

[JB400]

 

[RKCHARGER]

It's alomost there!!!!! Last round of wetsanding and polishing before the last layer of clear goes on.  It really is starting to look incredible in person, photos don't do it proper justice.

[Ryan]

 

[Cooter]

 

[hemi-hampton]

It's alomost there!!!!! Last round of wetsanding and polishing before the last layer of clear goes on.  It really is starting to look incredible in person, photos don't do it proper justice.

Whats the purpose/reason for wet sanding & rubbing before the last coat of clear goes on? LEON.

[RKCHARGER]

Leon, to be completely honest I do not know  . Maybe the guy is trying to charge me more labor lol.... My understanding is that he has done this after each layer of paint and/or clear. Reason I was told is that he wants each layer to be as smooth as possible, the end result being the deepest smoothest possible paint. So far im amazed  and it looks insane in person, its almost like looking into a purple mirror so im not going to argue with him about his process. All I can say is im totally blown away. It may be completely unnesseccary but based on results, however he wants to do it is perfect by me.

RK

[Cooter]

Sanding between coats does help produce that 'dive right into' paint job. Labor intensive, but certainly worth it.
if a piece of trash gets burried in clear, you wet sand down the top layer if material, that piece (nib) is in the layer beneath and too late to get at it.

[hemi-hampton]

Clear will stick to sanded clear. How does he get clear to stick to rubbed out smooth non sanded clear? I've always sanded & rubbed my clear after my last coat of clear, not before my last coat of clear. Pic below for example. Did this Camaro 2 days ago. LEON.

[RKCHARGER]

Hemi-

Im not sure on the process and I may have the order wrong. I've seen his past work and what this one looks like so far and im flat out impressed. I guess what im trying to say is he could tell me he's using unicorn horn dust to sand the car and I wouldn't know the difference but his past work warrants my trust on the Charger. I'm not a paint and body guy which is why i'm paying someone to do it.

RK

[RKCHARGER]

BTW that Camaro looks great, nice work! 

[73rallye440magnum]

I'm with Hemi-Hampton- are you sure he's putting clear on top of buffed/polished clear?

[RKCHARGER]

AGAIN, let me be clear no pun intended........NO I AM NOT SURE OF THE PROCESS>  I could be and most likely am wrong ....... I am not a paint guy........This is all the man does for a living and knows what he is doing. If it is not common practice to polish the clear he is most likely not doing so and i've interprted the info wrong........Maybe he was sanding between coats of paint not clear. Sorry about all of the confusion. 

[Indygenerallee]

After the first clear is wetsanded and another coat of clear is applied and buffed again it ensures the clear is LAZER straight and no orange peel whatsoever ... show car all the way.

[Mopar Nut]

Looks awesome!   

[73rallye440magnum]

I never sanded between coats, and I had pretty good results.

[hemi-hampton]

I understand the sanding between coats to denib the base, I do it all the time. I understand the sanding clear to, Just don't understand the way he said it, he made it sound like 1 coat clear, then sand & rub, 2nd coat of clear, then sand & rub, 3rd coat of clear, then sand & rub. Nobody does it that way. I just think he worded wrong. Which confused me. LEON.

[RKCHARGER]

I never sanded between coats, and I had pretty good results.

wow!!!!!

[MAD]

Amazing looking car, I Dig the Hood! makes it look mean and personal.

[Dino]

The only time I have sanded clear to add more clear to it was to level out the paint after adding stripes and such.  It makes it easier to get a flat surface without the risk of sanding through it.  On a regular paint job I don't see the point but it's the end result that counts so as long as it looks good, nobody will care how it got there.   

[hemi-hampton]

The only time I have sanded clear to add more clear to it was to level out the paint after adding stripes and such.  It makes it easier to get a flat surface without the risk of sanding through it.  On a regular paint job I don't see the point but it's the end result that counts so as long as it looks good, nobody will care how it got there.   

Yeah, I did that to a AC Cobra I painted Silver wih 2 black strips about 20 years ago. LEON.

[RKCHARGER]

Sorry for the choppy photos but i had to resize them to about 10% of thier original size.    Almost complete though and I could not be any more happy with the results.

[cdr]

looks great!!! your hood looks really good.

[RKCHARGER]

CDR,  Thanks man, im really happy with how it turned out! The car will be done completely by friday I hope, only thing left is to put the new wheels and tires on and those should be here in 2 weeks.

[ACUDANUT]

That hood though...

Thats a Chebby hood

Other wise your car looks awesome

X3

[BIGBLCK11]

  Looking good!

[hemi-hampton]

Looks good, Congrats   LEON.

[Charger-Bodie]

Very nice.

[B5 Charger]

Awesome!  Love plum crazy and white together!   

[RKCHARGER]

Here are a couple more photos, the car should be all done by monday next week and i will post more pics but these are the most current. KEEP THE HOOD HATE COMING!!!!!!

[ACUDANUT]

Nice. 

[RKCHARGER]

  :oDONE

[Dino]

Gorgeous!   

Now get in there and find out how long the tires last.   

[RKCHARGER]

Already have. Short answer,  not long!

[tan top]

 

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

Call me crazy but that hood looks good on that car! 

[ottawamerc]

RKCHARGER  Your ride is Friggin fantastic  WOW! congrats man on a great project I can see many awards coming your way

Scott

[twodko]

Very well done sir. Congratulations!
The white knuckle uber vigilance you'll experience about any little thing or stray hand
touching your baby will subside.........somewhat.

Took me several months to stand down from the "I'll kill you" mode. 

[NHCharger]

very nice 

[Back N Black]

Very nice!!!! Its weird but Plum Crazy only looks good on a 70 Charger. 

[Nickrc3]

RKCHARGER, your car is spectacular!  Regardless of the methodology with clearcoating, your Bodyman obviously knows what the hell he's doing.

Love the hood scoop also!  Keep the pic's coming...

[Silver R/T]

Charger looks great 

[nvrbdn]

absolutely in awe. what a beautiful job. it would take months to get the grin off my face while cruising that car.

[RKCHARGER]

Thanks fellas I'm stoked about the paint and the wheels got here yesterday! Should have them mounted up this weekend and than I'm done.....for now....

[Charger-Bodie]

those wheels look great !!

[nvrbdn]

cant wait to see those on the car.

[Dino]

That's going to look great!