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Looks great! What kind of paint and equipment did you use?
Used ppg single stage black the last time I painted a car (72' Jag XJ6 w/a SBC conversion).
I had a bad experience with basecoat/clearcoat on the 69' mustang I did before that one - folks kept opening their car doors on it in parking lots and the clear chipped white ๐.
I sure do love a freshly self-painted car!
Now you're asking :) I use a Devilbiss Gun with top feed and a 150L compressor with water trap and regulator, As for the paint, All I know is the mixed the colour 50/50 with thinners but the clearcoat was 2K. All that over a high build primer. I leave the details to my local motorfactors who have paint experts, They find out what you are doing and set you up with the right stuff and the technical data. My Vans are both just 2K. Painting cars is really my weak point, Hence my nerves at using a 2 stage on the Skyline.
Awesome, thanks for the deets! That's a great looking color - with that inspiration I may have to take the plunge and do my RDX..!