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StudeChamp · 09-16-2014, 01:19 PM

We were pretty particular about the detail work. The body paint is 2011 Saab Laser Red, basecoat/clearcoat. (I had intended to use 2000 Mazda Laser Red, which is a metallic, but the paint shop screwed up.) I laid down 2 coats of NuFinish wax and it really shines. And Sven7, I'd like to think that, other than a few minor flaws, it is indeed better than the factory paint :-)

Rear taillights and bumpers are off a Swift GT donor. The LH rear light was cracked, so I had to pay $50 for the piece on eBay, but I like the whole early 90s GT Mustang look to the taillights. Go-fast equipment? Plus, the license plate mounts between the lights rather than on the bumper, which means I got to drop the "GEO"-branded trim piece.

I used rattle cans from OSH for the interior -- color is granite satin, paint/primer combo. Came out just a shade darker than the stock medium gray in the parts car. I've got trim from 3 or 4 different vehicles, and colors included grey/blue (orig. color in the 91), light grey, medium grey, and black (may have been sprayed that color, I don't recall that being stock). Coverage was pretty good after 4 or 5 coats. It does scuff a bit, but being satin is easy to touch up.

Black is the least consistent. The shop sprayed the bumpers and B pillars in satin charcoal -- OG VX, thank you for noticing. I rattle-canned door window trim (which I tracked down only after painting - hard to find in any sort of shape - more on that later) in rustoleum satin black, which is close but just a touch brighter. I may reshoot the trim under the pop-out rear windows in the same rustoleum -- the charcoal which the shop laid down already rubbed off a bit on washing. Door handles are gloss black, as is the LH mirror, but that's how they came when I bought them new on eBay and I chose not to repaint.

I still have to install the lower front lamps, and the front turn signal lamps are showing their age a bit up close, so a clean set is on my pick n pull list.

I'd like to track down a console with cup holders, if any of you have tried fitting something like that before and have advice.

09-16-2014, 01:19 PM	#18 (permalink)
StudeChamp More Cars Than Sense Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 73 Studeo - '39 Studebaker Champion 4 door sedan NOT SWIFT - '91 Geo Metro Base with xfi parts 90 day: 49.68 mpg (US) Thanks: 48 Thanked 43 Times in 17 Posts	We were pretty particular about the detail work. The body paint is 2011 Saab Laser Red, basecoat/clearcoat. (I had intended to use 2000 Mazda Laser Red, which is a metallic, but the paint shop screwed up.) I laid down 2 coats of NuFinish wax and it really shines. And Sven7, I'd like to think that, other than a few minor flaws, it is indeed better than the factory paint :-) Rear taillights and bumpers are off a Swift GT donor. The LH rear light was cracked, so I had to pay $50 for the piece on eBay, but I like the whole early 90s GT Mustang look to the taillights. Go-fast equipment? Plus, the license plate mounts between the lights rather than on the bumper, which means I got to drop the "GEO"-branded trim piece. I used rattle cans from OSH for the interior -- color is granite satin, paint/primer combo. Came out just a shade darker than the stock medium gray in the parts car. I've got trim from 3 or 4 different vehicles, and colors included grey/blue (orig. color in the 91), light grey, medium grey, and black (may have been sprayed that color, I don't recall that being stock). Coverage was pretty good after 4 or 5 coats. It does scuff a bit, but being satin is easy to touch up. Black is the least consistent. The shop sprayed the bumpers and B pillars in satin charcoal -- OG VX, thank you for noticing. I rattle-canned door window trim (which I tracked down only after painting - hard to find in any sort of shape - more on that later) in rustoleum satin black, which is close but just a touch brighter. I may reshoot the trim under the pop-out rear windows in the same rustoleum -- the charcoal which the shop laid down already rubbed off a bit on washing. Door handles are gloss black, as is the LH mirror, but that's how they came when I bought them new on eBay and I chose not to repaint. I still have to install the lower front lamps, and the front turn signal lamps are showing their age a bit up close, so a clean set is on my pick n pull list. I'd like to track down a console with cup holders, if any of you have tried fitting something like that before and have advice.