C4orce2 Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 Many of you have seen that ever since I purchased C4orce2 in May of '08 the clear coat on the top of its rear bumper and the area below the tail lights had faded badly. Like the issues with the chips on the front and the damaged paint on the hood, instead of re-painting the whole car, I decided to try and simply get the top half of the rear bumper repainted with the stock paint. Unfortunately I do not have any before pics, but below are the after pics. I should have done this years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P51tj Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 Larry I think it came out quite nice...good on ya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest badbobs95 Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 If you would have waited a little longer, we would all be dead and you wouldn't have had to fix it! Now we won't be all embarrassed for you driving that old car around. Like I told you yesterday, maybe you'll win some awards now. At least you get flashed every now and then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCMSH Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 Mo bettah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1991 ZR1 Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Who did the paint work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C4orce2 Posted August 5, 2013 Author Share Posted August 5, 2013 Who did the paint work?Well let's have a little fun with that question. The first person who can correctly id the painter wins a dinner at Badbob's house (on Bob of course). Those ACEholes that I talked to last Saturday at the corvettes and caffeine are disqualified from the contest. (guess I'd better let Bob know sometime) Good luck!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bromley's Corvettes Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Looking good Larry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NDAGRUV Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 DUHHHHHH................BROMLEY'S? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chameleon Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Bob? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C4orce2 Posted August 5, 2013 Author Share Posted August 5, 2013 DUHHHHHH................BROMLEY'S?Nope. Bob? Nope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P51tj Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 The guys name is Dave (480-694-0134) and he comes to whereever your car is to work on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unreal Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Looks good. I need some paint work soon on the east side of the valley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCMSH Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Earl Scheib?????? Maaco??? Krylon? Rustoleum?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C4orce2 Posted August 5, 2013 Author Share Posted August 5, 2013 Earl Scheib?????? Maaco??? Krylon? Rustoleum??Winner, Winner, chicken dinner! Paint done at Maaco at the shop at 1992 E. University in Tempe. I talked to them for quite a while and we decided to try it without even taking the bumper off the car. Simply taped it up and used the factory color. I was not all that confident that it would turn out great, but I knew it would look better than it did before. They had the car for 3 days and the cost was only less than $360. I was more than pleased with the results. Now that the rear bumper looks good and the chips and hood damage have at least been hidden to some extent, I will not be repainting the whole car for some time! CMSH, go ahead and call Badbob and tell him your coming over for you free dinner. By the way, I forgot to tell Bob about the free dinner prize, so be gentle!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCMSH Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Earl Scheib?????? Maaco??? Krylon? Rustoleum??Winner, Winner, chicken dinner! Paint done at Maaco at the shop at 1992 E. University in Tempe. I talked to them for quite a while and we decided to try it without even taking the bumper off the car. Simply taped it up and used the factory color. I was not all that confident that it would turn out great, but I knew it would look better than it did before. They had the car for 3 days and the cost was only less than $360. I was more than pleased with the results. Now that the rear bumper looks good and the chips and hood damage have at least been hidden to some extent, I will not be repainting the whole car for some time! CMSH, go ahead and call Badbob and tell him your coming over for you free dinner. By the way, I forgot to tell Bob about the free dinner prize, so be gentle!! From what I've heard Bob is a freak and does not like gentle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desertdawg Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 what a missed oppurtunity, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bromley's Corvettes Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Earl Scheib?????? Maaco??? Krylon? Rustoleum??Winner, Winner, chicken dinner! Paint done at Maaco at the shop at 1992 E. University in Tempe. I talked to them for quite a while and we decided to try it without even taking the bumper off the car. Simply taped it up and used the factory color. I was not all that confident that it would turn out great, but I knew it would look better than it did before. They had the car for 3 days and the cost was only less than $360. I was more than pleased with the results. Now that the rear bumper looks good and the chips and hood damage have at least been hidden to some extent, I will not be repainting the whole car for some time! CMSH, go ahead and call Badbob and tell him your coming over for you free dinner. By the way, I forgot to tell Bob about the free dinner prize, so be gentle!! I have had my truck and a customers truck and some corvettes painted at that Macco. They all turned out well. The 96 vette needed some touch ups on the front bummer but they fixed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black beauty Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 What time should I come over? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shifty Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Looks good man! Even better when you compare dollar vs result. I was going to have them do the rear bumper cover on my C4, as it had clearcoatitis and was fading to a dark pink....but teh rest of teh car was servicable, at least until I introduced it to that mesquite tree.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Y Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Did they sand the bumper first, or color paint over the existing paint? Did they respray new clear on top of the color? Just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCMSH Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Looks good man! Even better when you compare dollar vs result. I was going to have them do the rear bumper cover on my C4, as it had clearcoatitis and was fading to a dark pink....but teh rest of teh car was servicable, at least until I introduced it to that mesquite tree....I just thought you were trying to keep the tree warm with your car......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C4orce2 Posted August 5, 2013 Author Share Posted August 5, 2013 Did they sand the bumper first, or color paint over the existing paint? Did they respray new clear on top of the color? Just curious. Yes, sand it all the way down, paint and respray new clear coat on top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shifty Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Looks good man! Even better when you compare dollar vs result. I was going to have them do the rear bumper cover on my C4, as it had clearcoatitis and was fading to a dark pink....but teh rest of teh car was servicable, at least until I introduced it to that mesquite tree....I just thought you were trying to keep the tree warm with your car......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Finally dooood! Looks new again!..now what are we going to make fun of? OK Shifter...It's Larry's mistress man, there is no considering nothing! He's getting to have the romance all over again, ahhh the feeling of youthful exuberance, wind blowing through your ha....Ah nevermind, Just don't slam your nuts in the door...they're a lot lower then they used to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grape Ape Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 ...Ah nevermind, Just don't slam your nuts in the door...they're a lot lower then they used to be. Does maaco fix nut chipped paint? Looks good though Larry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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