Wetsanded and polished trunk NEW PAINT PICS

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Black BB

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Heres my 96' Impala im in the process of finishing up. Its got a new paint job and i'm just starting to do sections of sanding and polishing.

first with 1000 then went over that 1500

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this is after 3000

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Looks great, but zoom out, lets see the whole thing! Looks like a clean a$$ Impala! Anything done to the engine?
 
looking good. arent you supposed to use the trizact compound for the the 3k grit marks. I would think the RC to be too abrasive for the 3k grit marks. Looks good overall.
 
Pontman43 said:
Looks great, but zoom out, lets see the whole thing! Looks like a clean a$$ Impala! Anything done to the engine?
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Its not totally done yet. The bumpers arent done yet spoiler,grille, wheel moldings.



The engine is stock save for:

home depot intake w/K&N

160 t-stat

2 1/4 x-pipe

Flowmaster

2 1/4 tailpipes



opening the exhuast and intake really woke it up. Along with a fresh opti and plugs and wires. Went from 15.0s with just intake to best of 14.50 @94 with mods and learning to launch.
 
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Dang, that looks NICE!! Awful funny though, looks like you did the same thing I've been mocking up to do to my truck:



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Forgive my crappy quality photoshop.



So is yours a "real" Impala SS, or an upfitted 9C1? I still want to pick one of those up, I've been in love with them ever since drivers' ed (yeah, the driving school was using a real '95 SS as a drivers ed car!)
 
It is a REAL 1996 Impala SS. Thats funny we have the same idea. I was stuck between orange/red, lime green, or purple pinstripe and flame.
 
Black BB said:
It is a REAL 1996 Impala SS. Thats funny we have the same idea. I was stuck between orange/red, lime green, or purple pinstripe and flame.
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Those other two sound like they would've been sweet! I've always wondered how Sunset Orange Metallic with Hugger Orange ghost flames would look....



I decided on mine simply to almost mirror my garage color theme (Black, red, and white).
 
Shiny Lil Detlr said:
Those other two sound like they would've been sweet! I've always wondered how Sunset Orange Metallic with Hugger Orange ghost flames would look....



I decided on mine simply to almost mirror my garage color theme (Black, red, and white).
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Yeah the true color of the flame /pinstripe is House Of Color Ultra orange Pearl. When its all done i will get some good pics in the sun.

Color combo:

Galaxy black- Nissan color that explodes in direct sun.

Galaxy silver- GM color used on a lot of cars. Nice flake pop.

Ultra orange Pearl
 
Scottwax said:
Great pics! Nice to see someone painting a car the right way and taking it practically apart to do it. :)
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Thanks! I wanted to take the windows out but, decided not to. Maybe next time.
 
Black BB said:
Yeah the true color of the flame /pinstripe is House Of Color Ultra orange Pearl. When its all done i will get some good pics in the sun.

Color combo:

Galaxy black- Nissan color that explodes in direct sun.

Galaxy silver- GM color used on a lot of cars. Nice flake pop.

Ultra orange Pearl
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Cool, sounds like a good combo. I have a '01 Buick Century in Galaxy Silver (in addition to the Envoy), so I certainly can agree with the flake pop comment. :xyxthumbs



BTW are you planning to put the script back on the rear quarters, or leaving them off?
 
Shiny Lil Detlr said:
Cool, sounds like a good combo. I have a '01 Buick Century in Galaxy Silver (in addition to the Envoy), so I certainly can agree with the flake pop comment. :xyxthumbs



BTW are you planning to put the script back on the rear quarters, or leaving them off?
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Still havent decided. If i do put them on they will be vinyl decals instead of the stock plastic scripts. just for the ease of waxing/buffing and not having to deal with the buildup.



BTW, what do you use on your Century and Envoy? I've got a combo set for the black half of the car. Whats good on silver?
 
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