Painting my TW

[scoobylover57]

I finally decided to take the time to paint my TW. So i thought i would share some pics of the process as I go. Heres what I've got done so far in the last month.


the drivers side takin apart



doing body work on drivers side


primed body work


cut in drivers side


put drivers side back together


shaving the roof rack off. what a pain!


hood body work


passenger side takin apart

[sqc151]

Nice job.
Just a friendly reminder, when painting body parts. Paint them in the position they will be mounted on the car.
For ex. The doors should be positioned standing up, not laying down.

[scoobylover57]

The painting i was doing was just for the jambs so the orientation dont matter.

[sqc151]

Yea, if ur doing jams. But if you paint the panels off the car that advice comes in handy for color matching the panels.
What color you painting it?

[scoobylover57]

Yea im hanging the panels back on for painting the outside. Its plasma blue.

[Legacy777]

Looks good!

[originalcyn]

Nice! are you painting out of your own shop? I'm totally jealous. Anytime i try to paint something it turns out like crap. Mike and i were just talking about how it would be nice if there was a painter in the community.

[rallyak]

If I was close I would help for sure.

[originalcyn]

If I was close I would help for sure.

Oh yeah, your outback colored legacy looked great!

scoobylover57, can't wait to see the final product.

[scoobylover57]

Yea Ive done a crap load of side jobs out of that shop. Its my dads shop. I paint stuff for him so i can use it pretty much whenever. I painted cars for about 10 years and now ive been painting planes at Boeing for a year so far. Way better benefits and ill b able to retire one day.

[originalcyn]

Rad! Congrats on your boeing job too. It's nice to have stable work.

It'd be nice to have a paint booth available, well, and ability to actually paint. Gotta develop that first i guess.

[scoobylover57]

i made some more progress.



some of the bodywork on the passenger side


passenger side ready for primer



passenger side ready for cut in and cut in


panels all hung and ready to block all the primer

[scoobylover57]

More progress and the finish

[originalcyn]

I've been waiting for this! It looks fantastic! By chance do you do side work?

[rallyak]

Looks great, I bet it looks 10 times better in person. Most camera's or phone camera's can't capture the true beauty.

[ggbox69]

Nice work, I'd love to see some hi res pictures! Looks like you know your stuff. Auto body and paint is an area I've never tried but am always curious about.

[sqc151]

nice sharp color.

[James614]

Looks great so far. I can't wait to see her all put back together!

[Legacy777]

Looking good!

[scoobylover57]

All i got is a phone camera, so no hi res pictures. You would just have to see it in person. Its pretty nice. I did it knowing it was going to be my dd, so i didn't go to crazy on it.

Thanks for all the compliments. I should hopefully have back together in the next couple weeks and ill post another picture.

[scoobylover57]

originalcyn. Yea i do side work depending on what it is of course.

[originalcyn]

good to know! I need a fender, spoiler and hood painted eventually. But it's not the top thing on my priority list right now. If/When that time comes, may I contact you to get some input?

[scoobylover57]

I finally got the outside all together. i've started to drive it daily finally. i still need to finish putting all the interior back in but i'm getting there.

[originalcyn]

As always, it looks very nice! Do you have larger photos that you can attach to a private message? I'm kind of curious how you relocated you front plate.

[scoobylover57]

I could probably resize it and repost it but you live close you could just see it in person. The front plate is nothing fancy i just screwed it into the bumper.