Voting is closed on build

[bswor 73]

The build will be completed however 69gt choses to have his car built, virtually anyway. This due to lack of voting :) If you have any ideas on how to revise the build or how it should be done in the future post here.

[bnickel 10,004]

ok guys we have decided that 69GT's car will be painted probably gulfstream aqua. for wheels probably gonna be 17" torq-thrusts but we can change that any time really. i would like to see the gulfstream aqua witrh the mach 1 blackout style hood but maybe in a flat dark charcoal gray color just to see what it would look like.

 

DB, do you think you can do a photoshop of this combo?

[DarkBuddha 107]

Just caught this... I'm on it... give me a day or so.

[bnickel 10,004]

sweet, thanks bro. not that it really matters much i guess since everyone seemed to lose interest. 69GT will be happy to see something though i'm sure

[69GT 0]

:D I am actually taking an Auto body and Auto paint class right now at school. Maybe by December I will be ready to paint my car in our heated down-draft paint booth :shock:

[bnickel 10,004]

hetaed down draft? you suck!!!!!!! man those things are super cool. good luck with it bro. any ideas on what paint scheme you'll use? personally i would paint it back the original acapulco blue, assuming that is the original color.

[69GT 0]

At first I was thinking of sticking with the original Acapulco Blue, but then I saw some 69s with Gulfstream Aqua and I really like that color. A few of the assignments call for us to mix our own custom colors so I guess ill spray some of both and see which one I like more. :)

 

ps. Im going to put the mach 1 blackout hood scheme on it reguardless of which color I choose.

[DarkBuddha 107]

Well, here is my first rendering. I used an image I found online since it provided a significantly better starting point. Trying to fix all the paint issues with real car would be just plain crazy. Whatch'all think?

 

[bnickel 10,004]

f-in sweet bro. you do good work db. if my car was still in need of paint i'd ask you to a chop for me. :D

[69GT 0]

Wow, that looks beautiful. Nice work DarkBuddha!

[bswor 73]

Looks good.

[DarkBuddha 107]

Glad y'all like it. :D I can make color changes really easily now since I've done all the hard work, so if you would like to see it in another color or with a solid colored hood, etc., just let me know.

[bnickel 10,004]

can you do one with a flat silver/gray "blackout" ?

[DarkBuddha 107]

can you do one with a flat silver/gray "blackout" ?

How's this? I can go a bit more gray if you want...

 

[bnickel 10,004]

yeah i think a little grayer more towards a silver color. i've just always had this idea that doing a dark colored car with the blackout done in a flat silver would look absolutely awesome, and certain blues and greens as well.

[69mach1t5 104]

Theres too much black on hood , the whole hood shoulndt seem black you need like 1 inch around hood

[bnickel 10,004]

i think that is probably close enough for a chop, it's not exactly easy to do that.

[DarkBuddha 107]

yeah i think a little grayer more towards a silver color. i've just always had this idea that doing a dark colored car with the blackout done in a flat silver would look absolutely awesome, and certain blues and greens as well.

Here's one that's more silver/gray. I also made the "blackout" section smaller and put a pinstripe around it to satisfy the "correctness" folks.

 

[bnickel 10,004]

well maybe not so much on this color but i bet that would look wicked on a black car. it still looks pretty decent on this though, it blends a little more and is less Bold

[DarkBuddha 107]

well maybe not so much on this color but i bet that would look wicked on a black car. it still looks pretty decent on this though, it blends a little more and is less Bold

I like it both ways actually, but I think the black and silver thing is already overdone a bit...

 

[bnickel 10,004]

well i've always wondered what it would look like and i think it looks pretty damn good. i also think it would work well with any dark color. thanks bro you da man!!!!!

[MDinDestin 14]

The reduced size of the blacked out hood with the pinstripe looks better.

 

The factory flat black hood looks best and seems to bring out the acqua.

[69GT 0]

Well, I just got done painting a fender in my auto painting class (with downdraft booth, gotta rub it in) and its close to how I think would like mine to look. This is a metalic and in the end I dont think I want it to be metalic but well see. I want to end up painting it to look like the first picture but this is just a first step :D This fender has been color sanded and buffed so its looking as good as it ever will. What do you guys think?