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Grand Am Accents...showing off my paint skills

Two weeks ago I decided to actually go through with my plans to paint some accents on my Grand Am SC/T. I love blacked out vehicles but this needed something. I looked through the SIKKENS color chip book picked out a custom color and the closest matching was a Kawasaki color. I mixed the custom color which has less yellow in it thank god and heres the results. Im redoing the back of the spoiler to flow with the lines, and Im gonna do something with the sides(undecided yet). I bought green LED underglow for it, the only non performance mods I will do to any car and its only this one.





"Real cars dont power the front wheels, they lift them"
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1984 Mercury Cougar GS 5.0:cougarsmily: BBK Equal Length Shorties, BBK O/R X-Pipe, Magnaflow Magnapacks, Mustang GT Stainless Tailpipes, 18" Magnaflow Rolled Edge Tips. Turbo Coupe Hood, Mach 1 Chin Spoiler. 17"x9" Cobra R's, Falken Ziex 255/50s, and 245/45s.
1984 Ford Thunderbird 3.8L "Drag Queen"
2009 Dodge Ram 1500 Lone Star Edition 5.7L Hemi 400hp, lex DOD14M Magnaflow retro-fit ler kit

Grand Am Accents...showing off my paint skills

Reply #1 –
Photobucket
"Real cars dont power the front wheels, they lift them"
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1984 Mercury Cougar GS 5.0:cougarsmily: BBK Equal Length Shorties, BBK O/R X-Pipe, Magnaflow Magnapacks, Mustang GT Stainless Tailpipes, 18" Magnaflow Rolled Edge Tips. Turbo Coupe Hood, Mach 1 Chin Spoiler. 17"x9" Cobra R's, Falken Ziex 255/50s, and 245/45s.
1984 Ford Thunderbird 3.8L "Drag Queen"
2009 Dodge Ram 1500 Lone Star Edition 5.7L Hemi 400hp, lex DOD14M Magnaflow retro-fit ler kit

Grand Am Accents...showing off my paint skills

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http://s204.photobucket.com/albums/bb105/cougrrr302/Grand%20Am/

Heres my photobucket with the prepping, masking and painting pics. We use SIKKENS paint and I was using a SATA 3000. Scuffed with a Norton 800 grit wet prep pad until clear had no shine left, then cleaned, masked and two light coats of green, then two coats of clear.
"Real cars dont power the front wheels, they lift them"
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1984 Mercury Cougar GS 5.0:cougarsmily: BBK Equal Length Shorties, BBK O/R X-Pipe, Magnaflow Magnapacks, Mustang GT Stainless Tailpipes, 18" Magnaflow Rolled Edge Tips. Turbo Coupe Hood, Mach 1 Chin Spoiler. 17"x9" Cobra R's, Falken Ziex 255/50s, and 245/45s.
1984 Ford Thunderbird 3.8L "Drag Queen"
2009 Dodge Ram 1500 Lone Star Edition 5.7L Hemi 400hp, lex DOD14M Magnaflow retro-fit ler kit

Grand Am Accents...showing off my paint skills

Reply #3 –
that's pretty cool looking. What tape do you like to use for masking to get a crisp line?
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Pretty much every panel on my 87 is new, rebuilt, or re constructed. :D
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Grand Am Accents...showing off my paint skills

Reply #4 –
Looks good :D


BTW your wheel wells are dirty ;)
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

Grand Am Accents...showing off my paint skills

Reply #5 –
man youre making me eager to get my degrees

im going for quite a few. Autobody and collision refinishing being one of them... followed by diesel, HiPo, motorcycle, and all the technical aspects, welding and fab along with a business degree, so if i get hairy i start my own business.

good job Nate

Grand Am Accents...showing off my paint skills

Reply #6 –
Nice car,Nice work and layout

but I personally don't dig the color
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Grand Am Accents...showing off my paint skills

Reply #7 –
Looks clean good work only downside needs more Lime Green.
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1987 T-Bird AEROBIRD-GT had many many mods but is now totaled and is the car that made me want to start customizing everything all over again.
1988 T-Bird 5.0 HO DD/Sleeper/next project car :birdsmily:
1988 Cougar XR7 5.0 HO Vortech Supercharged being bulit right now :cougarsmily:

Grand Am Accents...showing off my paint skills

Reply #8 –
Not bad, good to see some cool little projects like this. Only thing I would probably change would be the color. I would do a silver or grey.
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2.5" Cat Back Exhaust, CenterForce Stage 2 Dual Friction Clutch, B&M Ripper Shifter, T3/T4 Turbonetics 63 A/R Turbo, Rods Stainless Tubular Ceramic Coated Header, Boost Controller @ 15Psi, Kirban AFPR, 42lb Injectors, 190LPH Walbro Fuel pump, Ranger Roller Cam, 3" Aluminum Intake Tubing, K&N Cone,  KYB Struts, Koni Red Horizontals/Verticals, Eibach Sportline Springs, Racer Walsh C/C Plates, Polyurethane Bushings, 17x9 Cobra R Wheels

Grand Am Accents...showing off my paint skills

Reply #9 –
looks good!!!
only thing I would add is the small line that runs across the trim and bumpers, in that green would look killer!
RIP 1988 and 1990 Lincoln Mark VII LSC
I welcomed the dark side and currently am driving a 2000 Dodge Durango SLT plus, with a 5.9, Code named project "Night Runner"
Shes black on black, fully loaded, with headers, 180 tstat, e fan, straight exhaust into a cherry bomb vortex ler, full tune up, ported intake and T/B, MSD coil, and round aircleaner.
Mods to come: Fully rebuilt and heavily modded 46RE, and a richmond rachet locker.
my $300 beater ;)
R.I.P Kayleigh Raposa 12/18/90 - 2/24/07

Grand Am Accents...showing off my paint skills

Reply #10 –
daminc: I think its 3M or Norton masking tape and the fine line is some odd name I'll have to check out.

turbo88: I thought about grey or silver, but the idea for the hood came from a picture of a Grand Am with Silver like this, so I ruled it either Metallic Maroon to match the interior lights or Green(gfs favorite color). Found the right color and went to town.

Blackjack: Im taking my ASE tests for Auto Collision/Repair certification. Good luck its fun, I just want to do more custom stuff. I want to own my own shop soon.

Daboss, Carpimp: The molding stripe I was gonna paint, but not on the bumper just between the wheels. I dont want to do too much to it, just enough to blend the front and back together. Ive been toying with Ideas.

Thunderjet: My whole car is dirty!! I wash it and then what do ya know it RAINS! I hate it, It needs a good cleaning again, but I make sure when its clean, its CLEAN! lol.
"Real cars dont power the front wheels, they lift them"
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
1984 Mercury Cougar GS 5.0:cougarsmily: BBK Equal Length Shorties, BBK O/R X-Pipe, Magnaflow Magnapacks, Mustang GT Stainless Tailpipes, 18" Magnaflow Rolled Edge Tips. Turbo Coupe Hood, Mach 1 Chin Spoiler. 17"x9" Cobra R's, Falken Ziex 255/50s, and 245/45s.
1984 Ford Thunderbird 3.8L "Drag Queen"
2009 Dodge Ram 1500 Lone Star Edition 5.7L Hemi 400hp, lex DOD14M Magnaflow retro-fit ler kit

Grand Am Accents...showing off my paint skills

Reply #11 –
either way it looks awesome!! Your a  talented painter!!
RIP 1988 and 1990 Lincoln Mark VII LSC
I welcomed the dark side and currently am driving a 2000 Dodge Durango SLT plus, with a 5.9, Code named project "Night Runner"
Shes black on black, fully loaded, with headers, 180 tstat, e fan, straight exhaust into a cherry bomb vortex ler, full tune up, ported intake and T/B, MSD coil, and round aircleaner.
Mods to come: Fully rebuilt and heavily modded 46RE, and a richmond rachet locker.
my $300 beater ;)
R.I.P Kayleigh Raposa 12/18/90 - 2/24/07
 

Grand Am Accents...showing off my paint skills

Reply #12 –
Quote from: daboss351;225109
either way it looks awesome!! Your a  talented painter!!


Thank you! Im not that great lol. I am glad I can do custom stuff and Im so eager to do more. We have a bunch of hoods off of new 08 chevy pickups laying around from hail damage and Im gonna try some more custom stuff with a minijet. Try my flames and a few ideas for a bike. Im gonna paint a few more things on the car, so there will be updates.
"Real cars dont power the front wheels, they lift them"
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
1984 Mercury Cougar GS 5.0:cougarsmily: BBK Equal Length Shorties, BBK O/R X-Pipe, Magnaflow Magnapacks, Mustang GT Stainless Tailpipes, 18" Magnaflow Rolled Edge Tips. Turbo Coupe Hood, Mach 1 Chin Spoiler. 17"x9" Cobra R's, Falken Ziex 255/50s, and 245/45s.
1984 Ford Thunderbird 3.8L "Drag Queen"
2009 Dodge Ram 1500 Lone Star Edition 5.7L Hemi 400hp, lex DOD14M Magnaflow retro-fit ler kit