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Thanks! Appreciate the kind words. I’m really excited for how it is coming together! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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That looks really clean... looks like you removed the two mounting bases and then flipped the hinges to the opposite side of the spoiler, mounting the hinges directly to the trunk lid. Creative and nice look! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Finally was able to make a trip to WI today to see, first hand, progress on the Nova... been a long time - almost six weeks!
Last week, Kurt sent me some pictures of the Nova... he was able to get the interior primed and painted (just floors and other areas of the interior that won’t be visible when the car is finished). Attachment 72181 Attachment 72182 Attachment 72183 Attachment 72184 Attachment 72185 He also was able to get the underside of the car finished in Upol... Attachment 72186 https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...f5e9bd646f.jpg Drove over to WI today and was surprised to see that he had the car painted and was well into wet sanding... looked great! Color is stealthy for sure... as always with paint, pics don’t really do it justice. Appears a little darker in pictures than it actually is. Hope to be done with wet sanding and buffing early next week, then can start assembly... been a long time coming [emoji16] Attachment 72188 Attachment 72189 Attachment 72190 Attachment 72191 https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...683c609d70.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...b006a04355.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...f4883e9567.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...628b6b6c84.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...0aa3b49676.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...325971b61c.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...c3d39653e1.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...dab77187c2.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...ba4f04ce4e.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...ad8eb1025e.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...d4f66ddade.jpg After wet sanding and buffing, inner fenders, firewall, core support, etc will be sprayed a satin black. Then exterior trim, bumpers, etc all painted carbon black metallic. Interior will be sprayed later, likely a darker charcoal gray metallic. I’m really excited to see the progress and can’t wait for the final assembly to start! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Quick update on progress made on the Nova over the last few weeks. Kurt was able to finish wet sanding the exterior and has buffed the body. Doors, front fenders, hood and trunk are wet sanded, but still finishing the buffing process. Due to scheduling issues in the shop, Kurt wanted to focus on getting the interior painted, sound deadener sprayed, and firewall painted before finishing the final buffing on other panels. Attached are some pictures of the body that I took when I visited last week. He does three levels of buffing/polishing (each with a successively finer polishing compound and pad). These pictures were taken after the first level of polishing.
Attachment 72452 Attachment 72453 Attachment 72454 Attachment 72455 Attachment 72456 After completing the polishing on the shell, Kurt masked the body off to paint the interior. We ended up using Nightfall Gray Metallic, a color that’s a middle ground between the Shark Gray Metallic body color and the Carbon Black Metallc that the trim, bumpers, etc will be painted in. I’m a big fan of the Nightfall Gray Metallc... almost ordered my 2017 ZL-1 in that color. We wanted a little contrast to the body color and the darker color goes better with the color of the leather for my seats. Kurt also painted the steering wheel column, steering wheel, steering column mount, glove box, etc. Some photos below. Attachment 72457 Attachment 72458 Attachment 72459 Attachment 72460 Attachment 72461 As a reminder, here are my Recaros I had custom done... https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...cc8bd9ecd7.jpg After we got the interior painted, Kurt masked off the freshly painted interior areas and we sprayed sound deadener on the floors, roof, inside the doors, inside firewall, inside rear quarters, trunk, etc. We used a product from Second Skin audio called Spectrum. Really helps to eliminate resonance and noise from vibrations inside the car. Sprays on a bit like a bed liner. Kurt has never used it before, but was excited to try it and thought it went on really well. We did three coats, approximately 1 mil thickness each. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...6d1705255d.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...a480cb2210.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...81e459471a.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...f15502e17e.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...a6c88e0378.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...59d805092f.jpg Finally, after finishing the interior, he was able to get the shell off the rotisserie and on a cart where he was able to spray the firewall in a satin black. Inner fender panels, underside of the hood, core support, etc. will be painted in the same color. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...185c9d68c9.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...b46a1ffc36.jpg Next week, the guys will be installing suspension back under the car, as well as the engine. It’s really exciting to see the progress and can’t wait for assembly to start! Hope all is well, Brian Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
The paint looks great, and that sound insulation help a lot.
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Stopped by AutoKraft today to take a quick look at the Nova... Kurt’s team was able to get all of the tape and paper off the car, get it off the cart, get front subframe mounted as well as rear Quadra link and 9 inch... I have to say, it’s a great feeling to see the car painted, with suspension back under it and the Forgelines on! Starting to look like a car again... been a long time during paint and body phase. I think the plan for next week is to finish buffing hood, doors, trunk and front fenders, get engine and transmission back in it, and then hang doors and front fenders. Exciting to see the progress!
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Everything looks so good...
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