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1965_SS 10-04-2011 02:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Palmers Customs (Post 372006)
Thank you Wes. To answer your question, the matte black is single stage. You can see and feel an edge between the black and red stripe, I don't know of any technique that would allow you to have a gloss and matte finish next to each other without feeling the edge. I chose the single stage to try to minimize the thickness of the edge. It only took two coats of single stage black. If I did it with a base coat clear coat the stripe would have been thicker, (two coats color and two coats matte clear). I'm not much of a fan for matte black stripes because of the edge it leaves, but the owner insisted on the center stripe being matte black and now that it's all done it was definitely the right call.
Awesome build:thumbsup:

I'm not a body and paint guy so this might be a stupid question, but could you tape off the matte black stripe and then clear coat the paint to build it up to the height of the matte black stripe and then have no "edge"?

Palmers Customs 10-04-2011 03:34 PM
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Originally Posted by TandL (Post 372462)
Awesome build:thumbsup:

I'm not a body and paint guy so this might be a stupid question, but could you tape off the matte black stripe and then clear coat the paint to build it up to the height of the matte black stripe and then have no "edge"?
Can't say I have ever tried that. I just don't know how clean the paint edges would be when they come together. You would still feel an edge either way.

daemon2 10-04-2011 07:14 PM
More please:D

214Chevy 10-05-2011 02:14 PM
Looking good!!:hail: :hail:

Rybar 10-05-2011 03:49 PM
This vette is awesome, thanks for taking the time to post all the build shots and paint process. Well done. :thumbsup:

SS 454 11-04-2011 05:28 AM
http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-global/dims...-zr59-sema.jpg

Damn it looks beautiful. :hail: :thumbsup:

The picture is from Autoblog click on the link to see more
ZR59 on Autoblog

preston 11-04-2011 05:59 PM
Great car. Thanks for the photos on building the aluminum trim, a lot of build threads kind of leave out the middling details, going from initial cut to final finish in two photos. I dig the photos with welding beads on them as they give me insight into how the parts are actually mated and hope that even big aluminum beads can be effectively metal finished to perfection.

Its hard to tell but I think you painted all of teh aluminum ?
Otherwise how do you keep it from tarnishing ? does the owner have to brush/polish it once in a while ? I'm pretty sure it looks painted but just curious.

Palmers Customs 11-05-2011 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted by preston (Post 376895)
Great car. Thanks for the photos on building the aluminum trim, a lot of build threads kind of leave out the middling details, going from initial cut to final finish in two photos. I dig the photos with welding beads on them as they give me insight into how the parts are actually mated and hope that even big aluminum beads can be effectively metal finished to perfection.

Its hard to tell but I think you painted all of teh aluminum ?
Otherwise how do you keep it from tarnishing ? does the owner have to brush/polish it once in a while ? I'm pretty sure it looks painted but just curious.
Thanks again for the compliments. All the trim and bumpers on the car are painted.

gmwhynot 11-17-2011 08:23 PM
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Originally Posted by MoparCar (Post 371984)
Wow, what an awesome build. Your quality of the build is top notch for sure. Thanks for posting it.

Question on your matte black stripe. Is this a matte clear over a black basecoat or an actual matte black paint? Also are you able to lay this "flush" with the red stripe or is it on top of the other paint where you can actually feel the matte black layer on top?
I'm building a Mopar and most had some kind of flat black accents over the years and looking to do a similar accent with minimal ridge/rise over the basecoat and clear.

Thanks-Wes
There is a way I have done once but i am not sure of the long term effect. Clear both colors together with regular clear, then sand it flat, then reclear everything with matte clear then mask off the area you want flat and colorsand and buff the rest of the finish. When you color sand and buff matte clear it shines as good as regular clear.

rjsjea 11-17-2011 11:27 PM
Where are those headlights from? I like that style of integrated turn signals

I dig the paint scheme:cool:

firebirddady69 11-18-2011 12:41 AM
Sweet ride!!!!

muscle69 11-18-2011 01:21 AM
Wow Nice car!

Palmers Customs 11-22-2011 01:39 PM
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Originally Posted by gmwhynot (Post 379254)
There is a way I have done once but i am not sure of the long term effect. Clear both colors together with regular clear, then sand it flat, then reclear everything with matte clear then mask off the area you want flat and colorsand and buff the rest of the finish. When you color sand and buff matte clear it shines as good as regular clear.
Thanks for the input, however I don't know how well that hold up. I could never take that chance on a customers car. It's something worth looking into.

Palmers Customs 11-22-2011 02:06 PM
We got the opportunity to take the Corvette out to Jay Leno's Garage for an interview with Jay for his web show. It was pretty cool checking out his place and seeing all his cars. After the interview I got to take a drive with Jay around Burbank for about 20 minutes in the Corvette. That was a great experience and hope that one day my guys and I have the opportunity to do that again. Here are a few pictures of that day.

http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/...ersonal019.jpg
http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/...ersonal020.jpg
http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/...ersonal017.jpg

214Chevy 11-22-2011 04:31 PM
Unless I missed something earlier in the thread, is this Jay Leno's car?

Palmers Customs 11-22-2011 04:58 PM
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Originally Posted by 509Chevelle (Post 380000)
Unless I missed something earlier in the thread, is this Jay Leno's car?
No it's not Leno's car. We got invited to be interviewed with the car for a web show that he has called " Jay Leno's Garage". He likes to showcase other peoples car as well as his own.

214Chevy 11-22-2011 05:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Palmers Customs (Post 380008)
No it's not Leno's car. We got invited to be interviewed with the car for a web show that he has called " Jay Leno's Garage". He likes to showcase other peoples car as well as his own.
Oh, okay. By the way, I love this car. :wow:

Palmers Customs 12-31-2011 02:09 PM
We are finishing up on the last details on the Corvette so that we can deliver the car to the owner after the Grand National Roadster show that is coming up at the end of January. The motor in this car is an LS9, which most of you now requires a dry sump oil system. After plumbing the oil system and installing the headers we only had a 1/8" gap between the header and the fittings on the side of the oil pan. Knowing that this wasn't going to work, I contacted Cris at JCG to see if he had any ideas, because re-making headers was not something that we wanted to have to, but would have if it was the only fix. Solution? The JCG LS7-LS9 oil pan block. The piece bolted right in still using the original O-rings. There is now 2" of clearance! The inside of the block has a nice radius transition so not to interfere with the flow of the oil. Once we make some additional heat shields, I am 100% convinced that we will never have an issue with the oil system. Thanks again Cris!

http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/...7/370041e9.jpg
Not much room. This was not going to work.

http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/...7/5ce37f68.jpg
Plenty of room now!

Palmers Customs 12-31-2011 02:12 PM
http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/...7/4aa6ee9c.jpg

214Chevy 12-31-2011 03:03 PM
Niiiiiice!! Big ups to you all on the car as well as Cris at JCG for the invention.

Cris@JCG 12-31-2011 07:00 PM
Alan- It was great that we were able to help you out with your situation.. Your issue was the driving force for us to design & machine this new part .. You need anything else.. Just give me a call!

I got to see the underside of this Corvette.. Mind blowing details underneth their! Justin did a great job with the custom dry sump oil tank :thumbsup:


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