[cantcatchmitch]

It took me months to decide, but I chose BMW Tanzanite Blue as the body color. I pulled the body apart, and built racks to hang all the body panels seperate off the car so the jambs and everything could be painted at once. I sealed and basecoated the car early one morning, then tacked off and cleared the car the following day. 6 coats of clear on this thing used up a whole lot of material!!!! I let it sit with the heat cranked up for a few days before I started wetsanding it with 600. Then I let it gas out for another week before 1000,1500,2000,2500,3000, with guidecoat used in between each grit to make sure the sand scratches got eliminated. It was my first time using guidecoat on clear, and it saved me a lot of time both sanding and buffing without having to try to fight heavier grit scratches with the wool pad.

The engine bay actually got painted first, with a matte clear over everything. all the suspension pieces got sterling gray with a matte clear as well.