Got her painted

[Big Man]

I think it came out preaty good. :-D I have a Xcal 2 on the way and if it gets here by the end of the week, I'll put it on.

 

[Andre]

Looks really good !!! Nice job Big Man ! :beer:

 

[Silver04L]

cool I want to start doing stuff under the hood too

 

[LightningMAS]

lol... this weekend, im gonna paint my s/c and plenum black to.. looks badass!

Lets see it in the engine bay..

 

[Andrew@]

anything black and any Lightning looks badass

 

[bda1855]

nice... im going to polish mine this weekend...

 

[Vette Eater]

Looks kinda like one I did for a guy here in town after we ported it.

 

[Big Man]

What did you do to get those lines? I tried that and I kept screwing it up.

 

[Blown5pnt4]

Look sweet.......I plan on doin mine in the spring.......how did you do it ? what type of paint/prep ??

 

[Five4Rider]

Looks kinda like one I did for a guy here in town after we ported it.

It looks like maybe he taped the raised lines off, and then painted it.

 

[ChrisNelson]

I think it looks awesome! Do it like Hyvltge's and you're all set!

 

[Cichlids]

Looks nice

 

[LIGHTNING LARRY]

Looks good Dustin. :rockon:

 

[hyvltge]

Looks bad ass. BDA1855, you may need all weekend to polish it. I didn't realize how much of a bear it was until I started. Then I gave up and painted mine black. Let us know how yours turns out. Here is a pics of mine:

 

[LightningMAS]

how many ribbed is our belt?? 8 or 10?

 

[BlownBolt]

Are there amy "how to's" on this. hyvltge, yours looks awesome.

 

[hyvltge]

I used high temp paint and high temp clear. Believe it or not I used a file on the Ford and SVT on the front to knock it down and get it smooth. Then I used a 9 volt battery as a sanding block and sanded it going finer and finer with the grit, finishing with 2000, 2500 and 3000. Then I topped it off with some polishing compound. I purchased a sanding / polishing kit from Sears and used it on my Dremel type tool to knock the rough stuff off of the ribs. A nice sharp file then helps smooth it out. Then before paint, I masked the ribs with 1/8 masking tape (purchased from an auto paint supply store). Then for the front letters, I dabbed just a small amount of vaseline on them so the paint would not stick as well and would be easier to remove. Then once it was painted I CAREFULLY used a razor blade to "cut" the paint off of the letters.