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Post by lanceslambos on Aug 25, 2017 14:06:25 GMT -6
The paint on my '98 is toast and I've started sanding and prepping for a new paint job. I'm going to do it all myself because that's half the fun! My problem is that the paint from the raised trim piece (middle of the doors) downward is practically perfect, but from the trim up it's completely toast. The car is white diamond with red ignition wires, air filter, hose covers, strut brace, glass packs, shocks, brake drums, valve stems, and lug nuts. Basically it's red everywhere the '97 was blue. I swapped out the trunk and hood from the '97 which is bright white. I also pulled the side skirts off. This leaves me in a unique position to do a multi color paint job. I really don't want to have to try and match the factory paint. I also decided to be the first Aurora to show off that aluminum hood! The top of the hood is going to shine like a new dime. So if you can imagine the side skirts, spoiler, trunk deck, and top of the car are available to repaint in any color or color combination. I'm not painting door jambs. I was considering doing the spoiler and skirts to match, or simply flat black for the roof. I spend too much time watching race cars and custom build shows, and am looking to go over the top with a flashy but not ridiculous looking paint job. I was hoping to find color shifting paint that turns gold to red or white to silver, but can only find typical chameleon colors (blue, purple, green, orange) Glow in the dark paint is out of the question, but color shifting paint, candies & pearls are on the table. I am going to keep the mirrors and door handles white diamond because they are in great shape and will look good against whatever color I go with.     |
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Post by tigger on Aug 25, 2017 22:17:06 GMT -6
Haha, "Do your thang" Lance!
Honestly though, if you're prepared to lay down pearl, just go back with white!
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Post by quixote on Aug 26, 2017 9:26:46 GMT -6
I never particularly cared about the white pearl color, myself, but fooling with the touch-up paint, trying to get my flaking areas fixed --I have gotten a bit attached to it.
As far as color match, it looked fairly bad to me, most of the time, until I started spraying the pearl. I think I put 9-10 coats of pearl on, but I can't fault the match. It's got me looking at my spoiler, thinking "it looks a little too pale, needs more pearl..."
I'm not voting, because I'm just not that good at wrapping my mind around the different possible combinations. I can half-way picture sort of a take-off on classic Rolls Royce coloring, white pearl at ground-level, going to silver across the roof-hood-rear deck. If I were doing it, I'd probably try 100 difference variations on photoshop, & be worried the whole time I painted.
I has always seemed to be that you see more two-tone paint with the darker colors near the ground, lighter going up. I don't know if that's because the lighter ones show dirt more, or its something I have never thought much about.
I tend to like the low-key colors on the Auroras. I don't know why I don't tend to like flashier colors, stripes, etc.
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Post by lanceslambos on Aug 28, 2017 9:23:07 GMT -6
thanks for your input I started buffing the hood with Mother's mag & aluminum polish. The trick is to get through it without goofing up parts already buffed, as this stuff turns jet black.  |
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Post by sall on Aug 28, 2017 10:59:37 GMT -6
Access to HVLP or just rattle cans?
Anyways, I voted for blue pearl. However, if it were me it would be black with a little blue. Midnight blue pearl if you will.
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Post by kbpickle on Aug 28, 2017 11:18:11 GMT -6
Lance - this is your dream, but I'll share mine for re-painting a 1st Gen Aurora:
I've always been interested in a two-tone combination for the 1st Gen Aurora. My ideas tend toward "beach" colors - white, sand, blue.
Lots of variations of traditional Oldsmobile colors might look good: Bright White over Champagne or Light Antelope Metallic; Bright White over Steel Blue (2nd Gen color) or Light Adriatic Blue (1st Gen color); etc. With a white, a light blue, and a sand color even a tri-tone might look good.
Ken
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Post by RCA1186 on Aug 28, 2017 11:58:21 GMT -6
That hood actually looks kind of cool so far. I'd say shoot the car silver or black to go along with it. I voted first option. Although if it were really up to me I'd tell you to shoot it purple pearl, or medium mushroom. One of the original first gen colors haha.
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Post by lanceslambos on Sept 1, 2017 11:58:16 GMT -6
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Post by lanceslambos on Sept 1, 2017 13:44:49 GMT -6
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Post by sall on Sept 1, 2017 19:41:02 GMT -6
Did you not pull the reveal molding? :/
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Post by quixote on Sept 2, 2017 3:48:42 GMT -6
I like blue paint on cars. It's practically a fetish for me, so I've deliberately avoided blue on my Aurora.  |
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Post by lanceslambos on Sept 3, 2017 7:47:50 GMT -6
Did you not pull the reveal molding? :/ Nope, leaving it white. The humidity has been giving me issues now. At this point I wish I'd just had it done somewhere. The dumb car is fighting me every step. I might run out of paint and I got more than enough for the job. It's certainly not looking as good as I'd hoped. The hole through the front of the hood has served as the perfect omen for this ordeal!  |
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Post by lanceslambos on Jan 8, 2019 9:08:09 GMT -6
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Post by RCA1186 on Jan 8, 2019 13:46:22 GMT -6
What's the plan for the bumpers, mirrors, trim along the door, etc.?
Or are you leaving the stuff below the trim line white?
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Post by Marc on Jan 8, 2019 15:50:52 GMT -6
Blue pearl.
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Post by lanceslambos on Jan 17, 2019 10:42:41 GMT -6
What's the plan for the bumpers, mirrors, trim along the door, etc.? Or are you leaving the stuff below the trim line white? the last thing you said  |
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Post by fatcity on Jan 29, 2019 13:34:26 GMT -6
Can you get plastic models of Auroras ? Seems to me, the car is so curvy, a multi hued paint job might look great, or it might ruin the cars lines . Painting a model with an airbrush would let you see the results . My car has good factory Antelope, the color grows on you, and works well with the unconventional body lines .
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Post by lanceslambos on Jan 30, 2019 10:42:43 GMT -6
Hey fatcity. You can get Brookfield models of the Aurora. They come with a certificate of authenticity, and for the price of one, no way would I do that. However once my car is finished I might customize one to match. I did actually use the chameleon paint on it but it was too hard to spray evenly so I stripped it back off. This paint job has been a year in the making - namely because I was away from the car for 6 months and it went to crap. What's holding me up now is winter cold weather.
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