Cobra is back in the garage after paint
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2018 11:26 am
Sadly, I paid for a Beverly Hills paint job, but got a K-Mart quality product.
After Paul took it back and had someone knock off most of the orange peel, it still has more flaws than I can count. I think the most disturbing aspect of the whole job is very poor attention to detail coupled with seemingly amateur paintwork.
Education is never free - some just costs more than others...
I have decided to go with it as-is. More trips to the paint shop probably would not help - they had 5 months to get it done and I don't want to do without it any longer. There was dirt,dust and polish splashed everywhere, inside and out including inside the trunk, the cockpit including the dash and under the hood, poorly aligned trunk stripes, peeling paint in the oil cooler inlet, paint defects here there and everywhere, small and large, still some orange peel at the inner door tops and some on the sides in broad areas. I paid extra for a "cut and buff" to correct the really poor paint and even though it helped some, it is far from a smooth finish - i look at it as an incomplete "lick and a promise" kind of work.
The trunk lid needs realignment. I haven't checked the doors yet but first glance says some needed there too in spite of paying extra for having both doors refitted.
It's a driver, not a show car - that's my new mantra.
I'm installing the bumpers, lights and trim I removed prior to paint, working from the rear toward the front; the back end is pretty much done. A few more side and middle pieces and I'll tackle the front where there's a lot of stuff to put back on, including a new bumper and headlights which are guaranteed to "bolt right on" I'm sure.
Oh, well, enough grousing. Back to work and then some driving. Pictures to follow.
After Paul took it back and had someone knock off most of the orange peel, it still has more flaws than I can count. I think the most disturbing aspect of the whole job is very poor attention to detail coupled with seemingly amateur paintwork.
Education is never free - some just costs more than others...
I have decided to go with it as-is. More trips to the paint shop probably would not help - they had 5 months to get it done and I don't want to do without it any longer. There was dirt,dust and polish splashed everywhere, inside and out including inside the trunk, the cockpit including the dash and under the hood, poorly aligned trunk stripes, peeling paint in the oil cooler inlet, paint defects here there and everywhere, small and large, still some orange peel at the inner door tops and some on the sides in broad areas. I paid extra for a "cut and buff" to correct the really poor paint and even though it helped some, it is far from a smooth finish - i look at it as an incomplete "lick and a promise" kind of work.
The trunk lid needs realignment. I haven't checked the doors yet but first glance says some needed there too in spite of paying extra for having both doors refitted.
It's a driver, not a show car - that's my new mantra.
I'm installing the bumpers, lights and trim I removed prior to paint, working from the rear toward the front; the back end is pretty much done. A few more side and middle pieces and I'll tackle the front where there's a lot of stuff to put back on, including a new bumper and headlights which are guaranteed to "bolt right on" I'm sure.
Oh, well, enough grousing. Back to work and then some driving. Pictures to follow.
