scion08

From overlay to Candy apple red paint. Came out a little rough but i'll wet sand it when i get a chance and put clear vinyl on top of it to protect it from scratch.

heres the pic



oh yeah, im going to amber out the turn signals also, thats after i do all the touch up
not bad for 9 bucks.

burstaneurysm

Looks good man. That candy apple is pretty good to work with and fairly resiliant.

Bossman

nice..I would have cracked them open and painted the insides that way they dont fade over time and weathering...thats what I did. But none the less, it is a great asthetic improvement

stick_1NZ

Looks good mang!

THE_DON

Definitely lose the amber turn signals and you're straight.

Looks good.

-THE DON

JoMac

Looks good. I may have to try this on the stockers I got lay'n around.

Fran82

Where is everyone finding the transparent candy apple paint? I looked at KMart, Walmart, Home Depot, Advance Auto today and NOTHING. I think I've seen it at a Hobbytown before, but there aren't any around here.

scion08

yeah, ive looked everywhere also. Michaels, hobby lobby. They might have it there in your area but its called stained glass by krylon. I found this one on a hobby shop locally.

Fran82

I think someone mentioned Testors transparent candy paint, which would be a hobby shop product, but I haven't found any. I've been looking for the Krylon too, but nothing. I was going to try Hobby Lobby, but if you haven't had success there either, then I don't know. I'll be heading back to New England next week, and I know the hobby shops around there, so I'll check them out.

scion08

yup.. thats exactly the one i used. Testors

metal112524

Not bad Cris, your cars lookin so hot these days, im gettin jealous. I dont know what to do next i want everything done NOW!

burstaneurysm

I used the Testors stuff... I had to look around for it for quite a while. Check the phone book for hobby shops. I finally found mine at a fairly small privately owned shop devoted to model trains. So yea, it's out there, but you definitely have to do some legwork.

scion08

thanks man! dont worry, your car will get there. I know you have big plans for your car.

Fran82

SUCCESS! with finding the paint anyway. I went to AC Moore crafts, nothing. Went to Michael's Crafts, they were sold out of the Testors Candy Apple, but they did have Testors Transparent Hot Rod Red, and the Krylon Stained Glass paint. Has anyone tried the Hot Rod Red? It looked a little pink.
I kept looking. Went to Hobby Lobby and they had the Testors Transparent Candy Apple Red. I also noticed when I was there that they had a whole display of Createx Transparent paints. They aren't sprays, so you would need an airbrush, but with the variety of colors, you could probably come up with quite a design. Has anyone used those paints?

http://www.createxcolors.com/airbrush.htm

I think I still have some left over Testors Smoke paint too from an R/C project so I might try some of that too over the backup lights. Still undecided.

scion08

you should have gotten that stained glass one from krylon, alot cheaper and it also looks nice.

another pic from today after waxing my car.

Fran82

Not where I found it. The testors was $4, and the Krylon was $8. I plan on painting them from the inside, and I like the color that I've seen on the ones painted with the Testors. Not that I don't like the color of yours, I just wasn't AS SURE about the Krylon color. Yours look great. I really like that pattern.

scion08

mine are testors... i was going to go with krylon at first but couldnt find it.

heres 1point6s tails with krylon





hope he doesnt mind me using his pics..

Fran82

Why are you pushing the Krylon if you used Testors????

They both look good to me, not much difference in coloring.

scion08

not pushing it at all, just in case anybody wants to try krylon, its works the same. Because I looked for weeks for that damn thing before i finally ended up with testors, which i dont regret. It looks nice. Anyways, good luck with the mod, post pics when your done.

metal112524

Now i know my next project. AND its cheap! I just need to get my hands dirty. ;P