The original paint on my '90 745 had ben bugging me for quite some time. The hood and roof were extremely faded, and there were scratches/keymarks/gouges all down the sides. Figured it was time for something new, so last week I took action. Here's what it looked like before (sans roof rack):
And after $30 and about 3 hours of effor in my garage one night, here's the finished product:
This was with Behr outdoor paint from Home Depot, rolled on with foam rollers, and I used one of those small 1" foam brushes (like we used during arts and crafts in elementary school) to get in the tight areas, behind the door handles etc. Two coats. I used less than half a gallon of it for both coats. Wheels were done with Rustoleum gold metallic, two coats, and then a coat of clear. Prep included: removing decals, pressure washing and taping. Didn't sand anything. Once everything had cured I slapped the euro stripe kit I recreated back on, this time in matte black vinyl.
I'm very happy with how it came out. Up close it's not perfect, but it looks much better than it did before. It definitely needed paint and I couldn't justify spending hours of bodywork filling in scratches and hundreds of dollars on a professional paint job just for it to eventually get backed into in the Walmart parking lot one day down the road. If it were to get scratched or damaged now, there's nothing stopping me from breaking out the can of paint and touching that area up.
Hope you like it! And for those of you who don't, sorry I ruined a rare 745
And after $30 and about 3 hours of effor in my garage one night, here's the finished product:
This was with Behr outdoor paint from Home Depot, rolled on with foam rollers, and I used one of those small 1" foam brushes (like we used during arts and crafts in elementary school) to get in the tight areas, behind the door handles etc. Two coats. I used less than half a gallon of it for both coats. Wheels were done with Rustoleum gold metallic, two coats, and then a coat of clear. Prep included: removing decals, pressure washing and taping. Didn't sand anything. Once everything had cured I slapped the euro stripe kit I recreated back on, this time in matte black vinyl.
I'm very happy with how it came out. Up close it's not perfect, but it looks much better than it did before. It definitely needed paint and I couldn't justify spending hours of bodywork filling in scratches and hundreds of dollars on a professional paint job just for it to eventually get backed into in the Walmart parking lot one day down the road. If it were to get scratched or damaged now, there's nothing stopping me from breaking out the can of paint and touching that area up.
Hope you like it! And for those of you who don't, sorry I ruined a rare 745
