I have been a member here for some time. I started with a 04 grafite. Then a tree fell on that and I bought another members black srt.
I haven't been on the forum for a while and with all my toys the srt became my daily driver. Luckily my shop is about a mile from my house so it's still under 30,000 miles but the paint is awful. The factory black just didn't hold up. My wife's 2001 pt cruiser has nicer paint.
Today I started preparing my srt for a new paint job.
I'm sure I will upset some but it's not going to be all black.
I'll post some updates as I get stuff done. It takes time when you have to work for a living.

 

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Obviously more disassembley needs to be done but I still need to drive it to and from work. Lol
I'm going to look cool cruising around in it now.

 

That's what it all about, making the car your own! Is this going to be a two tone?

 

Yes. I'm going to do some letdown spray out panels.
My plan is black and a 3 stage candy red.
I am going with the ppg radiance line.

 

Getting closer.
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My '02 AMG is the common boring silver. I see some describe their color as "Brilliant Silver", no doubt the manufacturers description. I'd trade it for black in a heartbeat. A well painted, well prepped black car cannot be beat! Red has got to be the worse. It says "I drive a small car so I chose red so you can see me and not crush me."++++++++

 

Thanks a lot. Always wondered why I bought my RED roadster, now I know. I guess I'm a wimp.

 

I think the truth is that
Red says "look at me"
and Black says ..... "wash me"

my first car (bought with my own money when I was 15) was a fire-engine red 65 GTO .... I was never worried about getting squashed

Cheers,
Chris

 

Great. Mine is going to be red and black so it will say.
Look at me, I'm dirty.

 

your reply was really funny.

in replying to a reply made to comments made by someone other that the OP ... I rained a bit on your cool project ...
I hope I did not strike a nerve .... how inadvertently crass of me .... my bad.



I like red and black together . those were my car colors my first 3 years racing on local NASCAR dirt tracks (had to wash that car a lot )

Cheers,
Chris

 

No nerve struck. I thought it was kinda funny.
If we all liked the same colors , life would be boring.

 

I'm actually looking forward to seeing this project completed. From what you described, this should turn our pretty stunning!

 

Got my base coat today. Just for my black base, gold base (under color) and candy red base coat. $900 my cost.
That's doesn't include any sealer or clear. That's a lot of money for base coat on such a small car. Lol
Planning on doing let down panel tomorrow night.

 

What if the Crossfire only came in colors that nobody liked!!! Our choices weren't numerous but for the most part, they were pretty good.

 

I might only have 30k miles. But it is still a 10 year old car. If the car was sitting outside baking in the sun all the time and rarely taken care of/detailed. It will go bad.

But hey, gives you reason to modify it.

 

Nice project . . . I'm looking forward to seeing the results of your efforts!

 

Can't wait to see the results, it will look sharp.

 

I have done some cool paint jobs over the years. I keep coming up with wild ideas for the crossfire but I really want the lines of the car to speak for themselves and keep it classy. I guess we will see what happens when I am in the booth.
I even considered painting dragon scale all over it to match my bike. Lol

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WOW! You are certainly a talented painter. Nice work!

 

Getting close.
All cleaned up.
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Sealer and black base coat
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Tomorrow morning I start laying the gold and candy.