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There actually was mention of a nice black dress and the black Bonneville, and I'm not the one who said it either


Work so far today

Carpet back in


Center console in


All done now!













The drivers side seat heater still doesn't work, but if I wiggle the wires it will stay on for about five or six seconds instead of shutting off instantly. More work to do on that yet, it will come soon! Worked on the nasty scratch on the passenger side a little today, still have a bunch more work to do yet, but it will get there.

Before


After



New WeatherTech floor mats will be here Thursday as well as a drivers door module and a blower control module from harofreak00.

crash93ssei wrote:

Did you lose your shirt on this project or what?
Looks great Ryan! (edit; the car, I'm talking abut the car...jk)

LMAO, I never wear a shirt when it is nice out

I guess when you're used to a town where there are a lot of people around you all the time, you (I) aren't used to that sort of thing...However, when I'm outside I usually don't have shoes on...
looking forward to the possibility of a black dress on black car photoshoot...hehehe
Hey...Ryan...a siggy update is in order for you is it not?

Looks like I should have included a console armrest with that shipment

crash93ssei wrote:LMAO, I never wear a shirt when it is nice out

ya dang redneck!

Ryan doesn't wear shirts....Almost didn't go to the bar because he wouldn't but a "dang" shirt on...


HAHA j/p!

yonkerse wrote:Ryan doesn't wear shirts....Almost didn't go to the bar because he wouldn't but a "dang" shirt on...


HAHA j/p!

We had fun though!!

Uhh, Ryan, I appreciate the effort, but you're not the person I wanted to see posing topless!

x2!

We sure did have a good time Ryan! Wish I would have made it back a second time before heading back to school....

so did you just tint your signals? that looks great. may have to do that to my burgundy bonne. I think on my color that would look better than clear

petraman wrote:Uhh, Ryan, I appreciate the effort, but you're not the person I wanted to see posing topless!

I think no one would have noticed until SOMEONE pointed it OUT.

Would that SOMEONE be the same SOMEONE who has a habit of EMPHASIZING things, Cody?






I'll NEVER live that down will I?

EXLINE wrote:so did you just tint your signals? that looks great. may have to do that to my burgundy bonne. I think on my color that would look better than clear

Yes, I pulled the lights apart, removed the amber piece and tinted it, then removed the caps that cover the tip of the bulb and painted them black as well. I did not just tint the lens, we tried that on a friends black '05 CTS and it looked amazing (light tint, didn't effect light output too bad) but from being on the front of the car it faded quickly and looked horrible within a year.

So, time for another update

Started off today taking a break from the electrical nightmare of things not working then randomly seeming fine for no reason (blower motor) and decided to try to work on the paint some. I started off with some polishing, then decided to try my hand at some wet sanding. I have wet sanded headlights and tinted tail lights before, but there really isn't much risk there... mess up and just re-tint them, but I have never touched paint on a car before.

Took a few pics of current condition of the paint














This is after some polishing. Now don't freak out here, it looks like crap because it has only been compounded at this point which is a very aggressive cut polish. This step MUST be followed by a medium cut then a fine cut polish to look right.



Here is the familiar nasty scratch on the front door. This is after polishing with the compound and the medium cut.




Front door again after polishing, not fine cut yet.


Back to the scratch on the front door. I filled most of the nastiness in with touch up paint then let it dry and wet sanded it down level.


Compounded, not medium or light cut polish yet. Where did the scratch go???





This is the back door, the scratch is been filled in with a touch up pen, but as we all know when you use touch up paint it leaves nice little raised spots above the rest of the paint.




I decided I didn't want ANY more orange peel... wetsanded the entire top of the door.


Close up of the paint, rock chip in there that needs some work and you can see the scratch a little on the bottom yet.


Half the door compounded




Door completely compounded and medium cut polish done, still no fine cut or wax.

Looks awesome Ryan!
Glad to see you dressed for the occasion

SSEiMan01 wrote:
Looks awesome Ryan!
Glad to see you dressed for the occasion

hahaha LOL

I added one more pic of the front door, check it out, shows the scratch being gone even better!

That looks awesome Ryan!

What brand compounds are you using for this? I have a couple of scratches on my car that need a little touching up and buffing out, as well as polishing on the whole car.