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domingo, 19 de março de 2017

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With the initial coat laid down you can really get the idea of how masking off the butt stripe will work. Note that the trunk is not on the car. Later it will be bolted in place and aligned so that all three components of the butt stripe line up perfectly. Webb will use the same procedure on the trunk that he did on the quarters—spray silver, mask, then spray blue.

Instead of going the traditional decal route for the butt stripe, we opted to paint one on the car. That meant more work but it would also give a seamless finish to the back of the car. The very first step in the whole painting process (once the car was masked properly) was to lay down several coats of our butt stripe color, a not-too-blingy silver pearl.

The silver then had to completely dry before the butt stripe design could be taped off. The size of the stripe is factory, but we omitted the customary R/T symbol on either side. We felt that everyone with a customized Charger slaps some form of lettering in that particular area.

The Finer Details painter, Jay Webb, mixes up the Axalta base in our custom-by-accident color. Let’s call it “Krispy Kreme Blueberry.” Jay is using Axalta’s Chromapremier Pro System, which is a system of primers, sealers, and clearcoats designed to help improve productivity without compromising the final appearance.

Webb painted the car in multiple stages. First, he masked off the whole car from the firewall back, and shot the engine compartment.

With the engine compartment done, he masked it off and turned his attention to the bulk of the car including the rear quarters and roof.

Another subtle departure from stock is the fact that we painted the entire rear TV panel (as the NASCAR boys call it!) in body color.

Notice how he works from the top to the bottom. He’s using a smooth motion, always keeping the tip of the gun the same distance from the surface no matter the angle or spot he needs to hit. This is a learned skill and there is definitely an art to it.

Before the clear coat is applied, the car has a matte finish to it, yet you can really see at this point the quality of the Axalta paint and the skill of the application.

With the clear coat applied, you can really tell that the color is something special and will pop once finished.

The doors have begun to pop after the clearcoat was applied.

This special fixture allows Webb to maximize the efficiency of painting two doors at one time.

A cloud of spray fills the paint booth as Webb applies the last coat of the Axalta Chromapremier.

To drop a late-model 6.4L Hemi crate motor into the Charger was a departure from tradition, but during paint, we decided to take it a step further. Webb had a little silver and blue leftover, so we had him paint the intake and coil covers in reverse to the factory, using our car’s color scheme.

Dropped into the car, the new topside of the motor works perfectly with the theme of the car. Note the reflection of the motor in the smoothed firewall.

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With the car sanded, buffed, and fenders put back on, The Finer Details crew rolls it outside. Depending up the angle you look at the car, the color actually changes from light to dark. These photos were taken on a partly cloudy day as you can tell from the sky.

Low and behold, when pushed back inside, the car changes to a purple color. Perhaps we should call it “Purpleberry?”

The shop’s fluorescent lights can clearly be seen in the reflection of the paint.

This tight shot of the paint shows the pearlescent finish. If you want to duplicate this color on your Mopar, hit up the folks at Axalta for Chromapremier FH*737003 ECN01 Blue. The batch number is 1833575A.

A maioria dos caras do carro está no local em que estamos agora. Sempre há um projeto que parece levar uma eternidade para ser concluído - ou, no nosso caso, apenas seguir em frente. Você pôde pensar que ser joelho-profundamente na indústria faria a construção de um carro mais fácil, mas não faz, e frequentemente as vezes o torna mais duro. Assim, com a minha desculpa fraca e mal-velada para a ausência de um bom projeto 50 fora do caminho, podemos agora chegar ao negócio de colocar algumas cores. Mas primeiro uma recapitulação rápida: o objetivo deste projeto era transformar um basketcase 1969 Dodge Charger em um 50-estado legal, ground-pounding, pneu-retalhamento monstro com todos os modernos drivetrain e suspensão componentes, mantendo o sabor eo estilo que fez a Carro tão popular há mais de 40 anos. Meses de "rough-in" trabalho foi realizado com 50 por cento do metal bruto no carro sendo substituído antes de fazer a viagem para The Finer Detalhes em Danville, Indiana. Proprietário de loja Ken Mosier é bem conhecido em torno da indústria para a produção de premiado restaurações, por isso escolher a loja que iria terminar o carregador foi fácil.





Uma vez que nosso carregador finalmente chegou a Indiana, a tripulação de The Finer Details gastaria incontáveis horas de trabalho corporal para garantir que o corpo fosse p-e-r-f-e-c-t antes que uma gota de cor fosse aplicada. Quando se trata de cor, acontece que há uma história lá também. A cor deste carro mudou pelo menos meia dúzia de vezes antes de uma conversa telefônica entre seu autor e Mosier quando ele sugeriu a nova cor OE da Dodge "Jazz Blue Pearl", um azul perolado rico e escuro que contornava o azul da meia-noite. Depois de ver a cor em um carregador em um revendedor local em pessoa, a minha decisão foi finalmente feita.