I have wanted to do this for a long time but finally did it:

Here it is done

Still have to do all the grey plastic.

Originally posted by Goliath the X
:eek: Why did you have to repaint your hood??? How did it turn out?

I just want my X to be different than the rest.

It did feel weird to take sandpaper to the hood :)

It is a flat matte paint and will settle a bit in time.

So you finally went through with it. I like it.
What type of paint did you use? and where are you? North?

It looks pretty good I have to admit and it will look cool when you paint all the plastic. I have been considering painting the plastic let me know what paint you use and whether it holds up. On a side note why did you paint it rather than use some sort of custom cut vynil.

Looks awesome Jaimie. Well done.

:eek: Wow... Looks Good

Damn, that looks really cool! I like. What kind of paint is that, it looks kind of like this low-texture truck bedliner stuff that my friend Mark painted his 4Runner with this past summer.

I think that will help with sunlight blinding you too! You know, driving into the sunset or sunrise! :D

Here are some more details:

Prep:
Taped off the area to be painted
Took 600 grit sandpaper and took the shine off

Paint:
Used flat black metal spray paint (Tremclad Amour series I think)
Used two cans doing many coats

Cost:
$22.00

The guy that helped me (well did most of the work :) ) has done this to his LR Disco and it has held up well for two years.

VaderX-
The paint will not crack and peel like a vinyl sheet will (especially black in the sun). Also you have more control painting since it is easier to tape and paint than try and apply a large sheet perfect.

One more pic

Damn man, that looks good. I like the look of the flat black.

A close up to show the line that we painted:

Hey Rhombus, you really need one of those big Firebird flaming-chicken decals on your hood now, THAT would the perfect final touch. ;)

I was thinking of adding this :D

Looks great! Wonder how that would look on my red truck? I can see the wife now: "You're going to do what to the hood..." :eek:

Originally posted by rhombus
I was thinking of adding this :D

Kick ass, the screaming chicken!

But as a previous owner of a Hot Rod Firebird....I will have to say that doing that mod would be sacriligious (sp?). :smoka:

And I'm sure T will correct my spelling mistakes...

Cliff

Originally posted by wilburburns
But as a previous owner of a Hot Rod Firebird....I will have to say that doing that mod would be sacriligious (sp?). :smoka:

And I'm sure T will correct my spelling mistakes...

Cliff


sacrilegious

:bonghitte

T is better than spell checker! :D :D

Originally posted by xterra2k
T is better than spell checker! :D


Albeit slightly more annoying ... :)

:silly2:

Not sure if I dig it, but I gotta hand it to ya it takes guts to fool with paint and alter the look. Are you going to protect it with a hard coat of some kind?.

C

I always liked flat black, back in my younger days I had an obsession with it. I painted my computer case, my Ford Escort (with perfectly good paint underneath). Didn't matter, eventually I drove that Escort to the scrapyard without brakes, flames licking out from under the hood. Ahh youth.