It came out very nice!
I cannot see where the holes in the rear are though.

 

I've got a rear emblem for it.....matches the front. I think I'm gonna roll with this bare-a$$ look for a while, though. Going in for tint next week.

Indeed.....painting that beat up body right would be no small (or cheap) task.

 

+1,000 This looks like a wavy, orange peeled version of Super Black. But if it's better than before and you like it, cookies to you.

 

yeah! all the prep work you put into it I would of just had it painted would last a lot longer and for 2k that should get you a pretty darn good paint job.

 

....don't I wish. I'm able to get the body fairly straight, and the dents mostly smooth, but I don't have the skills needed to do the bodywork needed before a full high quality paint job. That 2k might get the paint sprayed, but it's the extensive prep that would easily double that.

Around here, without a connection, 2k will get you the better Maaco job, which will be hit or miss on longevity, if not very iffy prep.

A few years down the road will see me able to ground this car, tear it apart, remove windows, etc. to have it flat-bedded away for the full job. Until then, I've got my pseudo-magnetic black.....which falls short of the real deal, but beats the calico silver-gray-black I had.