My ERA visit

[RAO-3]

Originally Posted by fkemmerer

Ray,

Ron Randall did a bunch of work on my ERA prior to painting. First, he totally rebuilt the edges of the fender flares on my body to get a more athentic look.

Also, it is very difficult to get a smooth finish on a fiberglass body. To do this, Ron sprayed the body with multiple additional gell coats and guide coats and then hand blocked the car to remove all imperfections and get a smooth finish that will not allow the underlying fiberglass to "bleed through".

As mentioned in other posts in this thread, its also important to properly finish the edges of the cockpit around the dash, etc. to get an authentic look. You can see the results of Ron's work here in the following picture.



Note how perfectly blended the rolled areas by the dash and the door edges are executed.

Give Ron a call as he can explain these ideas much better than I can.

- Fred

Fred, I was and am quite impressed with the paint on your car. I do plan to speak to Ron about the possibility of painting my car.

Ray

[DonC]

Ray:
Chalk up another vote for Walt and Dianne at CCC. When I visited them prior to deciding on who would paint my ERA I was very impressed with their willingness to take the time to talk to me about what was going to be needed and why. You can put yourself in their hands and relax knowing that their workmanship is top notch. Going into my 4th season with over 22,000 miles on the car and it still gets very positive comments about the paint. They've done enough ERA's to know what the cars need and how to accomplish them.
DonC

First exposure to daylight:




Glamour Shot:

[cobred]

All 3 of the painters mentioned will do a great job on your e.r.a. and they will explain to you what should be done to do the quality work the car deserves. I dont think you need to be too concerned about what questions to ask.
One thing you should think about though is to have the defroster vents painted instead of raw or polished alum. Certain times of the day when I drive my car with the wife she gets heavy sun glare from the wiper arms and the bottom of the windshield, I think the vents would make it worse. (mine are painted)

[RAO-3]

Originally Posted by cobred

All 3 of the painters mentioned will do a great job on your e.r.a. and they will explain to you what should be done to do the quality work the car deserves. I dont think you need to be too concerned about what questions to ask.

Glad to hear that, as I would hate to miss something in my discussion and be upset afterwards. Thanks for the tip on the defroster vents.

Ray

[patrickt]

Unless you like the look of the leather spats over the rear fenders (conjurs up scary dominatrix thoughts for me) make sure you get the clear 3m stuff put over your paint where the rocks get thrown. I think it cost me about a hundred bucks for that and it's hardly noticable. Does a great job of protecting your finish.