1973 Repainting Myself

[Jimbosocal]

Well here I go! Starting this Friday, I start taking all the trim and accessories off the outside of my car for my repainting project. After much thought, I decided to change the color of my car from Chamonix to Fjord. I promise to take LOTS of pictures along the way and share them with you all! My schedule is in place and I'm ready to go! Wish me luck. Say goodbye to Chamonix.

-Jim

[peteinjp]

What color will you be when you've finished painting yourself?

Just joshin- couldn't resist. Keep us posted.......

[Jimbosocal]

Here are this first pictures of my car taken apart and ready for sanding.

[e21bob]

Well here I go! Starting this Friday, I start taking all the trim and accessories off the outside of my car for my repainting project. After much thought, I decided to change the color of my car from Chamonix to Fjord. I promise to take LOTS of pictures along the way and share them with you all! My schedule is in place and I'm ready to go! Wish me luck. Say goodbye to Chamonix.

-Jim

I take it that you really dislike the Chamonix color and you are going to keep this for a long time, and just want to enjoy it. That is cool. The only risk that you have is if you sell it later you may be getting less for it because it will now have a mark against the original condition of the car. Then why not change the color to a more modern color. You have no advantage of going to a BMW color.

[duffro]

....because modern colors don't look "right" on old cars.

[golf73]

Well here I go! Starting this Friday, I start taking all the trim and accessories off the outside of my car for my repainting project. After much thought, I decided to change the color of my car from Chamonix to Fjord. I promise to take LOTS of pictures along the way and share them with you all! My schedule is in place and I'm ready to go! Wish me luck. Say goodbye to Chamonix.

-Jim

I take it that you really dislike the Chamonix color and you are going to keep this for a long time, and just want to enjoy it. That is cool. The only risk that you have is if you sell it later you may be getting less for it because it will now have a mark against the original condition of the car. Then why not change the color to a more modern color. You have no advantage of going to a BMW color.

sounds to me like the man likes the color fjord and he has decided that he wants to paint his 2002 that color!

[Jimbosocal]

Yep. I have always liked the color Fjord on these cars. I'm not crazy about white. Chamonix is a much nicer color than what someone repainted my car 15+ years ago...appliance white! When I took off the stickers in the engine compartment, the chamonix is more of a "vanilla" color. As nice as that is, I still prefer blue, so that's what I'm painting it.

[Jimbosocal]

More Pictures of my paint job/restoration

[Jimbosocal]

FINALLY Color!! I still have to wet sand the clear coat, but I am happy with the overall results.

[Jimbosocal]

More pictures

[golf73]

regarding the restored the lenses - Tamiya Clear Red spray paint on the inside? the Fjord is looking good man.

[Jimbosocal]

Krylon "stain glass color". It works on plastic, glass and metal.

[Hamburgers]

I read somewhere that one can also just put the lenses through the dishwasher to achieve that factory shine.

[Jimbosocal]

Another picture of my never-ending paint project.