FINALLY, Pictures of the new paint job!
 

It sure has been a long, and anxious wait. The results are-- well, you can judge for yourself. I'm still kind of in shock that the color of my car is completely different. I walk outside and still look for silver... I'm still just absorbing it all.

The work was done at ProKraft Autoworks in San Jose, CA. The owner of the shop, Tim, is a great guy and actually did my father's Prius as well. It definitely took them a long time to do this car-- but for the price I was paying them, and the amount of body work they had to do, I can't complain. My hood alone had 16 dings in it!

The color I chose was based off of Smoky Granite Mica from the new Lexus lineup. The resulting color is quite close: in direct sunlight, it looks exactly like SGM. In the shade, it looks closer to black, and sometimes has shades of a very deep blue, and sometimes even violet. Its interesting, to say the least.

Like I said earlier, they had to do a ton of body work. They got almost all the dings out of my doors, bumpers, hood, and fixed the major roof damage I had. I just washed the car and am pretty happy with the work, but the car will need a good color sanding in a few months to make it perfect and give it that deep shine.

Man, Lexus parts are expensive! THe shop had to replace those chrome strips/mouldings that run around the car on the rocker panels.. Guess how much those mouldings plus clips cost: $700 :egads:

Anyways, on to the pics!


http://www.suneet.com/car/newpaint/11.jpg

http://www.suneet.com/car/newpaint/2.jpg

http://www.suneet.com/car/newpaint/1.jpg

http://www.suneet.com/car/newpaint/3.jpg

http://www.suneet.com/car/newpaint/12.jpg

http://www.suneet.com/car/newpaint/14.jpg

http://www.suneet.com/car/newpaint/9.jpg

http://www.suneet.com/car/newpaint/16.jpg

http://www.suneet.com/car/newpaint/17.jpg

Before anyone asks, yes, this job was done the right way! Here are some pics of the door jams, etc.

http://www.suneet.com/car/newpaint/5.jpg

http://www.suneet.com/car/newpaint/6.jpg

http://www.suneet.com/car/newpaint/7.jpg

http://www.suneet.com/car/newpaint/10.jpg

http://www.suneet.com/car/newpaint/8.jpg

Looking very nice Suneet. I know how anxious you (and I) have been to see the car complete. After looking at it, it was definitely worth the wait. :thumbup:

Sunneet - it is looking really good - the color came out nice thoughout bro.

:woot:
looks badass bro, now we gots to get u set up with wheels/susp. before u head off to the rain :p

Beautiful Suneet, that color definitely looks good for our body style.

mmm looks so good, nice selection of paint Suneet. and in pic #7 it looks like theres a bird poopie stain on the hood.

I couldn't dry the car fast enough :sad: Its hot out here, and the water is very hard... and I can't wax the car for a month!

A month? You live somewhere hot? He told you about grass clippings and sprinklers as well, I imagine...

That color is badass man. Looks awesome.

Amazing...tint would add a nice look to it too. Rims and suspension soon?

Looks like they did a great job on the paint! :thumbup:

Congrats Suneet--I know you were really antsy waiting for it to get done. From the looks of it the wait was well worth it.

Looks good and I like the color.

Now when paint cures drive it to the Lexkost Garage for a Grand Detail !

Very nice!