whale tail re-painting

[kapt]

My whale tail had been repainted by the PO. The black grill area borders were in the wrong location and the border lines were ragged. So I decided repaint. I was impressed by how many fasteners hold this thing together. I used Diamont grand prix white for most of the tail, matte black for the grill areas, and 3m fineline tape to mask.

Here's a before pic. Notice the borders of the black are wrong and the paint had yellowed, especially when viewed against the rest of the car.



I finally figured out where the small flecks of paint were coming from after a long drive. The back of the tail had not been prepped correctly, so the paint just flaked off.


I created a template of where I thought the black grill area should be.



Sealed.











Done

[ROW911SC]

Beautiful work!

[old 924]

that was nice work....good job...

[alecjackson]

Hello, what colour did you do the inside surfaces of the tail, body colour or matt black?
Just doing this myself and wondering what is correct?
Alec

[drcoastline]

Very nice

[kapt]

Originally Posted by alecjackson

Hello, what colour did you do the inside surfaces of the tail, body colour or matt black?
Just doing this myself and wondering what is correct?
Alec

For the inside grill area I used Mar-Hyde Satin black trim paint out of a rattle can. Normally I wouldn't use a rattle can, but this stuff is high quality and have used it in the past with good long term results.

My car is an '88 Carrera, so the satin/matte black was correct for the grill area. Some later years and I think the RS America painted the center area body color.