Finished the radiant red Satoshi and colour match, what do you think?

after about a week of cramming this into my schedule i finally finished my satoshi and color match. so what i did was i bought an after market grill (comes in 2 pieces) and went from there, i did all the usual steps except i used plactic instead of fiberglass. no for the priducts i used:

color match part:
rustoleum primer (for plastic)
krylon fusion (color = red pepper) paint
krylon fusion krystal clear

Satoshi part:
bondo body fill & spot putty
rustoleum primer
krylon flat black
krylon satin clear

mesh:

its stainless steel 1/16th thick with 1/4 inch perforated holes
krylon flat black
krylon satin clear coat

i left out all my sanding and painting steps but all in all i think it turned out awesome, i couldnt get duplicolor rad red to i used a very close colour by krylon. anyway what do you think?

by the way that white in the triangles is just dust

 

looks good.

 

You've gone that far - do the triangles too

 

yeah i might have to cut them triangles

 

can you show it on your truck? how off is the color?

 

^this. I've got barcelona red, but I want a satoshi grill soooo bad. Damn you TW!

 

Is this for sale?

 

im putting it on my truck likely monday... this was my project while my truck was having scratches and dents removed from being swiped by a bus, haha no its not forsale, but i think homertaco still sells them.

Ill post pics as soon as i put it on the truck

 

by the way i should note that it was my first time using body fill and whatnot to, if i were to do it a second time i would make sure not to lay the body fill so thick...cause you have to sand it haha. but yeah TW had me wanting to do a satoshi and color match for a while so i just said what the hell and gave it a try, turned out better the i figured

 

Here it is installed, matches ok but always could be closer. this was done purly with krylon products

 

Nice job!

 

looks great was it hard to do?

 

Looks good. Did you do any wet sanding after?

 

I wanna do this too, but I need to know the sanding process lol

 

my bad if you seen my first message...read it wrong and got pissed off hahaha...but oh its dust trust me

 

yeah i wetsanded the primer with 1500 grit lightly, and then did a few topcoats till i was satisfied, lets it dry for like a day and a half and broke out the 2000 grit. let that dry did one final top coat and hit it with the clear, did a wetsand on that and then a final clear and quit

 

looks good man. i like the choice on the metal.... i went with some expanded.....lookn to get the same as u

 

yeah i was thinking expanded but i find this stuff is really sharp looking, other then that its really sturdy, it never shifts or bends

 

Looks pretty damn good

 

I bet if you wet sand the clear again with 2000 grit and compound right after it would look even better.