Ok.. Here is the Update...
I built my garage specifically to paint this beast. My folks bought me an air compressor for Christmas, and I added all necessary lines with an overhead pulldown. Besides painting the car, it has really come in handy! Long story short, i misunderstood the gun pressure setting, and i was WAY too low on air pressure the first time i painted the car. The orange peal was ungodly. I had to basically re-prep the entire car. That's what I get for not painting the bumpers first! Epic failure on my part.
As maybe some of you know, because of Stangnet I became extremely close with Svt32vdohc, to the point where I call him my best friend. I had already planned on heading out a week after painting the car to visit him and his wife for the 4th of July weekend, and I wanted to drive the car out all painted up. He insisted we paint the car out at his place over the weekend. So thats exactly what we did!
Its a 10.5 hour drive from the Jersey Shore to where he is in Michigan. I got up at 1130pm, drove through the night to get to his place at 10, where we then headed over to his shop to paint the car on the 4th of July! I cannot thank him enough for not only this, but everything he's helped me with just with life, and for being such a great friend. On to the pics!!!
After setting the gun pressure correctly, I painted the underside of the hatch BEFORE the trip out. Came out PERFECT. I was so bummed.
Re-prepped, time for reassembly, than the trek to Da Mitten!!!
This was in Ohio, last gas stop before getting there.
Here we go!!!