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August 16, 2004 I called over to the shop, and was told to come on over after work today so that I could watch them paint the car. Larry painted the under side of the hood and rear deck lid, along with the inside of the trunk with a single stage enamel this past Saturday morning. I got to help a little bit by masking off the under side of both the hood and deck lid while Larry finished masking off the car itself. First, the car was touched up with a thin primer to cover up the spots that had thin primer from the sanding process. Then it was time to use the sealer. This sealer is a gun metal gray or purple color, and is color matched to the guardsman blue paint. It looks like a chalky flat color when dry. After allowing that to dry, the first coat of Guardsman blue was applied. Waiting for each coat to get tacky in between (15-20 min) Larry finally applied 3 coats of color, and 2 coats of clear coat. Everything was left to dry overnight. This color is great. I don't know why more people don't use it! August 17, 2004 I stopped by for a few minutes at lunch today, and snapped some pictures of the re-assembly progress. The hood and fenders are back on, along with part of the stone deflector. This is my first look at the front of the car with the new color. Wow... Larry was starting to wet-sand the clear coat as I left. August 18, 2004 Things are probably going to slow down a bit now. Today, I arrived to find the car moved out of the paint booth, and the wet sanding / buffing completed. There is still fuzz all over the car, so it is hard to see how good the paint looks. But they did put the tail lights back on, and added the quarter panel trim "scoops".