WS6-Style Hood Install - Snarling Scoops For The Street

A Word On Paint Blending
It's a fact that some colors fade faster than others. Even if the new paint is mixed perfectly, once the freshly painted body part is on the car and next to the surrounding factory painted parts, the color may not match. Not all is lost, though. If your paint isn't too far gone, you have the option of blending the paint into the fenders, headlight, doors and nose. John has blended many body panels in his 30 years of body work experience. He highly suggests this procedure be done by a professional painter, since every color is different.

You start out by either wet-sanding part of the surrounding fenders or body parts with 1,000-grit sandpaper or use Scuff-It. John creates a mixture of clear and basecoat paint. This new liquid is translucent, but holds the new, nonfaded color inside. He tapes off the surrounding fenders until the last coat is sprayed on the hood, removes the tape, and mists over the hood and fenders with the mixture. He finishes up with a final application of clearcoat over the entire area. The result is a subtle and gradual blend that's hard to notice and doesn't make the new hood stand out like a sore thumb.