Holden HX Overlander Panelvan

Hey thanks Allan!
Yep will be painting the vents flat black...I wanted the tan to dry properly first, the grey is just the primer coverage before I sprayed the tan. I will paint the flat black on the vents when I'm painting the instrument panel....got some titanium silver for the upper part, but not sure if it's flat black or semi gloss black for the lower pieces...I also have some wood panel decal sheet I was considering ....lol... Maybe I'll use it on the lower section of the instrument panel and on the upper flat surface of the the center console around where the shifter goes.... Not sure yet though...will have to look at some pics first...!

Ohhh yeah...I'm definitely gonna be doing stripes...but not the ones on the green Van....I like the other style sandman stripes where they turn up above the tail lights....there's a purple scheme that I think will look awesome on the orange....

You going with the HX strips the others are HJ ones on the green van.

allan wrote:You going with the HX strips the others are HJ ones on the green van.

Yep...the HX stripes! Got a buddy laying out the artwork for the stripes on vinyl decal sheets....hopefully I will have them when I'm ready to clear coat.....lol!

Got some more done on the instrument panel...the grey area is still primer, got some titanium silver paint for it, just didn't have the time to mask it off.....in retrospect, I should have painted the silver before masking off to paint the black...doh...:facepalm:

The vents on the passenger side of the dashboard needs to be black as well...not sure how much time I will have this weekend to do those ...
I also started to paint the grille but didn't take any pics....the center is going in semi gloss black and the outer part will be chrome...

Anywho....some pics.....

That dash man is just AWESOME!! Looks just like the real thing,, and welcome back too, i thought i wasn't going to see it finished.

DeeCee wrote:That dash man is just AWESOME!!  Looks just like the real thing,, and welcome back too, i thought i wasn't going to see it finished.

Thanks DeeCee! Lol...no worries mate! I will definitely keep posting as I progress... You guys have been a great source of information and encouragement...! I just got caught up in the mundane stuff going on lol... As well as being pretty bummed out as I couldn't find the color I had in my mind for it....

Coming along real nice Trini.......Dash looks great too.
Can't wait to see it painted.....keep up the terrific work.

Antwon wrote:Coming along real nice Trini.......Dash looks great too.
Can't wait to see it painted.....keep up the terrific work.

Thanks Antwon!

Hey guys, another small :update:

Well the last two-three weeks were a bit hectic....moved upstate to work for the summer...things are finally settling down a bit, so will have some more time to continue..brought the Sandman with me, as well as my airbrush and paints and whatever I thought I might need to try to finish the painting etc...

So....last night I got the passenger vents in the dashboard painted in black as well as the instrument panel in titanium silver...will try to get a daylight pic of just the dash when I get home tonight..
I had previously painted the grille in semi gloss black and have taped off the center to start laying down the black backer then the chrome on the surrounding area, will get the front bumper done at the same time...will really try to get this done tonight..
Also before I start to prime the body in white, I will have to paint the brake master cylinder/booster in the black backer as well, as I want to 'chrome' the master cylinder. So will need to tape off this area in the engine bay as well...will also do the blower box / ac thingy on the other side of the firewall as well...
I did some more wet sanding on the roof and the sides of the body, took it down 2000 grit, so hopefully the white coat of primer won't need much work...

Anywho....some pics....

Got the chrome laid down on the grille....and like a big dummy, I think I left the emblems back home...really thought I brought them along with me....will have another look for them in a while....
Think I messed up the top of the front bumper...havent sprayed the chrome as yet, just the black...basically you spray it on thick so it levels out and dries with a mirror like smoothness....so I decided to speed up the drying by using a hair dryer, didn't realize that it was on high, so it blew the paint into ripples.... when it dries I will have to level it out with some wet sanding...then respray the black...:wacko: the sides look okay...its just the top.....will try to get a few more daylight pics in the morning before I go to work...

You can see the side of the bumper looks nice and smooth...and you can see the ripples on the top....looks okay on the car, but the chrome is gonna highlight every detail of the ripple...
Can't believe I left the emblems back home...would have loved to see how it looked against the black grille with the chrome surround....

Watcha think?

That looks great, the chrome surround on the grill looks real!!

DeeCee wrote:That looks great, the chrome surround on the grill looks real!!  

Hey thanks DeeCee !

Some daylight pics....:blink:

Looking good, can not wait to see this done.

Good progress...getting closer to the finish.

Hey thanks guys...


Got the bumper painted black again tonight...this time I'm letting it dry on its own...lol...no hair dryer..
Also got the steering wheel spokes painted and prepped for chrome...

Will spray the chrome tomorrow evening when I get off work and will post up some pics a couple hours afterwards when I can buff them out...

Hey guys....another :update:


Made the bumper shiny.... Also chromed up the steering wheel spokes...

Will get some daylight pics in the morning.....

Next task is to get the body primed in white...then after a couple days, wet sand and prep for paint....

Anywho....some pics...

Love it, Bumper, grill and steering wheel look great......keep it coming mate.

HOLY CRAP that chrome looks awesome mate..

Hey thanks guys...!

Here's some daylight pics...

This thing just continues to impress, as Dale said some of this looks real !!
Looking forward to the end product

70cudatj wrote:This thing just continues to impress, as Dale said some of this looks real !!
Looking forward to the end product

Hey thanks mate!

Hey guys...Lookee what I found...

The emblems!!

Sweeeet.
Well done man.