Custom Work

10th Anniversary Trans Am by Opher Auto Wurx

On 02.23.11, In Custom Work, By Opher Auto Wurx

After sitting outside for nearly 20 years, this 1979 Pontiac 10th Anniversary Trans Am received a fairly extensive restoration when it was discovered by its current owner.

Sheet metal replacement consisted of a driver-side door skin, driver-side door shell repair, a passenger-side quarter panel skin, and rear body panel repair. The bumpers and flares were repaired as well. All the body work was completed and the car was primed and blocked several times, to assure the body was straight. The car was repainted in its original two-tone color scheme and received an original style graphics kit.

Transtar products were used throughout the job due to their user friendliness. The Transtar products used on this project consisted of epoxy primer, Euro Classic Primer, Hydro Flex Waterborne Primer, No Mix Low VOC Basecoat, Euro Kwik Clear, SCAT Wax and Grease Remover, Urethane Grade Reducer, Kwik Seal 2k Urethane Sealer, Transtar Seam Sealer, and the complete Transtar Ultimate Finish System compounds and glazes. The results speak for themselves.

’65 Factory Five Cobra Kit Car by Opher Auto Wurx

On 02.03.11, In Custom Work, By Opher Auto Wurx

This 1965 Factory Five Cobra Kit Car was built for an Opher Auto Wurx client. It features a Ford Motorsport 392 crate

engine, a Tremec TKO 5spd transmission. It has all the options that you could get on it including real knock off wheels, complete tubular front suspension pieces and an independent rear end. A lot of time was spent fitting and gapping the body so all the panels lined up properly.

Transtar products were used through out the entire project. The include SCAT Wax and Grease Remover, Epoxy Primer, Euro Classic Primer, No Mix Basecoat, Urethane Grade Reducer, and Euro Classic Clearcoats.

Tagged with: Custom Work • Euro • Opher Auto Wurx • Transtar

Custom 1947 Chevy Pickup by Customs By Lopez

On 01.24.11, In Custom Work, By Customs by Lopez

For the past year, Ricardo Lopez and his team at Customs by Lopez have been working on this 1947 Chevy pickup for a client. They plan to have the entire restoration complete by this summer.

To give this car its original luster and custom feel, they used Transtar #6091 1K Low VOC Speed Sealer, No Mix Basecoat and #9461 Signature Series Glamour Clearcoat.

“We used Transtar because the products are easy to work with and the finish is great,” said Ricardo Lopez, owner of Customs by Lopez.

Tagged with: Chevy • Clearcoats • Custom Work • Customs by Lopez • No Mix • Transtar

’67 Camaro RS Covertible by Opher Auto Wurx

On 01.20.11, In Custom Work, By Opher Auto Wurx

This 1967 Camaro RS convertible is an all original numbers matching car, right down to the original 2bbl carburetor. The Opher Auto Wurx team did an extensive exterior restoration after it was previously painted the incorrect color many years ago. The Camaro retains 98% of its original sheet metal. At the time of the exterior restoration, the interior, top and mechanical systems were restored as well.

Transtar products were used through out the entire project. The include SCAT Wax and Grease Remover, Epoxy Primer, Euro Classic Primer, No Mix Basecoat, Urethane Grade Reducer, Euro Classic Clearcoats as well as Transtar seam sealers.

Tagged with: Camaro • Custom Work • Opher Auto Wurx • Transtar

’73 Chevrolet Camaro by Opher Auto Wurx

On 01.13.11, In Custom Work, By Opher Auto Wurx

Opher Auto Wurx, located in Lake Villa, Illinois, is a specialty restoration and collision shop. Opher Auto Wurx’s tallented staff is able to work with a full-blown frame off restoration, to a custom fabricated body panel, or to a run of the mill collision repair.

This 1973 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 received an extensive frame on restoration for an Opher Auto Wurx client. The car is an original numbers matching Z28 with a factory 4-speed transmission and factory air conditioning. 1973 was the first year the Z28 had the option of air conditioning and a 4-speed transmission.

Transtar products were used through out the entire project. The include SCAT Wax and Grease Remover, Epoxy Primer, Euro Classic Primer, No Mix basecoat, Urethane Grade Reducer, Euro Classic Clearcoats as well as Transtar seam sealers. “The quality and user friendliness are what makes Transtar products so great,” said Chris Mikos of Opher Auto Wurx.

Tagged with: Camaro • Clearcoats • Custom Work • Euro • Opher Auto Wurx • primer • Transtar

American Pride Camaro – Covered with Transtar’s Clear

On 09.27.10, In Custom Work, By Transtar Team

On Patriot Day (September 11), at the Northeast Ohio Camaro Club’s annual Fall Classic Car Show, the American Pride Camaro made its debut. This extremely detailed piece of art was completed by Mountain Muscle Cars in Cosby, Tennessee and all the airbrushed artwork was done freehand by Mickey Harris.

The American Pride Camaro, a new 2011 Camaro, is completely covered in iconic American images. The mural covering the car tells ‘the story of America’ from George Washington crossing the Delaware to the present day. Images of American leaders, soldiers and eagles cover the vehicle. The whole project took several hundred hours to complete and leading up to its debut, Mountain Muscle cars and Harris worked 23 days straight, 12-14 hours each day to get the car ready to show to the public.

After the images were carefully painted on, using water-based paints, the American Pride Camaro was sprayed with Signature Series Glamour Clear – a premium, high solids clearcoat. Greg Fodness, owner of Moutain Muscle Cars said, “Transtar Glamour Clear is a very high quality topcoat, giving us excellent results when completing high end projects like the American Pride Camaro.”

The American Pride Camaro will be touring major events nationwide over the next year, so look for it in a city near you!

Tagged with: air brushed • American Pride Camaro • Clearcoats • Custom Work • Glamour Clearcoat • Signature Series • Transtar

Transtar Helps Out War Vet in Need

On 08.11.10, In Custom Work, News & Updates, Restoration, By Transtar Team

Last month, Transtar was featured in an article on the front page of the Journal Inquirer, a daily newspaper covering most of north-central Connecticut. Transtar worked with Kar Kare in Ellington, CT to help restore a 1986 Iroc-Z Camaro for Staff Sgt. Shaun Thomas.

The article explains how Sgt. Thomas was redeployed back to Afghanistan last November and before he left, he asked his mother to sell his ’86 Camaro. His mother, who looks after his two young sons while he’s away, didn’t want to sell the car he had had since he was 20 and was rebuilding himself (it had been in an accident before his deployment).

Sgt. Thomas’ mother called up every shop in town until she reached Brian Deschaine at Kar Kare who found the story so moving, he and his crew decided to give back to a soldier who had given up so much for his country. When Transtar heard about this story from our local rep in the area, Mark Smith, we jumped at the chance to help out. We donated paint and primer so Kar Kare could give the soldier’s car a custom paint job.

Completely redone from the inside out, Sgt. Thomas’ old ’86 Camaro looks brand new thanks to the hard work and determination of his family, Kar Kare and everyone else who pitched in to help give something back to someone who has given us so much.

Tagged with: Custom Work • Kar Kare • paint • primer • Restoration • Transtar • War Vet

Aggressive Designs Does More Bikes for Criss Angel

On 07.29.10, In Custom Work, By Aggressive Designs

Over the past few years, Seth Boldman and his team at Aggressive Designs have created seven custom bikes for magician Criss Angel. However, this year alone, Aggressive Designs created four one-of-a-kind custom painted bikes for the superstar.

The guys at Aggressive Designs used Transtar’s Glamour Clear and Factory Pack Empress Black Basecoat LV-905 to finish this latest bike for Angel. Seth says he likes to use Glamour Clear because it’s “forgiving, doesn’t wrinkle, and covers well if you have to cover over a burn from buffing.”

To make these custom designs, Angel brings ideas to the table from t-shirts, sketches, drawings on napkins, etc. and then gives Seth freedom to run with it and create incredible designs. Each bike takes about 1-2 weeks to complete, depending on the complexity of the graphics.

Click here for more information about Aggressive Designs.

Tagged with: Aggressive Designs • bike • Clearcoats • Criss Angel • Custom Work • Glamour Clearcoat • Transtar

Aggressive Design Paints Custom Mic Set for Christina Aguilera Using Transtar

On 06.15.10, In Custom Work, By Aggressive Designs

Aggressive Designs

Seth Boldman, owner and designer at Aggressi ve Designs, recently painted a one-of-a-kind microphone and microphone stand for Christina Aguilera’s 2010 MTV Movie Award performance. Made from start to finish using Transtar products, the stand and mic were finished off with Transtar’s Glamour Clear (#9461) to give it the perfect shine on stage.

The candy apple red stand is composed of ‘lips’ stacked one on top of another with an old race car steering wheel as the base. The mic matches the stand’s candy apple red and reads ‘Xtina’ in a tattoo script. Though the mic set was made specifically for the 2010 MTV Movie Awards, Aguilera was so pleased with Boldman’s work that she is taking the mic set on tour.

Boldman took two days to finish the product and said that Aguilera was looking for the mic set to ‘match her red lips’. This is not the first time Boldman has created a unique design for Aguilera and does custom work for other celebrities including Lady Gaga and Tom Cruise.

Aggressive Designs

For more information about Seth Boldman and Aggressive Designs, visit www.aggressivedesigns.com or call 562.789.4900.

Click here to see pictures of the mic stand in use at the MTV Movie Awards from Radaronline.com.

Tagged with: Aggressive Designs • Christina Aguilera • Custom Work • Glamour Clearcoat • MTV Movie Awards • Transtar

Customs by Lopez – ’69 Camaro

On 05.24.10, In Custom Work, By Customs by Lopez

Located in Compton, CA, Customs by Lopez has been specializing in the repair and refinishing of automotive car bodies for 10 years. Owned by Ricardo and Monica Lopez, Customs by Lopez also does notable work in the customization market. Lopez’s extraordinary custom work has been featured in multiple magazines as well as on TV. Though a modest shop, Customs by Lopez produces high-end, extremely impressive custom cars.

For the past seven months, Lopez and his team have been working on the restoration of a 1969 Camaro and plan to have the project finished in about three months. For this unique renovation, Lopez has decided to use several Transtar products. Lopez has been using Transtar products for the past 2 years and says he likes the precision of No Mix’s color matching and how easy Transtar products are to mix and spray. Most of all, Lopez points out, he uses Transtar because of the high quality of the products.

For the 1969 Camaro, Lopez is using Transtar’s Low VOC Speed Sealer (#6091), No Mix ® Basecoat, Urethane Grade Reducer (#6711) and Signature Series Glamour Clearcoat (#9461). Stay tuned to see how Lopez’s finished 1969 Camaro turns out!

To find out more about Ricardo Lopez’s work and the Customs by Lopez garage, click here.

Tagged with: basecoat • Camaro • Clearcoats • Custom Work • Customs by Lopez • Glamour Clearcoat • No Mix • Reducer • Restoration • Speed Sealer • Transtar