sorry i took so long to reply, ive been busy... the hood doesn't look purple in person, your the first to tell me that...the hood was not rattle canned, and that is the same hood ive had the whole time...
The hood before it was painted was badly scratched...the paint looks bad because it is, it was my moms daily beater before I bought it from her, the car hasn't been washed in awhile either...I posted some other pics in my progress log but nobody looks there thats why I posted here. here's the painting process pics, my buddy painted the hood for me. I am also in the process of painting the whole car flat black before my eventual front end conversion.
any other questions then feel free to ask
here's the link to my progress log.
http://forum.2gn.org/viewtopic.php?t=21461&highlight=