Building my K.I.T.T.

During the shooting for "Cup of Joe" in February in Berlin, an umbrella landed on the hood of K.I.T.T. during a shooting break because of strong wind. The result were 3 deep scratches in the front nose and the hood of the car, which were unfortunately so deep that the front and hood had to be completely repainted.

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I had the complete car repainted 18 years ago. And even though it still looked great at first glance, a lot of rust had formed in the meantime, making a repaint necessary.

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I sent K.I.T.T. to the paint shop for a partial repaint. The first step was to remove the rear side deflectors, the taillights and the rear bumper and roughly sand down the rusty areas.

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K.I.T.T. has changed the hall. In the meantime, the rusty areas have been completely exposed and the rust almost completely removed.

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Preparations for repainting continue: K.I.T.T. has now been taped and coated.

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Preparations for repainting continue: K.I.T.T. has now been coated and primed.

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K.I.T.T. has now been completely painted. Now only the add-on parts still have to be refitted.

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K.I.T.T. has now been completely reassembled (rear bumper, rear side deflectors, rear lights, side markers, turn signals) and I was able to pick him up from the paint shop again.

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For cost reasons, I had only had K.I.T.T. partially repainted in the spring. However, when I picked up the car, I decided that I wanted to have the hood repainted as well.

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