Painting my car this weekend!

[Destrukt]

looks good thats one of the colors i was thinking about painting my Supra that or Cobalt Blue

[nova1313]

out of curiosity what all did you remove before painting?

It doens't look like you took the handles out (how was the rubber around them after?, and you didn't take off the window trim (did taping do alright?)

I had a hell of a time taping up my roof on the spyder. It sucked :/ lots of trash bags.

[xavier3jr]

all i removed was the rear windishild whiper and headlights and tailights. tapeing everything worked perfect. i cant wait to see it all put back together either i saw it just now in the day light and it looks awsome i cant wait untill tonight!

[AbsoluteGTR]

Looks real nice. Keep us updated with pics. Got a few questions....

1.Did you use a real spray gun, and how much did this project cost you?
2. Did you sand down the WHOLE car down to bare metal? What did you use?

Maybe a writeup would be nice. NICE JOB!

PS: I see that you need a antenna delete. Gives the car a real clean look. I did that to my eclipse when I installed the turbo spoiler. Very happy with the results, and still got perfect reception!

[xavier3jr]

no i did not sand the car to bare metal i just wet sanded the other paint very very smooth then primerd the procceded to water sand again to very smooth. yes i did deleat the antana but i left the rear whiper because i like the look it gives.

i had $205 in paint / paper/ bondo / primer / thiner / harnder

$145 in a srayer
so $350 total

well heres a cuple pics of it finished i love it



heres a pic of me puting the front bumper back on after puting the headlights back in








give me ur opinions

[david-b]

Me likey!! Im jealous now

[xavier3jr]

ha u got performance i got looks now i gota work on performance and u gota work on looks so we can have the best of both worlds

[david-b]

Originally Posted by xavier3jr

ha u got performance i got looks now i gota work on performance and u gota work on looks so we can have the best of both worlds

True that. Check out my brakes thread

[Killa_DSM]

Damn that looks great! Props on the great work! Now can you come and paint mine! lol

[Blackcrow64]

Looks really good now man.

[gthompson97]

Absolute, I'd suggest researching alot all over the internet before you try and go painting a car by yourself. To get it to turn out nicely, it takes quite a bit of time and work, otherwise it will look like shit.

Travis, that looks pretty badass man, props on the color too. Now just lower that 4x4

[AbsoluteGTR]

Originally Posted by gthompson97

Absolute, I'd suggest researching alot all over the internet before you try and go painting a car by yourself. To get it to turn out nicely, it takes quite a bit of time and work, otherwise it will look like shit.

Ohh I know that, lol, Plus I dont have a car to work on anymore, cant use the Cavy, its my daily driver. I have been researching for the past 2 days straight all over the internet for info on how to paint a car.

Plus I know I will mess up, but its for the fun of it...seriously.

Furthermore, when I installed the turbo spoiler on my eclipse, I had to bondo and repaint for the first time ever...I swear I never once knew what I was doing, and it turned out to be 8 out of 10. I was pretty darn proud of me-self..especially counting the fact I painted in my garage with no tarp and without covering the windows...I mean I knew I had to, I was just too lazy, lol.

[gthompson97]

Just google "automotive painting" or something along those lines. This is one of the first ones I got with that search.

http://www.neilslade.com/Papers/Painting.html

[AbsoluteGTR]

Thanks! But I already read that....I told you, I've been doing my homework, lol

[Hpnotiq86]

Um..is it too late to say, LEAVE YOUR CAR WINGLESS! lol

Seriously, leave the turbo wing off, and take off the rear wiper, unless you actually use it...

Nice paint too...good job.