Almost Done with paint! ( lots of pics )

[GrimL3]

Well after about 2 months of my poor 240 sitting in my garage waiting for paint. its finally *almost* done haha. heres some pictures of my progess in the past few weeks. Its a medium silver with a slight metallic blue flake that you can only barely see in the sun. gives a nice touch, and the pictures dont do it justice, but enjoy anyway. should be completely put back together in a week or so








( turned out a lot straighter then i could of hoped for )
( this is with the silver base coat)



( out into the sun!! )





Full body shots next week when its all together haha, next up rims and exhaust!

[240SXSlideStar]

Nice color, lol at the door handle in the window...

btw, you need rims

[Chevy85]

Lookin' very good, its always nice to see someone doing the paint themselves and everything coming out great.

[GrimL3]

Originally Posted by 240SXSlideStar

btw, you need rims

your tellin me lol, im gonna paint the wheel hubs for the time being, hopefully ill be getting some rims in a month or so. im thinking 5zigen GN+'s maybe

[Chuki_breath]

looks good man.

[240SXSlideStar]

17x9.5 +12 GNs all around would be sick, but you should of rolled your fenders before paint though.....

[GrimL3]

Originally Posted by 240SXSlideStar

17x9.5 +12 GNs all around would be sick, but you should of rolled your fenders before paint though.....

yeah my thoughts on the rims too, but what exactly do you mean roll my fenders? cant quite say ive heard that expression before

[S13Driftfiend]

it means using different hammers and other tools (i know theres a certain roller tool that actually bolts to your suspension or brakes and uses a wheel to from the lip? someone help me with this) to shape your fenders into more of a lip. increases clearance, decreases chance of rub (same thing) and looks amazing when done right.

[240SXSlideStar]

And breaks the paint unless you spend all day on one fender so the lesson is to do it before you paint the car. lol

[S13Driftfiend]

thats the part i left out lol

[GrimL3]

i got a buddy whos family owns a wheel shop near me, says he can do it .. hopefully without messing up my paint. but lucky for me my brothers a professional body man so if anything needed to be fixed it would just be a matter of me buying him enough beer to move him to do it. you think 17x9.5 would need to be rolled? i dont know a ton about wheels, i dont even know anything about offset.

[xcusememisswyn]

you will definitly need a roll, as well as stretched tires, and a pull as well

[GrimL3]

sounds like a headache, for me and my wallet. plus i still need to do 5 lug's :[

[driftking777]

actually i believe 17x9.5 with aprox 25 - 35 offset will fit the rears without a pull, just a roll...and rolling and pulling WILL NOT HURT new paint, as its still semi pliable. just use alot of heat while doing it.

however additionally to the fronts, the most your really going to fit is pretty much a 17x9 on the front (either +12 or +20 seems to look good)

[xcusememisswyn]

18x9.5, +12 FRONT and rear, front fenders rolled, rear fenders rolled and pulled 5mm