I just painted my car check out the aftermath l

bdazzgt · May 14, 2011

This is what i started with in 2006, i know the pictures are not good quality bare with me

bdazzgt · May 14, 2011

bdazzgt · May 14, 2011

New carpet from LRS

bdazzgt · May 14, 2011

Full length subframes my dad got me for my birthday

FIRST COAT OF WAX

bdazzgt · May 14, 2011

Keep in mind this is my first paint job, i cant wait to get it out and wash it. The one thing i learned from this is to never paint a car again lol

5.0Droptop · May 14, 2011

is it base coat clear coat or single stage?

bdazzgt · May 14, 2011

base coat clear coat, the single stage in competition orange was 300 dollars more

5.0Droptop · May 14, 2011

looks like you may have went a little dry on the clear but its hard to tell in the pics some look shiny others look dull.

GroverDill · May 14, 2011

Looks good to me, I cant paint anything. I screw up flat black so nice work.

90stang5speed · May 14, 2011

I can only hope my first try at paint & body work turns out as good.

Beasty306GT · May 14, 2011

looks ok..new headlights will do wonders

bdazzgt · May 15, 2011

Well i thought maybe i did go a little dry on the clear, but if its in the sun it looks a lot better, i did learn a lot, there is a little orange peel on the edges but the paint gets thing. There was a lot of body work involved that i didnt get pictures of. in the original pictures you can see the discolored driver side door, the previous owner actually took a wire wheel to that and the ground effects. There was a lot of scrapes, and gouges that went from the back bumper to the front bumper but mainly on drivers side, then the previous paint had no primer on it no door jams, it was a terrible paint job. I took it down to factory primer and went from there. I know i need new headlights, but i had to buy a radiator to keep the new motor cool

bdazzgt · May 15, 2011

also i took the pictures with my original droid camera so there not the best quality

5.0Droptop · May 15, 2011

Do not take my comments as a bad thing. U did a very good job considering u have not much experience. Have u wet sanded and buffed yet?

bdazzgt · May 15, 2011

yea i just wet sanded with 1500grit then 2000 then 3000 just once over for good measure, i wish i could get rid of some of the orange peel on the edges but i don't wanna go through the paint on the edges i will get it out today and snap some better pictures of it. maybe it will look better then

1991notchbackLX · May 15, 2011

I think it came out great for what it is. Nice job man.

bdazzgt · May 15, 2011

the full length subframe connectors were a bitch to install, my frame rails were all beat to **** my dad had to do a lot of fill welding why i held them, straight i will take pics of them installed as soon as the weather clears up it has rained so much here

5.0Droptop · May 15, 2011

bdazzgt said:
yea i just wet sanded with 1500grit then 2000 then 3000 just once over for good measure, i wish i could get rid of some of the orange peel on the edges but i don't wanna go through the paint on the edges i will get it out today and snap some better pictures of it. maybe it will look better then

How many coats of clear did you put on? You need to determin if the orange peel is in the clear or the paint. If its in the clear you can wet sand it some more. Just try not to go all way through the clear...The best way is to pick a spot that is not really in sight and practice/test wet sanding that area. You might be able to sand it smooth or at least clean it up some more.....

5.0Droptop · May 15, 2011

Also what did you buff it with? Some buffing compund and a sponge type buffing wheel does wonders.

Boosted92LX · May 15, 2011

5.0Droptop said:
Also what did you buff it with? Some buffing compund and a sponge type buffing wheel does wonders.

+1 I don't know if they make it anymore, but 3m made some stuff called perfect-it II fine cut buffing compound that will make a 1500 wet sand look bad azz.

I just painted my car check out the aftermath l

I had to jerk off the cable to get it to stop.

I had to jerk off the cable to get it to stop.

I had to jerk off the cable to get it to stop.

I had to jerk off the cable to get it to stop.

I had to jerk off the cable to get it to stop.

...all those nights we shared, and you're a dude??

I had to jerk off the cable to get it to stop.

...all those nights we shared, and you're a dude??

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I had to jerk off the cable to get it to stop.

I had to jerk off the cable to get it to stop.

...all those nights we shared, and you're a dude??

I had to jerk off the cable to get it to stop.

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I had to jerk off the cable to get it to stop.

...all those nights we shared, and you're a dude??

...all those nights we shared, and you're a dude??

It's only an inch or two. What's the big deal?

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