Fireproof 2 day stanceathon.

[runningpanda]

So much passion and love for the cars and the scene itself.

Winning.

[JVC]

well in that case, you can normally go to a paint supply store and have them mix aerosol cans of color matched paint for about twice the normal cost of a color that likely won't match. if you're good at spraying, nobody would ever know the difference, and its a nice option for people without a ton of funds or access to a booth/ painting equipment.

I would normally wetsand and cut and buff if I wanted a really nice result, but seeing as how I plan on sanding it back off and my prep work was really shoddy, I just skipped it. I think I'll update this thread later down the road when I re-do that panel with step by step pics and descriptions of how I did it.

And really thanks for the input man. I kinda wanted to prove something to myself and encourage the community through this little build deal. If it worked for somebody, totally worth it. (plus its way less embarassing to be seen in now )

Yeah, my friends wife works for the Sherwin Williams Automotive Paint Department... so I got each can for $13 haha. I already have 3 cans that I plan on using. I just don't want to lose the glossyness of stock paint, any defects in the paint are whatever since it's only going to cost me like $50 to do both bumpers.

[Gator]

So much passion and love for the cars and the scene itself.

Winning.

Naw, Corey does it for the Bedroom intruding

[C-Hutch]

well then its all in the prep work really. any plastic that shows bare needs an adhesion promoter like bulldog or someting similar since paint doesn't typically like sticking to bare plastic. then use a good sandable primer and go over it with like 600 or something. Then spray color and clear over it. after that a 2000 grit wetsand and a good session with cutting and polishing using a rotary buffer will really bring out the finish.

Here's a little blip of what I did with my brother's eg hatch. When he got it it had been ditched by the previous owner and suffered some body damage.





So I sourced him some new parts, which naturally were different colors



Sprayed them with rustoleum white gloss enamel, which luckily matched the white of the car really closely (white is hard to match)





2000 grit wetsand, then used turtle wax buffing compound followed by polishing compound and wax





Fully cured, this was the finish I ended up with



and the end result. The color is just slightly different, but most people never notice unless it's pointed out

[C-Hutch]

Naw, Corey does it for the Bedroom intruding

Why can you never spell my name right, Androo?

[Specv118]

nice

[Gator]

Why can you never spell my name right, Androo?

C- Hutch does it for the Butt fisting

[laBeef]

sick build, love where you are going with the DA

[runningpanda]

C- Hutch does it for the Butt fisting

Doesn't everyone?

[HWY HNTR]

any pics of it at the meet or w/e, i'd love to see more of the finished/semi finished product

[C-Hutch]

like I said, hardly took any at IA, but here's the few I got that day. All crappy, all cell phone pics, all the time. I caught a bunch of people photographing the car but I haven't found them online yet.







low reference shot





That credit card wouldn't stand up BETWEEN the bolts for the subframe, and the space between the bolts is the high spot there. Low spot was at about one inch to the ground. Just sayin.

and while downtown, since it had no suspension travel whatsoever, I hit a death bump (more like 10,000 of them, but anyway...) and caught air, causing the spring to come unseated in the top hat and bind against the strut, making the car sit funny, hop everywhere, and pull at really weird, random times. I reseated the spring but since I had to drive all the way home and this is my daily and I didn't want to die, I raised it up. *shudders in shame* But Mike literally said it almost wasn't drivable before... and if MIKE said that, I was doing pretty good. Plus I drove it all the way there at that height. The main problem was that it had no travel. I'm going to amend that problem and get it back down at some point.

[Noi5eB0mb]

When i saw the picture with the car and the burnt garage in front of it i got chills. Good job man, way to go! Can't wait to get my car!

[Moose]

Cory, here you go man, I snapped this with my cellphone

[D Smitty]

cory is the man! why didnt i see you this weekend? I wanted to come check it out but was super tired and all i felt like doing was sleeping

[Jcoleman134]

looks good man. especially doing everything in 2 days. nice job! btw moose that shot looks reallllly good coming from a cell phone