Destined To Fail.

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You really used a paint roller?

HAHAHAHAHAH Turned out really good for the horribly incorrect tools

There was a guide somewhere on how to use a paint roller for a car. You needed to water the paint down a ton with mineral spirits, but if you wet sanded between each of the 8 coats you came out with some show quality pant on the cheap. Like that's a legit tactic. lol

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hahaha thanks for the comments! yeah i didnt water it down, but i let the car sit in the sun a ton and its dried pretty well... it does take long to dry though. i've managed to get a few coats on some panels that need them, sanding between each. im really just experimenting right now, seeing what works and what does not. trying different types of rollers, grits of sandpaper etc etc. in a week or so im going to wet sand, buff and polish the whole car and see how it looks.








assuming i make it through the drift event this saturday

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hahaha thanks for the comments! yeah i didnt water it down, but i let the car sit in the sun a ton and its dried pretty well... it does take long to dry though. i've managed to get a few coats on some panels that need them, sanding between each. im really just experimenting right now, seeing what works and what does not. trying different types of rollers, grits of sandpaper etc etc. in a week or so im going to wet sand, buff and polish the whole car and see how it looks.








assuming i make it through the drift event this saturday

I would kill to have my car drift ready, but e28s are so picky with everything that deals with air to fuel :///

for reference, this might help you figure out a winning recipe on the paint:

http://www.rickwrench.com/50dollarpaint.html

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I would kill to have my car drift ready, but e28s are so picky with everything that deals with air to fuel :///

for reference, this might help you figure out a winning recipe on the paint:
http://www.rickwrench.com/50dollarpaint.html

ayy i've actually read that before. i want my paint to get super dry and hardened before i start wet sanding again, so im waiting until after the drift day to do it.

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ayy i've actually read that before. i want my paint to get super dry and hardened before i start wet sanding again, so im waiting until after the drift day to do it.

Word man, leave it in the sun lol.


Should look sick when finished though.

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ayy finally got my cockpit finished. well, sort of finished. i wired in a blackberry playbook as my main interface, and have a cheap radio with an aux cable out the back on my passenger tranny tunnel. its pretty cool and super useful. heres a pic of the cockpit (i realize i haven't really posted one)

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yer missen a bolt

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ayy had my first drift day of the year. was super cool shaking the car down, this thing is a whole new beast!! hopefully ill have some action shots later on.



unfortunately at about 130 in the day (a few hours in) my buckle i had extended completely exploded and sheared off right at the weld, which really sucked. limped hte car off track, and ended up going to a shop 20 minutes away from the track called fdfab and getting a pal jonah to re-tig it. definitely actively getting a proper buckle made now, that was scary.
buckle snapped

shop owners' car he's building


overall great day, played around with some close tandems, broke a bunch of my aero, and ripped my rear bumper off like three times haha.


no complain!

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Sweet to be out there having a blast!

I have wondered how that rear bumper would fare with the angle of it haha

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https://www.facebook.com/DevoBlackman/videos/vb.695920061/10155438699095062/?type=2&theater

ayy

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found some more pics of me doing skids

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i feel like theres a lesson i should be learning, and thats to take more extra parts to drift days. lol. twice in a row now, i've made conscious decisions to not bring certain spare parts to the track (even though i had the space) and have had them explode at the track. this time it was an axle.



ended up having the basically sit the whole day out, which really sucked since i paid 100 bucks to drive lol.



i think there are a few photos from my runs, so i might post em here soon

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Dang man living in southern california we hardly have any cars with rust problems. This thing as come a long way!

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so this might come as a surprise

this car is everything i've always wanted it to be. but for some reason i just feel like its lost its spark for me. maybe its because im dissapointed? the feeling is similar to someone that wins the lottery, thinking that money will solve all his problems, and having that empty realization that it solves nothing.

im getting too off topic here, but this feeling has been with me for the last few months, and the other day i got an offer on the car i could not refuse. its time to move on, and time to get something that i can actually daily, occasionally drift and keep for a long time. this car was an amazing learning experience, but its time to move onto a more mature, powerful and capable platform.

gonna miss this car, but all good things come to an end.

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so this might come as a surprise

this car is everything i've always wanted it to be. but for some reason i just feel like its lost its spark for me. maybe its because im dissapointed? the feeling is similar to someone that wins the lottery, thinking that money will solve all his problems, and having that empty realization that it solves nothing.

im getting too off topic here, but this feeling has been with me for the last few months, and the other day i got an offer on the car i could not refuse. its time to move on, and time to get something that i can actually daily, occasionally drift and keep for a long time. this car was an amazing learning experience, but its time to move onto a more mature, powerful and capable platform.

gonna miss this car, but all good things come to an end.

April Fools (Minus 50-some days)?