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x2 - it was hell trying to get that pic and no matter what they always look lighter than they really are - it's dark as midnight inside that car now.

I had suggested the inset thing earlier in the Calendar thing this year [With a really bad example] - what would be better I think would be to have on either side of the month a small pic that the owner of the car could use to highlight two specific areas of the car that they are proud of.
I'll make an example in a few. BRB

This post has been edited by DEATH: Nov 7, 2008 - 12:58 PM

That's good quality paint, used some of the brake caliper paint & it's held up for several years now on our AW11.

Good job painting all the pieces, looks very professional.
It's a little too much red for me personally, but I can certainly respect all the work you put into it.

That inset thing @ the beginning or end of the month is exactly what I was thinking. Even just as a way to highlight a certain feature of the car is a great idea - that way if someone has an excellent exterior but a crappy interior, the inset can just be a featured accent of the exterior, engine bay, whatever.

Hmm........

So what is the secret? Is it that the paint is eggshell rather than gloss? Or is it the colour you chose? Or is it the photography?

That's a good idea for the calendar. But it's not even hard to clean the interior, mine's always clean as hell. But it's nothing special though.

Thanks Darth.
I did this back in 2003.
It was my first attmept at customising an interior.

I do know what you mean about a lot of red.
I don't have the car anymore but have a red GT4 and have just started a new interior project on this.
I wont be going with so much red this time - more red accents.


No secret really.
The colour is more of a gloss in reality so I think that the eggshell effect is partly down to the panels themselves and the photography.
I basically went out and bought the Foliatec undercoat/primer and Foliatec Red (there is 2 red colour types but I cant honestly remember which one I got).
The Foliatec undercoat is a base layer/sealant - 3/4 coats.
Then the Foliatec Red about 5/6 coats.
It took an eternity because after each coat I wanted it to dry properly before putting another coat on.
Also this made sure that it was evenly spread/finish.
The biggest difficulty I came across was masking the panels up to get a flow from front to rear.
The masking tape didn't stick/seal to the panels particularly well so ended up with overspray - a bit of white spirit sorted this out.

BA work whatever it is. Can there ever be too much red? J/P - I think I'll stick with what I got but damn yours put mine to shame.

Awesome - please post pics when you are done, i'd love to see it.
Do you have an ST205 or an ST185?
I have an ST185 & I just got a set of old school Recaro SR3 seats for it
It's such a shame that ST205's were never imported here & they aren't legal otherwise I would own one.

and we'd be twice as broke

too true!!
actually i'd be 4 times as broke having 2 GT-Fours, just one can make you double broke

Lol, You guys trip me out. So how do we get a calender? And I is gonna make the deadline, cuz this year is almost over already. Holy Crap, where does the time go?

This post has been edited by Lil-Joe101: Nov 7, 2008 - 9:07 PM

Yes! ...one of each
- 1995 Red JDM ST205 GT4.
- 1990 White UK ST185 (wide body). This is being stripped out and built into a track monster for the Toyota Sprint Series.

Yer, tell me about it


Certainly will.

EVERYBODY's gotta carry an extra engine w/ them man... you know, just in case.

Mine:

Hey yeah, that's a nice Box-of-Engine. I usually just keep a box of cigarettes, but i'm an underachiever

Nice steering wheel BTW

RAV Steering wheel FTW

not exactly interior but will go in my interior

from blue, to black too ...

did your interior white accents come stock or did you paint them. it looks sick!!

i painted them. sand-prime-sand-color-sand-clear-wetsand-wax.

still a lot to be done