My Yelli Celi Bodywork Project Options

[Coomer]

This thread is going to be updated as I do some bodywork and paint my car. I always love these progression threads myself, so I figured I'd make my own this time.

Please post your comments as I go along. Since this is my project car and has a salvage title due to vandalism, I'm not doing things that I would if this were going to be a super nice paintjob, like having the rear side windows removed (Average quoted price was $200 around here) and using urethane base coat/clear coat paint (Expensive! And two different types of coats means twice the chances of me messing up.) I'm going to use an enamel of some sort, and going to stick with yellow probably.

Anyway, on with the project:

Day One

Day one started with washing the car with lots of harsh dishsoap and drying it, to remove dirt and some wax. Don't mind the amateur graffiti or the ugly front wheels...Les Schwab screwed up my alignment and it ate my nice Yokohomas up front. But do note those sexy sideskirts in the foreground...DCW JDM dealer option replicas, which fit perfectly and are beautiful! Props to Romas for excellent work on those skirts!



I then removed the bumpers, headlights, tail-lights, trunk lid, license plate bezel, and some other things. My front bumper is being replaced with a non-modified '95 bumper, and I'm getting rid of the fog lights. My license plate bezel and trunk lid are being replaced with parts from a '94 coupe as well, since they were both damaged in the horrible vandalism incident last June.



The next step was to start sanding, so I applied grease and wax remover to the hood and front fenders and wetsanded those with 400 grit sandpaper. I called it a day after wetsanding the front end.

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Day Five

Today was a long day. I started by sanding the sideskirts, cleaning and sanding extensions and the spoiler and the front bumper, and then disassembling the mirrors and cleaning and sanding those. I also worked with the rear extensions and managed to get them to fit somewhat decently.

The most time consuming part of the day however was building a home-made paint booth in my garage. First I cleared out an area.



Then my mom and dad and I put down plastic for the floor and ceiling and north and south walls.



Then we put in the east wall and the filter.



Then we put a fan in, which sucks air out of the booth.



Then finally we put in the west wall and I made a door and finished sealing it off.



The idea is to get the overspray to flow upwards and out of the paint booth so it doesn't fall on the paint. I tested out the booth a few minutes ago though, and it just sucked the plastic walls in. I need to put weights on the floor on the outside to hold that down and probably put a fan blowing air in behind the filter. I'm going to do that tomorrow though, since I'm crazy tired.