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 Jul 5, 2006 - 3:11 AM
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 Enthusiast  Joined Nov 25, '04 From Warsaw, Poland Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%)  |
QUOTE(Coomer @ Jul 4, 2006 - 8:18 AM) [snapback]451920[/snapback] Day Ten ...I had trouble with the pieces with large horizontal surfaces getting lots of orange peel.  ......The vertical pieces, like the spoiler posts and center section, came out well though... Maybe you should just hang your hood so you paint it when it is vertical. Then all the "paint fog" will fall on floor, not on the hood. Just an idea. -------------------- '94 ST202 - tuned, highly apprieciated, but sold.
'99 ST205 - imported, legalized, Stage 1 completed. For slow driving: Yamaha XVS650 Drag Star. The most recent addition to the family and for the family: Toyota RAV4 2.0 VVTi Celica-Club Poland - Everything you want to know about your favourite car ... in Polish |
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Jul 5, 2006 - 3:50 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Jan 17, '04 From Illinois Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Looking good coom. I suggest some OEM front splitters. Good luck the rest of the way....
-------------------- QUOTE(lagos @ Jul 10, 2006 - 1:55 PM) [snapback]454118[/snapback] i know your trying to do the right thing for your motor, but this is one of those times where you should just trust the guys who have had their swaps for a while and have done a ton of research into this. |
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Jul 5, 2006 - 11:54 AM
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 Administrator Joined Aug 23, '02 From Seattle, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 14 (100%) |
Day Eleven
Today was tons of work. I first cut out some walls in my makeshift paint booth so that the garage door could open to get the Celica in. Then it had to be extended so that it was wider inside.   Once that was done, I did some final cleaning and masked the car.   Then I finally shot the car.     It came out ok. There's some orange peel and tiger striping on the roof that will need to be cut and buffed. But I'm finally done painting!  Jaws4God, yes, I'm putting on a TRD replica wing.  jgreening, I've already got some OEM front splitters. You can see one in the background in the first picture of day ten.
-------------------- New Toyota project coming soon...
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Jul 5, 2006 - 12:00 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jun 29, '03 Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Looks good man.
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Jul 5, 2006 - 12:12 PM
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 Moderator Joined Oct 1, '02 From fall river, ma Currently Offline Reputation: 13 (100%) |
AWESOME WORK CHRIS!!!!!
(yes im yelling!) -------------------- Former Team 5SFTE pro member ;)
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Jul 5, 2006 - 12:12 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Aug 17, '03 From Bloomington, Indiana Currently Offline Reputation: 62 (98%) |
wow this is amazing man.... How long did you have to practice to get good at painting?
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Jul 5, 2006 - 12:21 PM
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Administrator Joined Aug 23, '02 From Seattle, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 14 (100%) |
QUOTE(dustin15brown @ Jul 5, 2006 - 10:12 AM) [snapback]452247[/snapback] wow this is amazing man.... How long did you have to practice to get good at painting? The only other car I've shot with a gun was my old '88 Celica GT, but that was flat black. So this is the first project where I've painted anything a gloss color with a gun. I've painted lots of stuff with rattle cans and read a lot though. -------------------- New Toyota project coming soon...
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Jul 5, 2006 - 12:26 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Feb 7, '03 From Northern Virginia Currently Offline Reputation: 23 (100%) |
wow looks great! can't wait to see the finished product!
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Jul 5, 2006 - 12:26 PM
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Great Job!
cant wait to see the final product |
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Jul 5, 2006 - 3:07 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Oct 13, '02 From Blairstown, New Jersey Currently Offline Reputation: 6 (100%) |
Great work Chris!
 I'm aiming to start my project this August, next month. After a lot of research and watching you do the same, I think I'm ready to give it a try also. BTW, did you use stuff from Rayflex, Coomer? I've been reading nothing but good stuff about it, just wondering if thats what you used and what your experiences were with it. -------------------- 3rd gen ST205 3SGTE - Alive and boosting. |
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Jul 5, 2006 - 3:09 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Dec 8, '05 From torrance/carson, ca Currently Offline Reputation: 11 (100%) |
awesome. you got some skills. good job. now hurry up and put everything back together so you can post more pics.
edit: how's your sunburn? hope that's all healed by now. This post has been edited by j0e_p3t: Jul 5, 2006 - 3:10 PM -------------------- |
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Jul 5, 2006 - 3:16 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Mar 17, '05 From The Netherlands Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Nice work dude. What are the estimates of this DIY paintjob?
-------------------- JDM Powerplant installed, BPU coming very soon!
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Jul 6, 2006 - 12:35 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Mar 13, '06 From Lebanon, Oregon Currently Offline Reputation: 8 (100%) |
Its looking good man, I cant to see it when your done!
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Jul 6, 2006 - 4:48 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Feb 8, '06 From Nova Scotia, Canada Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
GREAT JOB XTIAN !!!!
hope someday to be able to compare notes after i finally finish mine. should be soon. my painter is on vacation from his regular gig as of friday. all the bodywork is done (i hope) and the masking is 90% done. should start the spraying process this friday night. --------------------  |
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Jul 7, 2006 - 6:07 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Mar 27, '04 Currently Offline Reputation: 14 (100%) |
Always been a fan of the yellow!! Looks great!!
Oh and next time you are on the Eastern coast.. shoot by here and paint mine ok?
-------------------- ~Daniel~ No Longer Celica Owner.. moved on to a 03 WRX-EJ207
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Jul 7, 2006 - 10:09 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Apr 14, '03 From Long Island, N.Y. Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
awesome, great work coomer
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Jul 12, 2006 - 2:26 PM
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 Moderator Joined Apr 17, '03 From Rockland NY Currently Offline Reputation: 15 (100%) |
I'm amazed. Thats just awesome how you can now do every thing involved with working on cars !
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Jul 12, 2006 - 2:31 PM
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Administrator Joined Aug 23, '02 From Seattle, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 14 (100%) |
Day Twelve
Day twelve consisted of putting the car partially back together so I could drive it up to my apt. and work on sanding it up there so that it can be buffed next weekend. I'll leave you guys with one picture. The car looks worse in person up close, but it won't for long and should look awesome once buffed.  Silver94CelicaOwner, I'm not using the Rayflex paint. I've heard that their support sucks and I read a story about someone who couldn't shoot the stuff using their ratios and have it look good. He had to experiment and use his own mixtures to get it to work suitably. Kadett, I think I've paid about $250-300 total for all my supplies, paint, etc.
-------------------- New Toyota project coming soon...
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Jul 12, 2006 - 3:02 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Feb 6, '03 From huntingdon tennessee Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
OMG... it looks soo awesome coom! and it's not even buffed yet? holy crap - great work...and great quality! and great savings over payin some Dipsh*** 2000+ just to have crappy spots in the paint (random rant) ... but NICE
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Jul 12, 2006 - 4:08 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Dec 8, '05 From torrance/carson, ca Currently Offline Reputation: 11 (100%) |
looks awesome. when are you gonna get the extensions and spoiler on it?
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