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[purplegt4]

Budget balla presents: DIY Painting.

Take in mind, this is my first time AND it's with spray paint: gimme a break.

primered pieces:








My supplies


bondo/hardener, adhesive, primer, color, clear coat


new wing


what happens when you don't fill cracks


like these.


already have been filled though


maybe i shoul've bondo'd more


light coats



some close-ups




up close and personal


more to come.

More sanding, sanding, SANDING!

This post has been edited by purplegt4: Apr 20, 2008 - 1:51 PM

[playr158]

looking good.
have you done the rear wing yet?

[purplegt4]

no just filled in cracks and chips.

[playr158]

can you get it to me sometime today or early tomorrow morning :eeps:
i wana take care of it before you paint it, and i'll be @ the shop tomorrow doing work.

[purplegt4]

fack. come pick it up i got a bad rear wheel bearing and rcr bar in the back.

[playr158]

i don't get outta here till ~9pm tonight I'll give you a call

[purplegt4]

i'll be at school til 10 and a meeting after. i'll call u.

[playr158]

bring that **** to school!

[purplegt4]

brought.

[DEATH]

up close and personal

Before the haters start with the "no rattle can" song and dance just let me be the first to say - very impressive. I would have thought the blurple color would have been damn near impossible to rattle can well.
I'd let you paint my sh*t. I'll be watching this thread. What's playr doing for you?

[playr158]

i'm not doing anything for him...he is doing something for me

and its not just rattle can that he is using, its and automotive paint in an aerosol can. Not exactly the stuff you get at advanced auto...this is about five times the price....

[DEATH]

IC - sweet. And how do you get this stuff?

[bccentaur3]

That does look really good. Where did you get that paint? That would be good for little paint chips.

[presure2]

IC - sweet. And how do you get this stuff?

there are places online that you can get it from, as well as good paint supply shops.
i have a local shop that can mix up any factory color for me, last time i got one it was ~25$ a can.

[DEATH]

That's totally worth it. I wonder how stock my color really is [it's already an Acura color but I mean how stock it was mixed w/e - I know very little about paint obviously]

[Tigawoods]

lmk how close it is to the og color. i have some stuff that i need to repaint

[purplegt4]

What it looks like on the car without clear coat



primered right splitter


wet sanded skirts



another coat after skirts



closeups



stupid can running out of paint - overspray



after and before sanding / final color coat


left waitin on the clear


right - needs wetsand and another coat


my shop

[Defgeph]

Not bad for a first time DIY.

[Zelstin]

Looks good. I hate when the can starts to run out and screws up the paint

[Batman722]

looks good but there's nothing worse than having splitters and skirts (that you paid some good $ for) not being the exact same color as the rest of the car. Been there, done that

pony up the $ and get them painted professionally by a shop, you wont be dissapointed.