well some what..its been 2 months and i just waxed it the other day....i did it myself at my friends step dads shop...he owns a sign shop but has a booth in the back just big enough to put a car in...i had about 2.5feet on each side and a foot on the front and back...still turned out good considering the whole thing was done for under $350 and i did it myself!!!

the emblems were all broken when i took them off the car so i got my friends step dad to cut me some new ones out of vynil <sp?? i put them on just before i sprayed the clear coat so its kool to feel how they are in the paint almost

its really shiney and even though i spent 6days of 8am till 7pm pretty much straight non stop of just sanding,bondoing, blocking for highs and lows..there were still impressions and dents all over it that i never saw.....oh well it adds character..haha

 

here are some pics of when i first bought the car...a few months after (i sprayed painted it flat black) then now

 

AWESOME! THE PAINT LOOKS PRETTY DAMN GOOD, ESPECIALLY FOR THREE FIFTY. DID YOU DO ANY WET SANDING? WHATS THE COLOR? WANT TO DO MINE?

 

its the K8 tornado which i thought was a 84' color but turns out to be an 85' color too?.. i got the paint from a Depont place and their paint dosnt need to be wet sanded...basclly it was sand...primer...clean...paint and clear.....they sold me a kit that included the paint and clear which was $150 and if i bought the paint alone it would cost $160 so the kit saves you alot..but then i had to buy tons of sand paper since the flat black kept gumming up the paper and the cleaner and primer

sure drive your car on down...lol

 

Looks good, I'm sending my car in to get painted on tuesday and I pray that it ends up near as nice as yours (oh ya and im paying 2300 CDN for it...)

Now that you have it looking that nice make sure to keep it that way! Awesome car!

 

damn boy looks like one big *** grey orange...

 

Very nice!

 

wow, great job

this is what mine looks like now- ALMOST DONE!!

 

i didnt take mine apart....just took the bumpers and lights off and left everything else together

 

here pretty soon im painting my car, the whole thing rx8 blue, in my paintshop... Nice diy job you did.

 

hey that looks great. I just got mine painted also.

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/codebl...el%3as,1%3af,0

 

Awsome job, I was thinking of doing RX8 blue too, but now Im starting to want that grey you used lol. Oh and those vinyl emblems look really cool.

 

looks damn shiney!

really dig the color too, im thinking of something similar on mine one day.... hopefully soon

 

Both cars look awesome, hope mine turns out as nice.

Rusty Shackleford, did you get the badge names painted into it? Because to me they look awfully flush to be an actual emblem. Could just be my lack of sleep.


I'm going to go simple with a metallic black.

 

YES! I should read the whole post before I go commenting.


at me.

 

I had doubts about the emblems from from your description. I didn't think it would work. The pics prove me quite wrong. I like the way they came out, looks sharp. Good job!!

 

Damn fine job man! Now you've got me thinking about doing my own....

 

I'm looking forward to getting my dingey silver SE repainted this month.

B

 

I'm also preping my car to get it painted. Must be the season.

 

Awesome jobs, guys. This is motivating. I can't wait to get mine done.

 

has anyone done spot jobs on their 7s? i'm getting an airbrush so i can paint the bumpers on my mr2, and was thinking if it turns out right, i could take care of some of the scratches and gouges in the GSL-SE's fancy black paintjob.