BigJim

Well my dads gonna spray the paint today or tomorrow, heres what it is at as of yesterday though.

http://www.strange-facts.com/Adams%20Pics/Repaint1
http://www.strange-facts.com/Adams%20Pics/Repaint2
http://www.strange-facts.com/Adams%20Pics/Repaint3
http://www.strange-facts.com/Adams%20Pics/Repaint4

BigJim

also, quick questions, am i able, or supposed to, wet sand my paint before i clearcoat it? Ive heard taht on regular paints u wetsand before clearcoat and when u clearcoat the shiny color will come back, but i dont know if its true, nor do i know if it works on metallic paints

trochoid

iTrader: (6)

You can wet sand your base coat, but I wouldn't, unless it has too much orangepeel or runs. Solid colors are easier to wet sand, than the metallics are. Once you sand too far, you will need to re-base. For the best job, make sure your primer/sealer coat is as smooth as you want your finish coat (sand with 350 grit wet). You can also wet sand the clear coat, then buff out.

bliffle

Those pix look like they were taken in my yard 2 years ago. The original was a faded and abused Red (no rust) so I sanded, pulled dings. bumped creases and bondoed until the surface was nice then shot with 17 rattle cans of Home Depot Apple Red. Think I rubbed it out with 600-800.

B

BigJim

well my dads spraying the paint right now i believe. He painted the hood and dor jams last night, and is going to do the body today.

Kentetsu

Looks good so far man, but I think you'll have to bring it down to GR when finished to receive my final approval!

Good luck with it...

BigJim

ill bring it out, i always look forward to meeting fellow rx owners. Maybe we can cook up some steaks or burgers or something while we're at it.

Kentetsu

Absolutely man! I'll get the steaks and you can bring the Heinies....

BigJim

Once i get the car done, gotta finish the paintjob and install my new seats and itl be on the road so once it is ill send you a message about meeting up.

BigJim

http://www.strange-facts.com/Adams%20Pics/Repaint5
http://www.strange-facts.com/Adams%20Pics/Repaint6
http://www.strange-facts.com/Adams%20Pics/Repaint7
http://www.strange-facts.com/Adams%20Pics/Repaint8

Well only the underside of the hood is clearcoated we have to wetsand the body before we put on last coats and clearcoat. Im real excited. Hopefully done tomorrow and ill get pics up

Alex-7

It's gonna look bad ***!



Can't wait to see it finished
--Alex

web777

Good job! Are you guys doing this in your garage? Is your dad a painter? This one of the many things I want to learn.

trochoid

iTrader: (6)

That doesn't look like a stock color, may be wrong though. If it isn't stock, what is it and what brand of paint are you using?

Underside of the hood looks damn good, have fun wet sanding, not one of my favorite tasks.

BigJim

yes its being done in my garage. My dad painted cars a few years back at a local auto place and have painted a few of our cars/trucks as well. \we've done a pretty good job. A few spots where some scratched in the primer showed through but the wetsanding tomorrow should fix that.

BigJim

As for brand of paint im not really sure, we got it from parts plus, they mixed it for us. Its called passion red mica, its got a **** ton of metallic in it so its real sweet. I had wanted rx8 velocity red but its a 3 step mix costing about 146 dollars a quart so he said he could make this, which is slightly darker, for a mere 46 dollars a quart.

83rx-7

Let me know how it comes out, I might venture to do the same.

shadowlife25

looking good so far!

Gregs

damn that color is hot
i like it

Kentetsu

Tell you what, I'll clean your engine bay up if you'll paint my car next!

bliffle

That 7 is looking gorgeous! Glad to see it. Keep posting pix.

B

BigJim

clearcoat is on, its drying right now. ill take picfs when dry, hopefully before i leave for work at 4:30

PT Ray

I soooo want to paint my own car, you are making me envy. I need to find someone in my part of town to help me out. More like who has a garage and a compressor. Let me know how much base and clear it took incase I ever get around to painting mine.

BigJim

well heres the final pics until i get it outside. Gotta buff it still but its pretty much done. One of the pics is real dark for some reason the rest are good thou

http://www.strange-facts.com/Adams%20Pics/Repaint9
http://www.strange-facts.com/Adams%20Pics/Repaint10
http://www.strange-facts.com/Adams%20Pics/Repaint11
http://www.strange-facts.com/Adams%20Pics/Repaint12
http://www.strange-facts.com/Adams%20Pics/Repaint13
http://www.strange-facts.com/Adams%20Pics/Repaint14

BigJim

well heres the final pics until i get it outside. Gotta buff it still but its pretty much done. One of the pics is real dark for some reason the rest are good thou

http://www.strange-facts.com/Adams%20Pics/Repaint9
http://www.strange-facts.com/Adams%20Pics/Repaint10
http://www.strange-facts.com/Adams%20Pics/Repaint11
http://www.strange-facts.com/Adams%20Pics/Repaint12
http://www.strange-facts.com/Adams%20Pics/Repaint13
http://www.strange-facts.com/Adams%20Pics/Repaint14

BigJim

hmm my post showed up but it didnt bump so heres my bump with my new pics