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Old 02-12-03, 04:42 AM
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update on my car

Hey Guys,

here are some pics of the work tonight,











i have lots more pics of the prep stage if anyone wants to see them let me know and ill post em.

this is whats under the bonnet




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loook goood! the orange is awsome!!
whats some details on the engine??
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Lookin good!
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What happened to the Red Wide-body?
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Sweet color! I need to learn how to prep and paint...
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Spraying without a mask? You're brave. Cool color.
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good lord
that is indeed impressive
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Sweet metallic orange! That's actually close what I might go with.

Keep us posted!
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do you have any more pics of that roll cage?
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wow, thats beautiful

makes me think datsun
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Man, that's alot of work just to fix the storage bin rust.
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Beautiful! I admire your work, and I'm looking forward to completed pix.

Keep us informed.

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**** thats nice. Your getting those kinds of results simply spraying it outside? Now I'm definatly painting my car this summer.
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is that the orange on the new Protégé5, or a custom metallic?
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Originally posted by djmickyg
loook goood! the orange is awsome!!
whats some details on the engine??
The engine is a street port, balanced, dowelled, 2mm seals, ran 10.93@125 in the old shell, turbo is a 60-1 1.32 rear.


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the car was past its used by date, lots of rust, chassis a bit bent, doors wouldnt close properly, got logged for a roll cage and full tech inspection before i could drag it again so i decieded to sell that shell and start on a stock shell.

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Thats not me, thats the panel beater, he used a mask for the 2 pac clear,

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yes i have some pics of that will upload them shortly

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Yes with clear over base it is very very easy to get good results with out a booth, BUT you will get some **** in the paint, where as in the booth you usually wont get any at all if the booth is good, and its take 2 days to dry unless you bake it,

the colour is suppose to be the tiger gold of a GM car we have here in AUS, but the paint shop mixed it wrong and put too much bronze in it, it swappes between orange, gold, bronze and yellow depending on the light, it looks awesome out in the sun!!.

will be about 2 weeks before the paint is on the rest of the car, ill put up some more pics of the prep work and some of the roll cage,


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Here is the car in spray bog



after spray bog has been rubbed



In primer


Roll cage, i will get some more pics of it soon



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Yes with clear over base it is very very easy to get good results with out a booth, BUT you will get some **** in the paint, where as in the booth you usually wont get any at all if the booth is good, and its take 2 days to dry unless you bake it,
Cool. Where did you put the stuff to let it dry? I'll probably be painting my car in my barn so I would just leave it in there for 2 days I guess.
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if you are painting in a barn hose down everything to get rid of all dust then paint and leave for 2 days min,
if its hot it will go off quicker,
wont be fully hard for a week even if baked in booth so try not to bolt anything to it for a week after painting

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what interior are you planning on running with?
i am planning on welding in a 4 point roll bar soon, and was planning on going with that rather than a cage (like yours) because i didnot think that it would look very good with the dash in... this is for a street car, and so i want the full interior.
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I have a custom dash to take autometer tacho, speedo, and guages, a mate has one with the cage running through the standard dash,

my trim will be very simple black carpet, gray and tan vynal on the roof, door trims, and seats,
the seats i have are velo GP90


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Originally posted by 10sec rx7
if you are painting in a barn hose down everything to get rid of all dust then paint and leave for 2 days min,
if its hot it will go off quicker,
wont be fully hard for a week even if baked in booth so try not to bolt anything to it for a week after painting

dale
Depending on the paint your using, you probably don't want to try to wax it for at least a month.
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Yeah.... It's mad Vivacious yo!
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Thanks Guys!!
appricate the support!!

This paint is clear over base, probably about 2 weeks with out baking before you should cut it back, if you put it on right you wont have to cut it back!
Acrylic you probably shouldnt cut back for a month, let it harden right up.

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Hopefully I didn't miss it already in the post, but if you don't mind, WHAT COLOR IS THAT???? Holy **** - beautiful. I can see it coming together quite nicely...damn you Aussie's and your bling-bling first gen's...I'm gonna go cry on my primer POS now.


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