How much to do the port job. That looks amazing

 

it was free, i have access to a complete machine shop.

 

bad *** pull on the 1/4's man

 

wanna paint my car? lol jk wow awesome job for real!! I wanna get mine painted =D

 

What speed of reducer are you using in these cold *** temps?

 

No reducer. Car was painted in 80 degrees.

 

Im guessing heated garage?
I cant wait until I get into a good sized garage!

 

Yeah it's heated.

 

U still need to thin the paint with reducer no matter how hot it is so you dont get crazy orange peel.
If you sprayed straight base what size tip are you using?

 

thanks for your advice, but this is not my first time painting a car.

 

if he was using a single stage paint it would require no reducer

basecoats need reducer/basemakers, singles do not

 

Basecoat has reducer. Clearcoat does not.

 

The reason i asked if you were using reducer was because u got MAD OANGE PEEL! looks as if your paint was drying to fast and didnt have time to flow out right and get the mirror finish.

Base coat paint is a 50/50 mix ratio because straight base is SUPER thick.
Single stage will lay out better if you reduce it a little bit.
U still wanna reduce your clear some too so it lays out right and you wont have to spend countless hours the next day wet sanding and buffing.

 

thanks again for your opinion, it is still useless to me.

wetsanding, and buffing is easy, i have plenty of clear on my car to do so, and i don't have a single run.

if you like to paint your car, and obtain a "mirror finish"...good for you. but i guarantee you cant paint half a car, and obtain a mirror finish.

now that we have both stated our opinions, please keep this crap out of my thread.

if you want to tell me your opinion, PM me.

 

get'em haha

 

My bad "grip" didnt mean to come off like a jack ***... My bad.


Look for my build/paint thread Coming soon.........

 

he sprayed it himself in his home garage, I think he did a pretty good job considering he does not do it for a living and im sure he was not using a $500 spray gun either

 

i used a Sata Minijet 4 in the jams, and a Devil Biss for clear. i used to do bodywork, and paint for a living up until 2 years ago, now i only do it when it needs to be done.

i don't understand why other "bodywork guys/painters" feel the need to tell every other guy how they think it should be done.

(not talking about you Rob)

 

because I can bet he is a youngin who just started out and is like typical young guys who think they know it all but in fact know about as much as most experienced guys have forgotten

the quiet guys usually know the most


if he knew it all he would know you can flow paint in a booth with its superior air flow better then you can on your shop floor.

 

update 3-18-10:

just under 1 month on backorder, my rear wheels will finally sit flush with the 1/4 panels. i now have 3 different sizes of 17" rear wheel lips for my wheels. haha

 

thats awesome, its pretty simple to seal those up yourself, especially when its all new.

 

What size tires will you be running with the wider lips?

 

255, same size I was running before.

 

Headed to the dyno anytime soon? interested to see what your mutated fuel and turbo setup net you in numbers.

 

im sure it will hit the dyno this spring....im pretty sure the S4 turbo is what will be holding me back in power. my guess...under 240whp