I got my 88 SE in primer, after i fixed most of the dents and body damage. And got rid of the fake GT badges

Before:


After:

 

Cool. I want my car white so bad. What kind of prep did you have to do

 

all kinds, the body was in pretty bad shape, a ton of rust and dents. i had to clean all that up and pull out the dents, the door and fender killed me. the rest that i didn't have to touch, i just scuffed up with 320 grit paper

 

Why bother with the fender? Did you have time to search for one local? If you were going to paint it anyways, what color you found was irrelevant.

Now the door is a PITA to exchange.

Sweet job non the less. Post after pictures when you're done plz

 

Nice work, whats the final colour gonna be?

 

i looked all over locally, but i just pulled it off and rolled it out. i'm not sure yet what the final color is going to be. any ideas...? blue interior

 

I noticed you left the moldings on...

other than that it looks great. I would go for white paint if I were you

 

The original blue

I re-painted mine. Here's how it looks:
https://www.rx7club.com/2nd-generation-specific-1986-1992-17/omg-omg-re-painted-7-a-641529/

Very dull but old-school blue.
I'm keeping mine all-stock however.

 

blue interior? paint it crystal white

 

Why do you guys want it white? I hate white... Same paint thats on a minivan lol Im painting my car. It needs paint anyway.

 

All that and you didn't bother to straighten out the molding on the passenger door. Other than that, it looks good.

 

the molding just needs to be reattached at the front

 

Missed a dent in the rocker

 

so you taped it up, sanded it down with the 320, and paint-gun sprayed it with white primer? Looks damn good if so...

 

my passenger door and fender have the exact same damage!! I ended up buying a different fender, but I can't get my door front nearly so lined up as yours.

 

im actually about to start re-painting my car... im going from red to Satin Black. When did u apply the primer? all I was gunna do was sand the clear coat off, and set a coat of primer over the red... but a buddy of mine, whom has offered to lend a hand, seems to think the best way to go about this is to sand down to primer first.... any suggestions or opinions? any information would be greatly apreciated

 

you don't need to go all the way down to the primer. you just need to make sure you get rid of all the rust spots, and anything smooth. The key is to give the new paint something to stick to, so you can just scuff it all down with like 320 or so. Use high-build primer to cover up the minor imperfections and then wet sand the primer coat.

 

you could just get a new door, if i could have found one in good condition thats what i would have done.

 

so far thats all i've done

 

paint it black..i love black fc's

 

you didn't sand... did you.

 

yes, why?

 

That looks great.

 

Looks really good, Just think about a paint that you wont regret in a year or so you know.

 

5A. Sapphire Blue Metallic.