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Old 11-15-03, 04:52 PM
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Talking Finished! Project black AE done, last pics.

Alot of time and effort, but my garage paint job turned out very well I think. Project black AE is complete!

to all the Nay-Sayers

To the rest of you; Thanks for all the help and advice along the way ... I am VERY happy with the way it came out.

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-Robert
Old 11-15-03, 04:54 PM
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Wow...looks very nice Did you do the paint/bodywork all yourself? Any pics of the doorjambs, underhood, etc?
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Nice clean car, good job on the paint

Who cares if its not white, atleast its not in a junk yard or something. ( Often I see 10th AE beat up or in junk yards )
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Looks great Rpeck. Cant go wrong with black and an AE at that. Great job.
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Originally posted by Rxmfn7
Wow...looks very nice Did you do the paint/bodywork all yourself? Any pics of the doorjambs, underhood, etc?
The body was very clean, it needed no "body work" per say. I sanded the whole thing down to metal in most places cause the paint was peeling so bad. Sparyed 2 good coats of self etching primer, then sprayed Dupont VOC 3.5 with a Finishline III HVLP gun, lots of sanding, buffing and polishing after that. This is the result. Took a couple of months to get it all done.

Not quite done with the door jams, and under the hood stuff, but I will post pics later when thats all complete.

Thanks for the compliments.

here is a pic of it during the work


ouch


-Robert
Old 11-15-03, 05:09 PM
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Yo,


Man, that's not the same car that was at the Sac Meet, was it?!

Talk about the ugly duckling turning into a swan!!! *grin*

Good job!! We need some dancing bananas!

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Old 11-15-03, 05:12 PM
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Yup, same car Kevin .. I told you all to bare with me I had faith!! LOL.
Old 11-15-03, 05:19 PM
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Yup, same car Kevin .. I told you all to bare with me I had faith!! LOL.

Niiice. You can roll with me now. *wink*

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Old 11-15-03, 05:29 PM
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I didn't think I was going to like a black AE, but it looks great. Good job
Old 11-15-03, 06:12 PM
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Looks nice! I like black and white AEs now
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looks alot better than it did in the garage.
Old 11-15-03, 08:16 PM
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you said it man, Wow.

I'm jealous.
Old 11-15-03, 08:17 PM
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Looks awesome. Few things in life look better than a nicely painted Black TII. Whites ugly....
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*tear to eye* It Looks like an angel.... :P

Nice.
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I love the contrast that the 10AE edition emblem has.
Old 11-15-03, 09:21 PM
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Way nice. BACK IN BLACK!
Old 11-15-03, 11:13 PM
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what happend to the windows they don't look bronz now?
Old 11-16-03, 12:02 AM
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Originally posted by nillahcaz
what happend to the windows they don't look bronz now?
Must be the lighting. Unless it just wears off over time, I did not do anything to the windows.. they are all original. Cleaned them with glass cleaner is all. I am not even really sure what that "bronze" is soposed to be .. I will have to pay more attention to a normal TII next time i see one, comapre the windows.


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That is amazing. How many hours do you think you put into it total, and how much did you spend on supplies.

I am going to paint mine black in my auto-body shop class this year, we have all professional tools and painting booths, really looking forward to it, especially after seeing yours.
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Did you get your other wheel? I remember you saying you were missing a wheel or a tire right?
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Originally posted by littlejep
That is amazing. How many hours do you think you put into it total, and how much did you spend on supplies.

I am going to paint mine black in my auto-body shop class this year, we have all professional tools and painting booths, really looking forward to it, especially after seeing yours.
Ohh man, I can't count the Hr's .. insane amounts of time. And It's not perfect ... but I am happy with it. I had never painted anything in my life (besides rattlecan crap) so I am sure someone that knows what they are doing, with the right equipments could do it in 1/5th the time. I read a couple books, and educated myself online on what to do...

I had the Air compressor so i didnt need to buy that, i had to buy the spary gun, primer, paint, sand paper, buffing compound, strainers, drop cloths, thinners Etc.. etc. Prolly cost with the paint also ~$1000 in supplies.

-Robert

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Originally posted by lsnapcasel
Did you get your other wheel? I remember you saying you were missing a wheel or a tire right?
Sure did, Tirerack came through on their promise and had my 4th tire & wheel Fed-Ex'ed red Saturday delivery for me. As they should have .. how the hell can you send out 3 tires and not think "hmm, no 4th tire?" moron's, but it's all okay now.


P.S. I will try to post a pic of the rear tommorow. Looks really sweet with the big *** Dual N1's polished up and thumping

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Nice job!

Much better than stock.
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Damn Robert that turned out badass as hell. What a difference from the meet in Elk Grove.

Guess whose helping me when my black car is ready to be painted.

I hope you're bringing it to the autocross today to show it off.


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