Finished! Project black AE done, last pics.

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Nov 16, 2003 | 09:58 AM

#26

renagade_rotary

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down with nay sayers they **** up your will to complete a project. and damn dude nice paintjob i dont see any imperfections

Nov 16, 2003 | 10:39 AM

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Fingers

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absolutely INCREDIBLE!!!

did you get a full colour change? under the hood?

Nov 16, 2003 | 11:29 AM

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nillahcaz

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Good job man, looks awsome.

Nov 16, 2003 | 11:40 AM

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l33trx7

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Quote:

Originally posted by Rpeck
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

umm did you give it an acid bath before hand?

Nov 16, 2003 | 02:47 PM

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redninja

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God dude get a better host than yahoo photos...really slow and I'm on a cable modem. The car looks nice, though.

Nov 16, 2003 | 02:52 PM

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How much did this cost you? Looks great...I'd love to do this to my red 87 T2, although the paint is good it's a little faded so it looks a little orange

Nov 16, 2003 | 02:58 PM

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frestylereaction

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i dont even know the story of naysayers

but it looks great

i dont see why anyone would care what color your car is.......who cares if its a 10AE...theyre just S4s with a different color ... theyre not special

Nov 16, 2003 | 07:22 PM

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Rpeck

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l33trx7 - Nope, no acid bath.

Fingers- Full color change is still in progress, but It will be once I finish.

redninja - Sorry bout the host, life goes on. Cost me under $1000 for everything paint related, including the paint, and the spary gun.

frestylereaction - "... theyre not special" Yes, Ohh yes they are

-Robert

Nov 16, 2003 | 07:47 PM

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hondahater

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I'm glad you descided to keep the badges can we see pics of the interior with the black leather and floor that must look sweet!!!!!

Nov 16, 2003 | 07:53 PM

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13bpower

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Utterly amazing, great job. THat is how the AE should have been.

Nov 16, 2003 | 07:59 PM

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gsracer

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black is nice

Nov 16, 2003 | 08:11 PM

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Rpeck

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Quote:

Originally posted by hondahater
I'm glad you descided to keep the badges can we see pics of the interior with the black leather and floor that must look sweet!!!!!

I will post pics of the inside after thanksgiving, I have new leather seats I have not installed yet. Also I need to mount a few trinkets before it all comes together. A day at a time, A day at a time

... damn that J O B thing

P.S. I thought I would add this; A pic of the 7's!! Representing at the local SCCA AutoX Event today.

The 7's at the AutoX

-Robert

Last edited by Rpeck; Nov 16, 2003 at 08:17 PM.

Nov 16, 2003 | 10:26 PM

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J-Rat

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God I hope I wasnt one of the naysayers. I wouldnt paint my AE black, but the car looks nice!

Jarrett

Nov 16, 2003 | 11:52 PM

#39

genII Drifter

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looks good, good job on the paint. IMO, you really need black wheels to keep the 10 AE color code Idea. I think it would be like a good vs. evil type thing.

Nov 17, 2003 | 12:13 AM

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Paint job looks awesome but I wouldnt do that to my AE. If I wasnt selling mine I would have had mine painted pearl white. Good job!

Nov 17, 2003 | 11:22 AM

#41

Lisa

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Sexy car, sexy driver... now you just need a sexy co-pilot.

Nov 17, 2003 | 12:11 PM

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Rotary Racer

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Looking good Robert. BTW your Pop was a kewl guy. You like the seats?

- Dana

Nov 17, 2003 | 12:19 PM

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Rpeck

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Looking good Robert. BTW your Pop was a kewl guy. You like the seats?

- Dana

I haven't picked them up from him yet. But he said they are in nice shape and should be all good. I think I am going down there thanksgiving weekend, I will be picking them up then. Ya, he said "You seem to know your ****" Thanks again.

-Robert

Nov 17, 2003 | 12:33 PM

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Quote:

Originally posted by Rpeck
I haven't picked them up from him yet. But he said they are in nice shape and should be all good. I think I am going down there thanksgiving weekend, I will be picking them up then. Ya, he said "You seem to know your ****" Thanks again.

-Robert

Hehe nice to hear that. After you install them lets see some pic's

- Dana

Nov 17, 2003 | 04:21 PM

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3RotorRocket

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That car looks great....im speech less.

Nov 17, 2003 | 05:08 PM

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Erk

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Gorgeous. I'm not a big fan of white cars--they should have made all AEs black!

Nov 17, 2003 | 08:30 PM

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Originally posted by Erk
Gorgeous. I'm not a big fan of white cars--they should have made all AEs black!

I'll have to disagree with that.

Nov 17, 2003 | 08:34 PM

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Quote:

Originally posted by RarestRX
Talk about the ugly duckling turning into a swan!!! *grin*

Kevin
1989 GTUs "All exclamations, all the time!"

Another bastard!

Michael
1988 10AE "All white and shiny, all the time!"

Much love for you Rarest.

Nov 17, 2003 | 09:37 PM

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Rpeck

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Quote:

Originally posted by n4ji
Another bastard!

Michael
1988 10AE "All white and shiny, all the time!"

Much love for you Rarest.

I don't think Kevin was bashing the original AE color. He saw my car 1/3 done at a meet in Fair Oaks just a few weeks ago ... and trust me it was UGLY then

.. that's what I belive he is comenting on.

I don't mind them clean & white ... I just love the look of a black FC, any model, it just turned out I bought a 10AE ... and I knew no matter what I bought it was going black by the time I finished. And I can't say I'm not happy with it

Thanks again for all the compliments everyone

-Robert