rpv

heres a look at my car. just completed this past saturday. i had to wait until i got to the track to apply the decals for it's first race.
later
rob

BonsaiRX7

looks good for a scca style job

snerd

Looks Good!

Did you do the paint yourself, or did you have a shop do it for you? If you did it yourself, any tips or tricks that you picked up during the process, and what kind of paint did you use?

3isacharm

you should paint the hood blue too, and carry the tear along the roof. looks great though!

Juan

iTrader: (28)

A blue hood will make it look way better. Phone dial wheels are They look a little better to me painted like yours but I personally wouldnt keep them on there. Looking good tho

BDoty311

Im not trying to start a flame war or anything, but how come a car with a wild paint job is ok for the track, but is considered "gay" or "rice" on the streets?



PS-How are phone dial wheels gay? They maybe 14s but they are damn light for factory wheels produced in the 80s.

BDoty311

BTW I think the paint job is nice and is well done.

banzaitoyota

Looks good to me, AND IT IS HIS CAR!

TO all of the naysayers with the attitude of "where is this?" and "rims are ghey!": Where is YOUR SCCA Car?



HMMMM. I thought so!

rpv

thanks for the replys
i was a bodyman for 10 years and did painting for about 16 years total. i switched fields about 2 years ago and now i do autocad. got a desk job and i'm getting fat, lol
anyway the paint is chroma base coat clear coat. body work took awhile but really came out well. the paint job is in my opinion to good for a track car. it will just get chip and scrathed anyway, but looks good for now.
most important thing to a good paint job is prep work the more time you spend on the little details the better the paint job will look. if you do a bad prep job the paint will show it really bad.
a good friend of mine still works for a bady shop so i got the use of the booth and he was dead set on me letting him paint it so i have to give ROBERT all the credit for a great job.
the reason i didn't paint the hood yet is i'm trying to get a sponsor so i thought a blank hood would provide some space. if nothing pops up i'll complete the hood and roof as well. that was in the original skecth but i was really hoping to get some sort of name on the car to help me out.
as far as the rims go i got 2 sets of them really cheap and the tires for that size rim is also a bit cheaper so for now i guess thats what i'll use gay or not. but i don't know if the engineeres that designed those were straight or not.
also an update i went 5 secs a lap faster than my old lap time from just 2 months ago. the header and exhuast work really great. now i have to work on better braking.
later and thanks
robert

JonEQuest

I think it looks good, I personally don`t like the style of the phone dial wheels, but cost and performance counts on the track, what would be gay is for you to have used heavy chrome spoke wheels at the track. IMO to use cheap, easy to replace, perfect fitting wheels that use cheaper tires, is SMART, not gay..........

.......just change the wheels for street use please :-)

Josepi

Need a blue hood?

Foz'sRX-7

Paint the Hood to match the Fenders!

rico05

Nice car man! Now go win some events!