Quite nice, very straight car!

 

say again?

 

Shoot, I've been using the black clear coat all this time FTL

 

is that why its not running!?!?!

 

Let me preface with I painted the car & did all the work myself but certainly lack the experience you have. To each thier own and I relied 100% on advice given to me by a retired body-guy who now manages an auto-parts/auto-paint store.

I used U-Pol as opposed to the PPG clear. The first variation of the Lotus color had a brown undertone and my Body-Guy figured it was becuase the PPG clear has the slight goldish/yellow tone. We went with the U-Pol and it was exactely what I wanted.

 

A that S4

How did you do your taillights. I thought Testors made a high heat smokey paint to do that but the *** at the hobby store didnt know **** so I couldn't find the spray can.

 

for the tails and signals check out VHT nite shades

What?!?! No one noticed the cleanly shaven ***?

 

LOL, I didn't even notice. How will the rest of the world KNOW what you're driving?????

You need a huge "POWERED BY HONDA" to confuse the **** out of people!!!



thanks for the link.

 

Actually the very first time I was getting gas - as I was pumping some ricer came up, stuck his face in the sunroof (which pissed me off) than asked "So man - is this a Honduh or what?"
I stopped pumping the gas, turned to him and said "first, step away from the not even cured paint, second - NO IT IS NOT A ******* HONDUHrun away before I soak you in gas."
He looked at me a little silly until I motioned to grab the pump.... ******* ricers.

 

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

GASOLINE FIGHT!

Looks nice without badges. My wife doesn't like S4s but says yours is the best S4 she's ever seen ( and I've been showing her clean S4's for years now).

 

Thanks man. I appreciate that. Now show her my door panels My wife loves these

 

we both wanna know what that lil box is.

my random stab in the dark is a small amp. but I' don't know WTF 'm talking about.

 

Just saw that - Thank you. Lotta time went into her...

Cross-over... got the full write up over meow

 

Sweet!! I kinda miss having a radio when I get into newer cars with bumpin' stock systems but then I remember the sound of JUST the rotary with the 3" RB turbo back and I forget I need music.

On the NA I'll most likely replace the speakers and have new one mounted in the stock positions. Nice write up BTW. I'm going to PM you for some tips on FG work.

 

yup, that's a crossover. my buddy has 'em in his s13... makes it sound sooo much better

 

So did you use the nite shade on only the lenses? Or did you paint the whole assembly in that?

Or did you just paint the assembly and thats why it looks so nice?

 

How long ago did you do this, and is the U-Pol holding up well? A lot of people say that you should stay within the paint lines because they compliment each other, but personally, I can't see where it would make a lot of difference as long as you don't mix chemicals in a BATCH like, using HOK Reducer IN your PPG Omni paint, or someone else's hardener in your PPG clear. I know I've shot Omni clear over PPG paint and it turned out nice... actually hell, one of the nicest fixes I did was shooting Omni over a Duplicolor rattlecan paint job. Unfortunately it was waaaaay nicer than the rest of the car was. A 1988 Buick Regal with one incredibly shiny fender.

 

I painted only the lenses in the night shades. The rest of the tails I painted the same as the rims, molding, hatch trim, window trim, mirrors & windshield trim - dark dark charcoal mettalic with the same U-Pol clear. Go ahead, wax the plastic

2 years ago at this point I re-sprayed the whole car. I heard, read, studied that too that you shouldn't mix paint (Omni is produced by PPG though) so I was a little surprised when Bob reccomended I put the U-Pol over the PPG Global BC but assured me it would be fine and thus far it has been. I really like that clear. Granted it is the only clear that I've ever sprayed, but it is certainly NOT to only one that I have color-sanded, compounded or waxed. I feel that it is incredibly durable. The REAL test will be next summer - over the winter my buddy wants me to paint his 3' RC sailboat with the stuff. His hobby shop stuff got chipped and the salt water just started peeling it off. There's alot of bumping/ramming in that sport and he seems to think (I agree) that the U-Pol will be much more durable.

 

I may have to look at that - the Omni clear did give a bit of a bronze cast to my charcoal metallic, but I actually like it. Obviously though it wouldn't work as well if you were painting a white, for example. :P