I just got some pics in...

Before (Anyone know why is there still red by the fuel door?)...


After




I don't think thats the final paint. Something has to be done to it I think to make it stop looking like a matchbox car.

 

Looks awesome Eric!

 

supernaut, what do they have left to do? When I took my car to get painted, they took it all apart to paint it.

 

I think they did. They told me they paint the hood and then bring all the pieces to the hood and color match it or something. I could be wrong. I do have terrible ADD and I tend to tune out...

LETS RIDE BIKES!!11!

In all seriousness, I'm not to sure. I dont think thats the final paint to. They are definitely taking it apart to install the side markers on the front fenders so maybe they do the final matching then? I'd really like to hear from some paint experts. I know they took alot of it apart to do some body work on it. Like I said in a previous post a while back, it had alot of bondo on it. Someone in California is a bondo master. I bet he could have built a whole FD with just bondo.

 

They probably still need to colorsand and buff it. Looks great in the pictures though.

 

Ahh I see. Thanks man. I'll google colorsanding and buffing to see how it affects the final paint.

 

The guy who painted mines told me it would look better if they took it apart. Here is some pics (not the greatest, but you get an idea) from mines before and after:

 

Woah...
Thats awesome. We will have to see. Im guessing he will take at least some of it apart since he does have to do the door jambs. I think he knows that if I don't get perfection he is going to get an earful. I'll have to wait and see. I definitely appreciate the info. I did see some parts of the car apart when it was in the oven. This is actually the first time I've seen the doors attached to the car in a while.

 

Haha that makes two of us! Best to have it done right the first time! I'd like to see the pics of the end result. Color looks awesome by the way.

 

I figured you would'nt remember, I used to live there but moved to AK in 05, we met at a starbucks meet in Pleasant Hill a long time ago in 04, when you had the red FD with the black RPO1's Wes, Sedley and a bunch of other guys where there, I was the one with the White FD..

 

only recent pics i have of my FD.










was a little slippy

 

wow awesome car!

 

Thats a cool looking racing FD. I usually dont like them but I really like yours.

 

Looking good Andy! Glad to see her being resurrected!

 

haha thanks man. As I said to Dan at the Carlisi bbq, thats for building me a strong motor. You'll be the first I PM once its done.

 

Hey SuperNaut,

Is that Ferrari Grigio Silverstone ?

 

7tuned, please tell us the wheel specs, offsets, tire sizes please!!!!

It looks awesome.

 

you guys are getting real good at this. Looks like im gonna have to kick up my game and help rep the west coast

 

Here's mine,










Unfortunitly she blew up on me, so it's in many parts all over my garage floor, hopefully not for that much longer :-)

 

found these on my computer

 

^love the color.

 

No it is not. Its titanium grey metallic from the Spirit R! Thats kind of the whole reason Im doing all this. I always wanted to drive a spirit R but since I cant move to Japan or import one, Im doing the next best thing, which is spending the money that could have been used to buy a spirit R in Japan to build one up here. 2 words... EPIC FAIL.

 

 

Is that what fresh chaste white looks like or is that a different color white? I'm asking because my car looks exactly like your door does.

 

Both are repainted Mazda Chaste White, but at different times. I suspect the guy that mixed the colour to the doors and roof was drunk...