Well after a failed day of painting, this is what I came up with. Not too bad in pictures but there's alot of orange peel. Sounds crazy but I'm going to sand it down again and start over. I tried using a different type of clear which was suppose to be thicker and not drip. It worked but now I have a problem with orange peel. Back to the old clear and it should look 100 times better.

 

not to be off subject but how do you get a low res. pic so that you can attach it. My pics are about 1mb a peice and that is way to big. can I downsize the file size of pics already on my computer without having to take them at a lower res?

 

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Looks good in the pics. That is a sweet front end.

 

It's the R-Magic typeIII. I think I may be the only member that has this front. I've searched and searched with no luck of any pictures besides the company ones

 

Take it to photoshop and reduce the size.


You're car's sweet, man - love the front and the rims

 

if you've got orange peel, why not wet sand the thing instead of repainting it? it's easy and should remove most of your problems. i've wet sanded every car i've ever had repainted, sometimes 3 or 4 times.
oh yeah, what kind of rims are they? they look great. any idea how much they weigh?
andy

 

The hood looks good fit. Its a real stuff?

 

Some tips, hope it helps:

1. Orange peel could be caused by wrong mixtures... What kind of clear are you using. Chroma or Nason? It should be 4 to 1 part. 4 Part clear and 1 part activator.

2. Also wrong activator, there are 3 types I believe, to adjust to the temp. Wrong activator could cause it to dry slow and in turn causing it to run.

3. Gun pressure adjustments. The tip of your nozzle should said a max psi. So you set your max psi to what the nozzle says.

4. Also you need to adjust the pattern I think the pattern to should half a turn counterclockwise. Starting from it being tight then adjust half turn counter.

5. Also you need to stay 4 to 6 inch from the body of the car. Too close cause runs and two far can cause orange peel.

6. You need to make sure the paint gun is spraying directly at the car. Should never be crooked, or you could get bad cause of orange peel and you ccan feel lumps or car.

Anyway, I hope this help, if you painted before then you know all this,since you use old clear before. Iam just curious as what kind of new clear are you using? There should be a benefit in newer style clears though. Good Luck...

 

Oh yeah nice car man, like the bumper and rims...

 

Thanks for the help but the problem is that I switched clears when I got used to one kind and now it screwed me up. I have no problem with sanding out the orange peel but I much rather wetsand something that is already nice and flat than something that feels like sandpaper. With the clear I used on my last projects, it would come out as flat as glass. Some orange peel but only on those hard to reach places. Next time it's going to look perfect and hopefully I'll have the whole car done

 

I've been getting some emails concerning my CF hood. Let me just say that this hood looks nothing like it does in real life. It is a replica I bought on ebay. Quality is the worst I've seen for CF parts. Fitment is shitty, but I made it work. The guy says it has clear coat but it clearly does not. When I got the hood, the driver side corner broke off (you can kind of see it) and the shipper never helped me with freight insurance. Basically when buying replica CF parts, buy from someone with a good name like RotaryExtreme or RX7Long

 

Well, if it makes you feel any better the orange peel isn't visible in the pics, it looks really smooth and nice.

You can paint my car any day you want to.

The hood looks good in the pics too. Sorry to hear about your bad luck with that. If it's that bad, paint it, it'll look sweet even if it isn't CF.

 

do you happen to remember who on ebay you bought the hood from. It wasnt a vis hood was it?

 

No it wasn't VIS. I hear VIS makes pretty nice CF stuff. It's the FG you want to keep away from. I forgot who I bought it from . I searched for him awhile back but he stopped selling RX7 stuff. Maybe it's because he can get away with selling crap to honda owners but found out it was a whole different story when it comes to cars like RX7s.

 

Those fenders are money!! Love the look!

 

glad someone took notice of something that took almost half a year to get

 

John, thats awesome that your getting it done!!
Give me a call when you need some help I will be more than happy to come over!

 

got any pics of the whole car? look sweet!

 

Looks pretty good, tho sucks it didn't turn out so well. Guess someone can't hone their painting skills all in one night. Rome wasn't built in a day ya know?

Good luck on the next round.

 

is that your radiator in the pics? cause i know you ain't supposed to have an ic.

 

Do you really want to help me with this stuff? All we're going to be doing is a bunch of sanding. You can always watch me paint but you'll get bored cause I take my time spraying. I'll be doing a bunch of sanding starting on sunday. Probably paint again the following saturday. If you still want to join you're more than welcome. BTW, do you know anyone that might let me borrow a wire feed welder? I need to fill up the holes from the last wing



No, it's a radiator. An intercooler just might sit in front of it though. After I get things running, I might just go twinturbo

 

Hoods! >---- 'go to link'

 

twin turbo huh? well, i'll look forward to your funeral.