as most of you know i been doing body work and painting my car. well tonight i just finnished the first coat of paint and took a few snapshots, the one im posting gives an idea of the color, ill be sure to post plenty when im done
thanks, enjoy
Joe

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looks good so far, now everything else finnaly matches lol
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97 RS-T, STAR Stage 2, HAHN FMIC, Decah Lambo Doors, 19" Axis Hiros, Built 420a
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Lol yeah believe it or not ive actually toned down the inside, most of it is blacked out now.

yeah dude cant wait to see it all its gonna look tight .. now its my turn for paint just not sure what i'm gonna go with yet, i definately will wait til after i boost and do a rebuild .. but anyways lookin nice can not wait to see it finished

I don't like the tone you went with, but it would definitely match the rest of your car better.

Is that the BMW laguna seca blue?

Thats amazing. :P :P :thumbsup

OMG I WANT.

Negative, its called dark blue pearl but it is very similar to the one you mentioned by bmw

Originally posted by Blizare
Is that the BMW laguna seca blue? Thats amazing. :P :P :thumbsup OMG I WANT.

A.K.A. Trash-can blue.

it looks really close to this.

it is almost exactly the same, should be taking some high quality pics of the car in the next few days, it really turned out great, im very impressed with my work
joe

Peace,
Nice work Joe... Lookin' good...


Peace,
Jem

looks good man.. is that the first time you've painted a car??

LOL no actually its the second, i used my wifes car first and it came out ok but shes already telling me now after seeing mine that im redoin hers! i guess i learned from mistakes i made with hers but non the less im still new to it but it did come out really good. turbo situation is another story but wont get into that here!
joe

Props for doing it yourself man :thumbsup

Lookin' Good!

Updated pics, not done but its painted let me know what you think, all feedback is welcome
joe
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Looks good Joe!

nice work bro . i like the color

looks good man, nice job

Very, Very Well Done... Much respect... Do you have an angle where the sun is hittin' it, rather than the angle where the shadow is shown? If so, I'd like to see it... Also, if you don't mind me askin', what did you use to spray with (what tools, I don't know anythin' about spray paintin')?


Peace,
Jem

Ill have to wash her up tomorrow and take a few. theres still some detail work needed to be done thats why i just took a few shots. I just did alot or reading up and studying and i used a syphone fed gun with an 8 gallon compressor, shot at about 45psi, sanded everything down smooth primed sanded painted sanded painted sanded painted, buffed. still havent clearcoated yet but its shinny as hell. clear coat will help protect the paint and add more shine. other than that im new as hell to this. I just wanted to try it out see how things went and i feel they went well. Its probably not a perfect job im sure professionals would see errors i made and im not gonna enter it into any contests but i think i did good, better then macco would have done imo
joe

Looks good. I would have gone with a darker hue, but it looks really smooth!

Nice work.

you should get a hvlp gravity gun . works a lot better and uses less paint . also you should always clear it right after the color flashes .

cool thanks for the tip, but what if you dont clear it right after the color flashes? and you clear it later whats the down side? ill have to try a gravity fed gun one day, i just always herd that the syphon fed guns were easier? i guess you live and you learn, theres always next time but thanks for the input
joe

You did put a lot of work in to the paint and it is hard. I am giving you respect for that. But for some reason to me the car looks like a big toy??? The paint is not reflective is it going to be reflective after the clear coat?


P.S. I don't know jack about painting just giving my opinion.

No problem i said all input so that means positive and negative. i do believe why its not super reflective is because the clearcoat is not on yet but it is very shinny and somewhat reflective. definatly not dull and the paint is very smooth all over. Again this was more or so an attempt to make my car look better and i think it worked, i certinally like it alot better. But i know its not a professional job, im not a professional. ill be sure to post more pics after i clear and we will see than what happens
thanks again. oh and btw, this is my toy so to me thats good it looks like a big toy lol
joe

I like it, I bet it will look great after the clear coat. Can I suggest getting clear corner markers, I think it would go better with the blue.

Looks pretty good.

Originally posted by BlackMagic
I like it, I bet it will look great after the clear coat. Can I suggest getting clear corner markers, I think it would go better with the blue.

Already on order, but thanks for the idea. i think i will look better too.

i think that after u get the clearcorners, post a pic up and get it photoshopped with nightshaded clear corners, and nightshaded rear lights... i think that out of all colors this would look the best with hnightshaded lights because the red and the blue isnt my favorite, other than that i mean damn it looks nice, and definately some mad props.

Originally posted by clips3kid
i think that after u get the clearcorners, post a pic up and get it photoshopped with nightshaded clear corners, and nightshaded rear lights... i think that out of all colors this would look the best with hnightshaded lights because the red and the blue isnt my favorite, other than that i mean damn it looks nice, and definately some mad props.

I agree, I think if you nightshade the tail lights and corners, and get that clear on, it'll improve car a lot.

what is and how do you exactly night shade your tail lights?

Originally posted by joeck76
what is and how do you exactly night shade your tail lights?

its a spray can, like spray paint really and you just spray light coats of it on your lenses...

the downside of not clearing right after is the clear coat has less to bite into and can cause lifting . the fact that its shiney now is most likely cause theres a lot of paint on the panels . but you definitly need to clear it or there will be no protection for the paint .

cool yeah im gonna clear her tomorrow, and thanks for the info on night shading
joe

Not exactly sure how 'extreme' you'd want to go, but...

Instead of matching the tails to black and having a black/blue color combo, you could match the wheels instead. Here is an integra painted with the laguna seca blue. Just throwing out another possibility.

ewww . lol red accents on a blue car really looks bad . beleive me i would know .

yeah im gonna keep black/ blue but thanks for the input anyway. i dont even own an msd yet cause i dont like the red mixed with the blue under my hood lol.