Well here we go, after 5 1/2 months of trimming, glueing, fiberglassing, molding, sanding and all that bullshit, the widebody is painted and done. I feel like I wasted my time taking these pictures because these pics just dont do the paint the justice it gets. I ended doing House Of Kolor Limetime Pearl with yellow pearl and rainbow/silver/green flake in the clear. When the sun hits the car, its crazy looking, there is SOOO much yellow pearl it looks simply amazing. There is another show this weekend so if the sun is hitting it right, I will get some more pics of it so you can see the atctual color of the car,, cuz in these pics it looks reallly dull.
So enjoy, and let me know what you think, hate or love it, doesnt matter to me, cuz i fucking love it. And BTW, The interior is under construction if you cant tell.
And if anyone is wondering what paint setup I did, it went like this.
Gray primer, Black tracer coat primer, white HOK sealer, white HOK base, 4 coats of HOK limetime pearl, 5 coats of HOK clear with flake.
and p.s. sorry for the humungo pics!

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-MIKE-

Stroked 2.2L

looks awesome man...I thought I would hate it...I fuckin love it!!!

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97 Talon-SOLD
95 GS-T-SOLD
08 F-150

-MIKE-

Stroked 2.2L

dude your car is fucking awesome, but you need to get your interior back together now

1992 Plymouth Laser
-Bone stock for now.

looks kick ass but damn you need a bigger lip on those rims. I am lovin that color, its too bad pearl paint does not turn out in pics half as well as it does in person

1995 Eagle Talon ESi

-MIKE-

Stroked 2.2L

Looks pretty damn good. The door looks a little out of place though..



Sorry, don't have a blur tool lol, but the door is like too small or something, but again, it does look good.

And DAMN, your interior is fucked up.

hey man car looks good. i can appreciate the work you put into it.

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Kustom Auto Koatings
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-MIKE-

Stroked 2.2L

Looks very nice, I would love to see it in person.

ASE certified master auto technician

Yess, finally. And that's why you're always asking around for the rear triangle windows, lol. But yes, it looks quite the awesome. I think my interior looks better though.

1998 Eclipse GS

GS-T Axleback|CAI|OBX 4-1 Header|AF/X UDP|

-MIKE-

Stroked 2.2L

im not a big fan of the nipple lookin things right behind your door and towards the back, or the wing...but besides that, hott car

Widebody eclipses aren't my thing, but it looks like really good quality work you put into it, and I'm sure you put quite a bit of time in it, and I respect the work you've done to it, and it looks good... just not my thing...

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The car looks awesome very very nice. Im glad to see you finished it and did it clean, the only comment I have to make is loose the tail lights but other than that the car is amazing dude, very nice.

HAHN Stage 1 \ Greddy Power Extreme 2.5'' Catback

Very Nice! Cute girl too

98' Eclipse GS- Hahn Stage 2- SOLD
02' Honda S2000- SOLD
04' Acura TL- Current Whip

You sooooo should have put a roof scoop on it too... would look really good with the kit... BANME!

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Mike you did a really nice job on it and the green looks really nice. What color did you end up going with? Looks liek a candy green with maybe a silver underlay.

The doors could use some blending into the body but hey that is a good future project 2 years from now right? Get some use out of it at shows and expand more later!

Now dont mistake my criticism as downing the job, just points to think about when you change things later, lets face it, now that you have done it once, you will expand and do it again later, nature of the beast!


The front has some nice detail in it, i like the trimming around the upper edge of the air inlet, nice creativity there.

The rear could use a bit more blending, i can see where the Kit ended and the factory started. The two little dimples where the rear edge of the widbody end could be blended into the factory to look more like one bumper as opposted to a blended kit.

The side skirts came out very nice and the blending into the quarter looks seemless, great work.

I dont think an Invader hood would look good Mike, the EVO hood may be a good addition someday but i think the nvader would not blend with the curves of the widebody kit.

All in all you did some of the best work i have seen, even from bodyshops. I can tell all the work and detail you spent time on and it is pretty well amazing. Whoever did the paint did a beautiful job as well and the polishing of the clear looks impecable. I cant see the gun strokes in the metallic, that alone tells you the painter was well experienced in shooting metallic based paints which is not easy to do well.

Good job man, nice to see the progress ansd such a large feat completed well.

Terry

FINALLY! HALLELUAH! (sp) it looks awesome, aside from the line in the doors (one the parts of the 2g I DESPISE for many reasons).. get that interior together and you're set..it is missing something though..but I'm not sure what yet...i'll figure that out later... ALSO, I need to know the # to whoever did your paint...'cause I need to find someone that can give my car a good show finish for a decent cost... but yea, awesome job, and it looks great, cant wait to see it in person...you should bring it to the Nopi Southeastern Nationals in a few months so I can see it before the S.O.

R.I.P. 1997-2006 thanks to a Honda in the wrong lane.

looks amazing i think the only thing is the mirrors are a little out of proportion b/c the car looks a lot bigger bein widebodied and the mirrors are so tiny, i bet that paint looks incredible in the person and in the sun, even from the pictures it looks real nice and clean

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shit, didnt even notice the 'aero' mirrors.. thought there werent any on yet...yea, those are tiny on a stock body...and on a widebody looks like an ant on someone's finger...just way too small to look useful...but it's still nice

R.I.P. 1997-2006 thanks to a Honda in the wrong lane.

i would give you 50 bucks if you painted that color on a stock 97+ eclipse body.

Car looks good! Is the trunk closed in those pics? It doesn't look like it's sitting flush (you can just adjust the lock to fix that though - I had the same problem after my paint job since the lock was removed).

BTW, your post brought back memories or nightmares of prepping my car. I think I sanded it 3 or 4 times before the paint, and 2-3 times after it was painted (wet sand and buff).

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2004 WRX - WR Blue Pearl
1997 Eclipse GS - Royal Sapphire Pearl

I just felt like messing around with it more . You'll have to back away from the monitor little bit heh.



Edit- Sorry if I'm pissin you off changing your work, just more idea's if you ever get bored of it .

The car looks good, but why the fuck are we having a memorial for it? Did it die?

Lookin good Mike. No complaints here, except maybe the overall color scheme. The tails, hood, and headlights are all dark while the rims and gas door are silver. Personally, I like the darker theme, but it's your car. Excellent job.

-Roman

Looks hawt! Only thing I see wrong with it is your license plate is not straight.

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99 Eclipse RS

"Can't we all just hit a Bong"?

Damn that turned out sweet as hell man, I love it! I can also appreciate all the work you have put into it.

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- 05 Subaru STi
- 97 eclipse gs (289whp w/ 276tq)

1995 Eclipse RS

Now that I look at it again, it might look better with the factory door cap runner (along the bottom) off.

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After

1998 Eclipse GS

GS-T Axleback|CAI|OBX 4-1 Header|AF/X UDP|

close your trunk, I can appreciate the work but I dont like it. Original color though not really I'd use oe tails

AIM - scirio

Looks pretty good.

Jason
'11 Ford Mustang GT/CS
'11 Ford Mustang V6 6-Speed (SOLD)
'04 Nissan 350z Touring (SOLD)
'95 Turbo Eclipse GS (SOLD and will be missed)
'90 Talon TSi AWD (SOLD)

Dayaaaaam.

Thats as tight as my g/f's asshole. (that was sick )

But i must say, i like the rocket launcher look a little more now P

I eat emo kids for breakfast

1995 Eagle Talon (SOLD)
72' SuperBeetle
72' Standard Beetle
56' Deluxe Beetle

It looks pretty damn good, I think its cuz I know you did the work yourself opposed to a shop. Good Job imo

Turbo8u - "I've never heard so many BOV's in my life at once..." (At So. Cali Meet-Up Sep. 25th)

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Very nice Mike, You did a real good job sanding them fenders straight, I was expecting them to be waving at me with that paint. Awesome color. ( Def. Shouldve removed the lower door molding like mine ) Congrats on having a finished product. You must be on a high right now, wait till you go cruise in it.

Chris
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98 Eclipse GS 5 spd- sold
95 Camaro Z28
64.5 Mustang 302 3spd

Damn I called that kit a relic from the Cold War on several occasions, and I now pull myself up to the table for 2 helpings of STFU. Nice car man. I love the color. And Grain is right, that shit would be banging on even a stock bodied 2G.


BTW, Who is the girl? She's Fawkin Hawt.

Girl= hawt like ^ said..but anyways the car looks great man, diggin the color, not a fan of the kit but it still looks nice. Must feel good having crossed that turn in the road and having her painted. BTW...stock tails would look so sexy on her.do it DO IT

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I did some rim mock ups!

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GUNMETAL:


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- 97 eclipse gs (289whp w/ 276tq)

2 Thumbsup to the bodywork! I know that must've sucked. 40+ hrs? Great Job, and awesome color!

Thanks soo much for the compliments guys, I soo glad everyone likes it EVEN BLAIRE, LOL. He likes the missle launchers now

to answer a few questions/comments that some ppl had said...

-yes i know i need to get the interior back together, and actually i was working on it today and painted some shit today and ohh it looks soo smooth and fresh.

-yes i know again, i have some stock tails on the way from ebay i got, these are temperary until i get the new ones.

-i like the silver/chrome lip rims, the gold im not feeling, but the gunmetal is decent.

-i kept the hood and mirrors and tail lights dark cuz it all flows with the carbonfiber theme, but i love my rims

-terry, its house of kolor limetime green pearl paint.

-the girl, is my fiancee, sorry, you cant have her

-someone said something about a roof scoop, i had one, but i didnt like it, didnt flow too good actually.

anything else, just shoot and holla or more comments, im liking these so far

-lastly, someone said something about 40+ hours on body work, lol, more like 400+ hours

-MIKE-

Stroked 2.2L

that car is fricken sweet as hell man. congrats on finishing the body work. i like how you molded in the gas door, that looks tight.

on another note, you need to get that interior done, haha. if that was my car's interior, i wouldnt know where to start first ha. good luck with your project, looks like its going in the right direction.

Mike D
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Jerrome B.
1995 GSX - Race
1997 GST - Drive
1995 GST - Who the hell knows

damn looks good. i was just doing some paint work to it... i think those rear tails wouldnt look too bad if you took out the center section and painted it black... also, i dont really like the lip on the bottom of the spoiler when you look at it from behind... otherwise looks damn good. nice work

-Chris
1999 Eclipse T-GS


2.4 Project is Officially underway

I'm not sure which one i like better, the car, or the nice girl you have in the front seat

What do you guys all think?
did she come with the paint job?

Be sure you put some of that 3m rock gaurd lining in your wheels wells are you'll be re-painting in like a year from rock chips

Fully Built MS powered 99' GS Sport, Garrett T3/T04e 60 trim with one big ass intercooler!

Yeah, she runs...sorta!