Austarion

For anybody who has sprayed their car you know what I'm going through. It's an incredibly slow painful process of weeks of stripping paint, then undercoat. Now it's a long slow process of sanding the undercoat and making sure every little dent and imperfection is gone. i hope to put the first top coat on next week.

Pics.....we need pics!!!

Photos dont do the preperation justice, it's taken me ages.







I hope nobody hijacks these pics and replaces them with the man and the horse thing again !

painting a car is a pain in the ass!!!
i know how much fun you are having! :D

amen to that bender, i just want to get it right, i'd hate to see weeks and weeks of work ruined because i rushed it.

Panel fitment/lines of the car look spot on! Seems like you picked the right car for the rebuild :)

Do I get $200 cashback if I bring my car for a paint job LOL
(newspaper ad on windscreen)

:beer

yer thats true, although the car was in good condition for the average joe it was waaaaaay below the standard I could live with. I had to replace one of the front guards due to rust, there were several dents over the body,, the front spoiler is rooted but i hope a panel beater can one day fix it, in the meantime im fitting a redzone spoiler. I much prefer the original but what are you gunna do ( anybody want to swap a new redzone one reinforced with heaps more glass for a standard one in good nick pm me ) the engine is rooted but i have a spare, it wouldnt pull a sailor off your sister at the moment, the turbo doesnt spool up but again i have a great engine/turbo setup to drop in, the interior will be near perfect once I steal a couple of odd and sods from my donor car. Basically although in rough shape everything was there and fixable. It will be outstanding when its finished.

sorry btw based on the time ive spent on it yes if you give my 6k ill give you your 200 back

from experience " TAKE YOUR TIME " trust me ! been there , done that !!!!! :) is that in 2 pac ? so what colour is it going to be ?? matallic ??
cheers and keep up the good work !!! :D :beer

no its not 2 pac its just acrylic and its white as in the original colour. I HATE metallic paint on cars with a passion, I believe the person who invented metallic paint should be dragged naked through a barbed wire fence TWICE ! why the hell you would paint a car in something that is impossible to match without repsraying the entire car plus the three cars next to it is beyond me.
So no its not metallic :)

top coat is on ! will post pics soon. Came up great.

you can see the shine after i hit it with a 1200 wet and dry. There are hours and hours ahead of me, first going over it with 1000 then 1500 then 2000 then cut and polish.

Geez,That looks good
I know what you mean sanding the car back-Mine took 2 years(I hate f#*%ng sanding :x
I had my one sprayed with lacquer(& blue pearl)It came out a bit Arse so got done in 2K white with pearl(Gloss off the gun)
Keep up the good work
:beer

Be like brand new when done. Looks great

in rubbing it back with 1000 grit wet and dry i started to notice a bit of discolouration even though i was being incredibly careful when sanding. I am going to rub it all down with 1000 then give it another 3 or 4 coats. I dont want it being thin in places even if its just my imagination.