painting my own car and doing my own bodywork

by **imhappy** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 8:18 pm

today i took out my back seat and all the panels to get to the rear suspension bolts... imma install the lowering set on saturday. today was a good day : )

by **kenny6683** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 8:26 pm

i think i know whats going on now...you've been watching too much pimp my ride and now you want to try it yourself...right?

after all that work you will think your happy with your car...then people will comment about it several times until you become depressed and wish u got a professional paint job lol

by **jetbtkng** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 10:18 pm

hey theres only one way to learn, is to do it yourself, fck it up and repeat the process, until its rite................... :drinking:

by **ozone** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 6:05 am

Actually, I'm pretty sure there is more than one way to learn and sometimes it DOESN'T involve f**king it up.

by **Pogs** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 6:26 am

we learn from our experiences. glad it was a good day, i hope the new suspension install isnt too much hell for you.

by **imhappy** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:47 am

paint comes in tomorrow so final prep work on the body today

by **jetbtkng** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 11:00 am

ozone wrote:Actually, I'm pretty sure there is more than one way to learn and sometimes it DOESN'T involve f**king it up.

, when it comes to painting, trust me he'll fck it up, sand it repeat ......................... :drinking:

by **JamesT** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 11:08 am

jetbtkng wrote:
, when it comes to painting, trust me he'll fck it up, sand it repeat .........................

I doubt anyone has ever not messed up there first (and second, third etc) attempt at painting.

by **drewcrane** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 11:48 am

hey after some research people do have there cars done with a roller ,but it takes alot of sanding, and then buffing they do have the technology to paint with air, but if you want to go back to the model A days of automotive technology,that is the way Henry Phord did it,he always said" you can have a car in any color as long as it is black",so think along those lines ,and more power to ya :drinking:

by **imhappy** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 1:40 pm

thnx drew , ozone and pogs for the positive comments. the suspension should be ok , i have a couple friends helping my out.

by **trdkamuri51o** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:56 pm

there are always doubters out there so dont trip... if you mess up your out 50 bucks and about 15 hours of bodywork with a sander.... and considering this is a hobby to you, that doenst sound like a lot of time..

have fun and take lots of pictures, if it works people will hate and say your lucky and blah blah, if it doesnt same haters will say.. i told you so.. its a catch 22.. just do what u want, its your car....

by **jetbtkng** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:14 pm

im not hating, im trying to help, i hope it does come out good 1st try, but it wont, that just means try again, practice makes perfect.................. :drinking:

by **trdkamuri51o** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:45 pm

thats like me saying your first car, or second, or third or fourth or so on is going to break on you.. you wont know until you get there.....

give the kid some credit, hes trying... moreso than most members here...

geeze your always mister negative!!! slow down on that drankin man!!!!

by **jetbtkng** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:32 pm

are you kidding me, me negative, have you been under a rock or somthing, read the post, ive given him support, and tips on how to do it, im just being real, and letting him know it'll probobly take more than one time to get it rite, so he doesnt get dissapointed and give up, holy sheep >>I'm a douche<<............................. :drinking:

by **TadS** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 12:18 am

Sort of interested to see how this turns out. Keep us posted. Have an old '94 Celica that I am getting pretty streetable on a budget. Sort of one of those deals where all the money is going into parts not paint, have actually been considering this kinda deal myself.

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