painting my own car and doing my own bodywork

by **Pogs** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 1:20 pm

sweet man, your doing great. Cant wait to see what else you have in store for this car.

by **Chinky420** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 4:02 pm

looks decent....

good job on surprising everyone here with the quality :-)

keep us informed on the process

by **Ilovemylara** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 6:17 pm

Got any new pics of your paintjob? I'm anxious to see how awesome its gonna look once polished.

by **Ilovemylara** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 6:33 pm

bumpity bump

by **djandrey_M** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 8:39 pm

Yeah I'm very curious too. Personally I would never believe that one would be able to do a good paint job with a roller.

by **imhappy** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 8:09 pm

been busy.... i got that damaged lip kit and imma fix it and paint it soon... ill try to take pics of the car right now to post them...

has anyone ever changed the front bottom sway bar??? mine is broken and i need to fix it...thnx guys ; )

by **JamesT** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 8:40 pm

So I've been reading a lot lately about the roll on paint job and have found that it is a decent alternative (much to my shock).

I may try it as well sometime in the near future.

by **imhappy** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 3:48 pm

by **Ilovemylara** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 6:01 pm

Is this before polishing?

by **imhappy** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 8:17 pm

no its polished a little and not waxed yet... imma do more polishing.... it looked way super worse b4 since i used a roller.

i tried to search and find the answers myself but i didnt get the complete answer i wanted.... does anyone have a picture of their custom CAI on gen1 v6 ???

and what are the hp torque gains for OBX headers??? thnx sooo much : )

by **imhappy** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 9:30 pm

is there a spray that i can spray on my intake to block heat??? i seen my friends CAI and it had some texture over it.... thnx guys

by **Chinky420** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 9:45 pm

start new threads for new questions.....

or rather....wait for your other threads to be answered, and let this thread be about your paint job :-)

there are a number of engine enamels that are supposed to reduce heat. autozone carries a bunch.

by **imhappy** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 9:57 pm

thnx ... ill stay on topic : )
imma buff the car more and im using 3m rubbing compound. some places are still dull so im going to used 2000 grit some more and then polish.

i have not sanded down and polished the front bumper yet.... i will do that last im doing the car panel by panel

by **Ilovemylara** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 10:23 pm

My sugestion would be to start with 1000 grit, then 2000 grit, you get much better results that way.
Autozone carries ceramic engine block paint, it is suposed to reduce engine heat soak.

by **yaddadaimsayin** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 6:49 pm

you're lucky. i had told cdeez that those rims were mine. i even asked him for the paypal. i thought we had a deal set. dunno what happened though.

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