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yeah i sanded every coat, it may look smooth but when you feel the car after painting its rough, not horribly so but after a light wet sand with 1500 grit you can really feel the difference and truly get a smooth finish. you can see little white spots and streaks all over where you wet sand but when you clean the car off and go to the next step they disappear. although this is just my experience.

hey guys and gals been a little busy, oh and got in a car chase two drunk rednecks at 4 in the morning after work and pulled a beautiful J-Turn for the first time. anyway thanks for the comments. yeah ill take the good with the bad i did ask for your opinions but being an ass about it, you must understand, will discourage others from wanting to post any of their stuff and they might have some great ideas but just need a little guidance. be honest but not soo blunt were supposed to be a community. but i am glad to see some of you like it. yeah im 20 and i like crazy if you knew me you would understand. yes the front and back bumper are coming off and being replaced by proper invader kit. no im not taking it back to just black i want to pursue a carrier in this and like i said before i knew nothing about what i was doing but i loved doing it everyone should try its fun as hell. the times i used for painting, about 20 min between same coats and i left it overnight to add the next coat. and i hope it inspires some of you to think outside the box a little, when you really step back and look at things you realize there is no real way that any car should look except your way.

done now just need to clear coat it but still need to pay $600 for the damage i did to my friends Z so this will be the last post on my paint job.











give me some feed back i want to know how all you guys feel about it. like i said i wanted something no one else had, not just your run of the mill racing stripe. my dad hates it he said "well, its different and when it comes down to it its your car." not his cup o tea and and i know thats what most people will think but just let me know

peace.

so this was my first attempt at painting my car. never done anything like it before what you think.

before



during




where i backed into my friends car lol











after








then thought it was missing something so i bought some red ghost pearl, but it turned out to be more pink and purple than red so i went and bought some red air brush pearl and put it on top

ghost pearl



red pearl



i wanted to put the dragon on the hood with a racing stripe down the back, but instead of the typical racing stripe i put it on like a trail of blood






















yeah i know the dragon messed up it ripped the black and clear coat when i pulled the tape off but this was all trial and error ill be going to school for it in the fall.

yeah the details are just so small that i used a dremel 3/32'' ball point cutter. i need to redo the nightshade anyway so when my new can comes in ill clean every thing up. thanks for the advice.

im done finally. i went and got some leds from autozone and hooked them up to the interface





had a problem with the lights. the bucket so i had some chrome paint so i sprayed the inside, less black = less light absorption.



taped the lights onto the back



taped the interface behind everything




hooked it up to the stereo remote wire and ground wire




pics

the problem is tint doesnt like to be sanded and thats why i had to tint it so many times. i just cant find a damn neon light to fit behind it.

so its almost done it took 7 tries to tint just cause im an idiot all i need to do now is get a red neon and im done

yes the glue is horrendous, that would be why im attacking it with VHT. in the proscess of tinting it now should be done in a little bit.

so i had an idea the other day to mess with the bucket thing under the radio. i cut a piece of clear plastic to fit over it and cut out a celica dragon in the middle. im smoking out the plastic right now. but im planing on putting a red neon behind it hooked up to a music interface. what you think?

so i was looking for some paint online when i ran across this pic. a different spin on the lambos i kind of like it how about you guys.