My Celi's paint job progress...let me show you it! =P Options

[OOBE]

A few minutes ago a light coat of basecoat was sprayed to make sure everything was straight. Tomorrow the entire car should be fully painted and clear coated. The color looks weird but that's not exactly the same color. It's going to be lighter and with more metal. That's just a cheap basecoat to look things over. The paint itself is a custom color. Looks awesome in the sun.






I'm so happy that my car isn't black anymore and it's finally shaping up.

[tomazws]

LOLOLOL!!!! This is like biological attack xD Did you have a mask on? BTW, great color choice, I love it!

[OOBE]

Yeah. Looks so crazy with the flash. xD I was holding my breath. That paint smelled overwhelmingly strong, LOL. Oh look, I got orbs in my pictures for the first time EVAR!

[Marbledpearlceli...]

Paint looks wierd cause its not atomized right. Its called Modeled paint . When cleared it will look stripey or blotchy or both. A) not a good paint gun . ways to over come it cross coat it make like x when you paint. Play with the air pressure HVLP gun needs to be set at 10psi- 20 psi no more then that sprayed approximately 6 in from pannel with a 80-90% overlap at a slow steady pace with long strokes

[presure2]

Paint looks wierd cause its not atomized right. Its called Modeled paint . When cleared it will look stripey or blotchy or both. A) not a good paint gun . ways to over come it cross coat it make like x when you paint. Play with the air pressure HVLP gun needs to be set at 10psi- 20 psi no more then that sprayed approximately 6 in from pannel with a 80-90% overlap at a slow steady pace with long strokes

its blotchy/stripey because its one very light coat, which he says in the first post.


cant wait to see it finished oobe!

[Tigawoods]

loove it already!

[AnaXyd]

Damn, looking good!

[OOBE]

Paint looks wierd cause its not atomized right. Its called Modeled paint . When cleared it will look stripey or blotchy or both. A) not a good paint gun . ways to over come it cross coat it make like x when you paint. Play with the air pressure HVLP gun needs to be set at 10psi- 20 psi no more then that sprayed approximately 6 in from pannel with a 80-90% overlap at a slow steady pace with long strokes

its blotchy/stripey because its one very light coat, which he says in the first post.


cant wait to see it finished oobe!

I am SO happy, man. Just came back from seeing the car. The color turned out beautiful. In shade, it looks a tame grayish blue but under sunlight...well...see for youself.















The cellphone camera doesn't do the sparkle any justice. Plus, I didn't expect any color shifting based on angle, and it happened, so I'm twice as happy.

[OOBE]

More of the same goodness.












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[Batman722]

looking great !

[captb]

I really like the color choice. looking good.

^^has anyone ever played around with the idea of making our cars look like a mustang look alike? cus without the bumper its pretty close.

[OOBE]

^ I never wanted to mention it but that's what I thought when I saw it without the bumper. But SHHH...don't say it too loud. But make it a Mustang look-alike? COME ON! He-he. Oh, I forgot to tell you guys that the fenders are going to be painted gloss black on the inside and and also the inside of the hood. The reason for that is that I don't want the blue to take away from the engine when the hood is open, so the black color will act as a background and the engine will stand out, since I won't have anything shiny or flashy. The engine is going to be very conservative. The intake manifold will be powder coated textured satin black. Just the intercooler pipes will be polished.

[johnnehh]

Beautiful!

[conus00]

Now, that looks REALLY good! I love the color. Gonna have mine painted in next 2-3 weeks in similar color (darker, richer blue though)
Keep the pics coming.

[OOBE]

Sweet, man. Make sure to post pics when done. I originally wanted the Tacoma X-Runner (my mechanic owns an '08) 8P1 variation which is lighter and has more pearls than the regular Tacoma and the other 8P1 Toyotas, but I decided to fiddle with the color and lighten it more and add more pearl. A friend of mine has a paint store and is an authorized PPG dealer. On Wednesday I went to buy the paint and he kept tweaking it until I decided it was light enough. It changed way too much and I didn't expect it to look this good. It certainly isn't what I was looking for and I wanted it bluer, but this was a pleasant surprise and I really love it. It's unique

I told him to name it LM Speedway Blue. LM stands for Luis Miguel, his name, lol.

[presure2]

looks great man, tell luis he did a great job on the color!
can wait to see this car 100%, definetly gonna be C L E A N !

[manphibian]

Beautiful

[garin]

great color! i bet it looks even better in person!

[PR0PH37]

Vaya Boricua!!!! It looks real good! Man, I need to get mine painted. Are you leaving the rims or are you going with something bigger. No hate since I know the roads are rough in PR but it looks real good. Looks likr the kit went in nice. Did you have a lot of trouble to put it in or is it TRD? Se ve bien socio!

[Marbledpearlceli...]

pressure I was just giving advice. Thats all! Wasnt beeing a smart ass or knocking anyone. but also one coat or not it was modled. HOWEVER as it sits it does look good.