THE RESURRECTION IS DONE!!!! Pics Page 9, Build/Progress thread Options

[Fastbird]

Figure it's a good Valentine's day present for my wife. Our Celica is going into the shop on Saturday next week. Here's a recap of what happened.

Accident the day before Thanksgiving:


So what's being done??

The obvious:
New Hood, Front Bumper Cover, passenger side fender, Projector Low and High beams.

The not-so-obvious:
FULL paint job.
Shaved front marker lights.
Shaved door handles.
Clifford Matrix RSX 3.3 Remote Start Alarm System
DCW Ducktail spoiler is being molded in for a smooth transition.
5th Gen Power Mirrors being put on
3Post Spoiler holes being welded/smoothed
All the little dents/dings being removed.

And immediately after we get the car back:
DCW Gauge Face Cover (like in Dustin's car)
Finishing the Red/Black CF interior stuff
Kenwood DDX-812 going into the car

I'm going to try to get some stuff done before we take the car in, adn I'll be working on the car while it's in the shop. Will keep updating this thread as things progress. I'm SOOOOOOO excited that it's finally being fixed.

This post has been edited by Fastbird: Jun 1, 2009 - 9:09 PM

[Fastbird]

More update: Handles are shaved, side markers are shaved, body work begins. He's hoping to have it primered and ready to paint by the end of next week. Here's some pics:

I fixed the SSIII splitter front mount. The fiberglass one broke in the accident, so I fabbed a new one today out of 1/8" aluminum and put it back in with rivets through the original rivet holes.






Some of the car:




Now the fun stuff. We're going different with the paint, but slightly. Here's what we're looking at, there are four different things going on here:


Top to bottom:
1 -- Light white pearl clearcoat w/candy red
2 -- Heavy white pearl clearcoat w/candy red
3 -- Copper pearl clear on base red
4 -- Painters own mixture, DEEP red with heavy flake.

1 and 2 are OUT.

The copper pearl on teh base red is INCREDIBLE. Out of the light it looks like factory red, but as soon as light hits it the copper metallic and pearl just jump out at you. EXTREMELY dynamic paint, just incredible. Downside to this color? The RED DVL licenseplate will kind of be a little lie at that point.

The deep red is gorgeous, but the flakes are extremely noticeable and REALLY stick out in the light. I have a feeling it's going to look too much like a boat if we did this color.

This really shows the copper pearl:


This shows how deep the front red is in dimmer light:


Here you can see how the right side of the copper section pretty much blends to the stock fender even though there still a bit of direct light on it:


Good look at the dynamics of the two colors. The copper one really changes a lot more.


The deep red, you can see how much metal flake is in it.


Another comparison:


One more:


So what do you all think?? Right now my wife and I are kind of battling over the copper or dark red. I want copper, she wants the red but is afraid it's too girly with all the metal flake and is also torn because she likes the copper too.