Self Paint Job- Progression Thread, Thanks for everyones help/support :) Options

[mgnt232]

haha thanks! i knew all the ideas would come with some hate, beacause i know its not nearly everyones style. But i couldnt have done it with out the support of some key members

[mgnt232]

A HUGE thanks again to everyone Went on vaca and it was nice to come back to some love for the celi lol

And I cant wait till CSP!

the candy was absolutely the hardest part! but as long as you take your time and are able to envision it per say (and trust yourself, panicking is the worst thing!) it will come out good.

It is... textured? kinda with the paint system I used for people that may look into it, its smooth but not like single stage, idk how to explain it exactly but it looks awesome and I am in love with my celi even more Just hope the cops back off! lol

[JuMPiiN]

Looks good bro, I applaud you for DIY for sure. Your taste and mine sure are different lol. But it lookss good, molding and paint. Just make it shine and post some pics on a sunny day and i bet it will look 10x better

[yarik83]

I am going to give you 9/10 for this project.

Of which
4 points go to putting up with us annoying people
3 points for doing it yourself
1 for picking the same color as my car
1 point for picking a good body kit unlike those stock looking chumps.

[mgnt232]

haha! yeah i dont like the stock look, never had, but nothin against peoples clean celi's
9/10! haha ill take it! for a first time

I am painting my friends car before the end of fall, an obnoxious candy green lol ill post it up when im done

[devilsden97]

6gc demands close up photos in sunlight!

[mgnt232]

haha I know! I had it in a parking lot tonight and the silver base coat made a crazzzzzzzzy effect under the light! I wont have good pics unfortunately until thurs or friday because I only have my phone cam, but my friend has a good one and ill be visiting him this wknd
I will get them up asap though

[mkernz22]

your car looks amazingg! and i am a fan of the supra SS because they came out outstanding.
but to the whole thing where the cop pulled you over, you do have to get your registration changed because they could think your plates belong to a different celica

[mgnt232]

thanks! glad everyone likes the results

Yeah thats what the cop told me, I am going to go and try to change it tomorrow, hopefully it doesnt cost me any money...cause im all out lmao

New good pics will be here friday

[AuffyZ]

Can you come to Nebraska and paint my car????? I'll pay you with beer! Looks great bro... keep it up!

[mgnt232]

haha why?! ur 3L2 looks awesome! haha always gotta have a beer when ur workin on the car
you could paint urs man, its not! hard, its rlly not, hardest thing is prep then just practice on the spoiler for ur first spray and as long as you have a place to do it, you can do it for 400 bucks
and thanks

[Zake]

i was thinking about painting my car myself, but then i decided i was going to leave it to a pro. (not anytime soon) you did a nice job, post up some more pics when you start buffing/polishing it.

[mgnt232]

thanks I am getting pics this wknd with my friend and the CSP meet

But with me, i dont work that often so money is tight, and i wanted the candy effect which would have been a 3k+ paint job .... so after some research i found it was pretty simple and cheap!

Not sure what you do and how the money situation is, but doing a basecoat-clearcoat. Can be done with $400, including the gun and sander and its a good experience. But nothing beats a pro job

[fenril007]

A HUGE thanks again to everyone Went on vaca and it was nice to come back to some love for the celi lol

And I cant wait till CSP!

the candy was absolutely the hardest part! but as long as you take your time and are able to envision it per say (and trust yourself, panicking is the worst thing!) it will come out good.

It is... textured? kinda with the paint system I used for people that may look into it, its smooth but not like single stage, idk how to explain it exactly but it looks awesome and I am in love with my celi even more Just hope the cops back off! lol

very nice job!!!!!!!!!!!!! ur car looks awesome, i love the body kit ( i have the same one ). just one thing i need to ask, how much paint did u used??? and once again, very nice job!!!!!

[mgnt232]

thanks the invader is an awsome style if you like agressive loks
and i used 3 quarts of each (primer,base,candy,clear) but i didnt paint my hood and cut it real close with the amount of paint. i reccommned a gallon of each to be safe

[Lenny]

turned out pretty nice. nice work!