Go for it! Flat or satin black.

 

LOL I have a buddy of mine that wanted to do the flat black on his Integra and did it. It wasn't a great as an air compressor and paint gun but it was good enought for a daily. I honestly say just paint it part by part. You can go to a touch up site and get color matched rattle can and just do it yourself. If not save up money and get it Satin White FTW!

 

i have a friend who is working on a wide body kit for his tC, he rattle canned the body kit and bare metal areas so it wouldnt rust/be 4 diff colors. were now gona rattle can his whole car to match until the kit is done and he repaints it.

i say dooeet!

 

Dang Dude thats hardcore JDM!

 

pictures!

i might be overly ambitious, but i really feel like i can do a decent job.. but.. i always thing like this before a project..

i guess stay tuned guys.. ill probably do it..

 

what is your budget on getting your car repainted? a lot of places are giving discounts on paint jobs because its summer. like here in AZ we have like 50% off paint jobs right now even matte paint jobs. i say do it right the first time and let a professional handle it.

 

mm.. see.. this thing i realized is that its cheaper to get a paint job in EVERY STATE other than NY... around these parts, there are very few places that do even a "decent" job.. let alone a cheap and decent job...

i went to 1 reputable place and they quoted me $4000 for just the exterior shell.. not including door jams and engine bay..

soo.. this is why ive come to this idea..

 

2nd the rent a compressor and buy real catalysed auto paint. You should be able to paint the fender and bumper back to OEM for under $150 in materials

 

sounds like you've already made up your mind....but I say don't do it.

 

^^ dont get me wrong.. if someone brings something up other than "save up and get it done professionally" im all ears..

 

i saw it for the first time last night, if i see him again tonight ill get pics, if not, next wens.

its a FM top with a fad down to flat black lol. it will be all flat black once the side skirts go back on and get molded.

 

Don't spray can it. Have you ever heard of car detailing? You car won't ever have a proper shine and look if you do the can. What I mean is that you can't polish it, unless it's properly painted. But it's up to you. If you're not into that kind of thing, then I guess it doesn't matter.

 

WEll if you rattle can it,use satin,tape everything off,take your time and be sure the surface was clean underneath and wet sanded with 1000.Rattle can it......take your time,do two coats........once it has dried for a day take 2000grit and wet sand it lightly......after a good week int he sun you can wash it and wax it even.......you will get a fairly even surface shine from the wax and it will protect it from soaking in water and rusting parts.


This is waht we did back in the day for our hotrods and it came out great to make a beat up body look clean again........paint was always last as motor and drive trane always came first for us.

 

This is all great stuff I'm hearing...

I'm going for a flat paint look, soo shinny doesn't matter to me...

What do u guys think of a flat light green? Hahahahahahaha

If this comes out even halfway decent I feel like ill be changing the color every season

 

You know there are a lot of great flat colors out there now to try......give the light green a try,just make sure you got enough to do the car,it takes a lot more than you think.

 

Oh boy, this has the potential to be really really bad. I hope it doesn't turn out that way, but the risk is high on this one.

 

if u need a hand bro I'm down. there is a possiblilty of this coming out pretty good, start with the fender and bumper. and if that doesn't come out to great then u can always jus paint those 2

 

i say do it! its ur car, plus it would be a learning expericence. And if you eff up just save up the money and eventually have the whole car repainted...

 

Do it.
Rattle canned AE86 I did a small shoot for.

 

wow ^ that looks pretty legit.