Wyld Kardz: Dealing the Competition

Door and quarter panel with a final coat of body filler.

My bro sanding down the last coat of filler.

Today we removed the quarter glass out of both sides. That tar tape for the window seal SUCKS ballllz and gets everywhere. 

Passengers side ready for primer.

Thought I had a pic of the drivers side all done, but I guess not. So here is the masking process starting for tomorrows primer session.

What goes on during sanding.

So I got to my brothers late today and I arrived to see this.





Then things started taking their course.





Washed and ready for a second coat of primer.

whats up DOHC wrote:

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Damn looks good ted. Props to you and your bro! Hes doing it the right way. Beastin!

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 Thank you sir. Hes going all the way with this thing, and he aint holding back. I guess if its being towed back from the track, it'll look damn good

He sent me these pics yesterday. He simply put in the text, "I got bored."

Looks like another coat of primer tomorrows!

Ill keep this one short and sweet since Im posting from my cell phone.

I just picked up a little gem that will aid in taking pictures in my brothers small garage. Wide angle cell phone camera lens :) No the fish eye one cause thats a bit too fancy for me, I just needed something to give me a better shot of the whole project. Im gonna be like a filipino at a family bbq, taking pictures of everything.

whats up DOHC wrote:

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Sweet. Cant wait to see when its all done I dunno why I see this type of thing everyday, but im like super excited to see yours done lol

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Thats good man! I think its a big change from the satin look everyone is going for nowadays and Im hoping to change the DSM stereotype a bit. You know the old, "DSMrs are cheap and ghetto" stereotype. I mean, it still is cheap labor, but it has been the best time I have ever had so far with my brother. Family time is something we all need more of especially at this point in our lives.

Its been a real positive thing for us and I may be giving into his "Build a lowrider" comments. Who knows, maybe later on down the road.

He always lets me know when our ideas are the right or wrong way. For instance, the glass, jams, and hatch. He tells me "in order for this to be a quality paint job, all that **** has to be done right." He keeps talking about tape lines, reducing cutting and buffing time and making sure everything is done right. His experience over the past 20 years shows on every job he does.

On the bug pictured above, he had to match the paint and clear to the old stuff by making it look ****ty and not to his standards. But it all matches and thats what counts. What he normally does is top notch work, but he has to lower his standards sometimes so the job matches the previous shops work. Tony knows what I mean. He could have sprayed the front end to look shiny as hell, but the rest of the bug would have been dull and it wouldnt look right.

Its been a learning experience for sure. Good times.

Ya... and another coat of primer.

3 coats of primer on the body and thats a whole gallon down. I think my brother thinks he's building a lowrider or something, does this sound right Tony?

Final wetsanding this time for sure, for sure... next week.