Wyld Kardz: Dealing the Competition

Tre3zy · Senior Member

RE: Im building a show car.

whats up DOHC · Senior Member

Beast wrote:
Its as flat is it can be. DSMs have some screwed up sheet metal from what my brother tells me. Cutting through the air is a big plus!

i hear adding z3 fenders, an invader front bumper, and a mr2 vent makes your car cut through air too lol im just kidding :D

Beast · Ted_Spec

That only works on the FnF body styled eclipses :(

whats up DOHC · Senior Member

Lol its ok, yours is still faster

Beast · Ted_Spec

After the final coat of primer my brother sprayed white guide coat over the body.

Then the wet sanding commenced.

whats up DOHC · Senior Member

Sick! Its almost time!

Tre3zy · Senior Member

sick!!!

Beast · Ted_Spec

Had to do some redo work on the rear hatch because my brother listened to my rookie advice. That A+B epoxy I have a surplus of ended up sagging under the metal and filler that my brother used. Needless to say, he wasn't happy about that.

whats up DOHC · Senior Member

Good thing you caught it before paint

Beast · Ted_Spec

Oh ya, thats the key! It would suck to redo after paint and clear.

So the top is ready to paint. I dont know if the clear will be sprayed in the garage, but the black base on the top will be for sure. If the weather is decent tomorrow (upper 60s) my brother will probably spray it. If not, we may turn on the propane heater and get the garage warmed up enough.

-- Edited by Beast on Thursday 6th of December 2012 08:35:25 AM

Beast · Ted_Spec

Well well well....the base was shot in the garage and then nibbed down to remove dirt from the inherent garage paint job problems. The next 3 pics are of just the base coat. NO clear was used. You can see the light scratches the wetsand paper left behind, so you can see what I mean.

Then the clear gets sprayed on.

After 3 coats, there are certain things that show themselves. But there aint nothing a little cutting and buffing wont take care of.

Kinda mirrorish smile

My brother cheesin. biggrin

At this point...there are talks of spraying the car in the garage! My brother is lovin this clear! Bringing it back to the old school days of shooting cars in the garage 20 years ago.

whats up DOHC · Senior Member

Sweet ted! I hope you were wearinv a respirator too. So the roof and jambs are gunna be black? And what brand clear is that? It levels itself out pretty good. It laid down pretty flat and looks thick!

Beast · Ted_Spec

Oh of course I had on a mask, I aint crazy. That **** will **** up your lungs for sure. I pulled the mask off for the photo shoot :) The roof and the upper part of the jams are gonna be black, just like the factory does it.

Believe it or not its a Matrix High solids clear. Apparently its a PPG equivalent, but it was coming out thicker than a southern black woman.

whats up DOHC · Senior Member

For a matrix brand, it came out pretty good. Let that sucker have enough cure time before you cut n buff it . That clear dies back pretty hard.

Beast · Ted_Spec

Its a PPG comparable mix, Not exactly off the shelf. The VOCs are quite a bit higher than allowed as well :) Its pretty decent stuff for what it is. We are definitely gonna wait a few weeks, maybe even a couple months till it gets cut and buffed. My bro is working on a side project and we wont be working on the car till Friday, more updates then.

In the meantime my bro texted me this pic.

Beast · Ted_Spec

Tony is this a clear coat that seems like good quality?

The paint guy said its a PPG comparable clear coat.

This is the base coat.

Its angled up a little bit so the rockers can be sprayed easier.

Fully masked ready to go, this is how she sits right now.

I think these might be the last updates to this thread for a little bit. I think the full paint job will need to be seen with proper pictures taken. Not sure yet, we'll see.

Beast · Ted_Spec

I dont think anyone is ready for this....

Its too badass for the interwebs.

Teaser.

-- Edited by Beast on Saturday 15th of December 2012 06:27:55 AM

whats up DOHC · Senior Member

For a matrix brand, it came out pretty good. Did he already jamb the lower half of the door sill? **** dude cant wait to see.

whats up DOHC · Senior Member

Awesommmeeeee!

Beast · Ted_Spec

Beast · Ted_Spec

Stupid swirls were made because of wiping off the dust on the car. Its ok, its still not wetsanded or buffed yet.

whats up DOHC · Senior Member

Beast wrote:

lol thanks for the shout out lol. i did offer the time, but im sure as hell glad that it was just you and your bro. quality bonding time that you can look back on and smile about. good ****. super wicked **** right there.

Beast · Ted_Spec

I give full credit where it is do sir. Thats the least I can do to make it worth asking for the favor.

Ok ok...I think this might be as far as I will go with the teasers. Not sure when full color exposure will hit the internets.

Beast · Ted_Spec

Beast · Ted_Spec

Yes, the windows are tinted 30%.

Beast · Ted_Spec

Spy shots.

This one is hella dusty.

-- Edited by Beast on Saturday 5th of January 2013 08:58:37 PM

Tre3zy · Senior Member

Beast · Ted_Spec

Finally working on my stuff after both me, and my brother getting busy on our own side jobs.

He sprayed some color, then he shot clear.......left handed. confuse

This is what we got setup for tomorrow (on the table and stand). The bumpers and door moldings need some more primer and will be done last.

Beast · Ted_Spec

Got to my brothers house this morning and he had already layed down the base coat.

Then he got to work on the two tone part of the hatch where the upper piece was sprayed jet black.

Then after setting for a few minutes, all the clear was shot.

Got a nasty little run in the clear on the rocker. I kept telling him to lay that **** on and well....he listened to me again disbelief

-- Edited by Beast on Thursday 7th of February 2013 07:06:40 AM

Beast · Ted_Spec

Some redo work where there was some sagging in the filler.

Brand new OEM side molding for the rear glass.

Adhesion promotor sprayed.

That House O' Kolors though!

AMAZING coverage and build.

-- Edited by Beast on Friday 8th of February 2013 03:01:15 AM