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| spare time toys |
 Aug 23 2004, 11:45 AM
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hooked on grilling food.  Group: Members Posts: 4,059 Joined: 3-April 04 From: West Plano Tx Member No.: 1,884 Region Association: Southwest Region  |
Would you spend a bunch of time on a AX car paint job to make to smooth and look a mile deep? Or spary it and have a good looking but not a show type paint job. Its going to be dark burgandy with bright yellow stripes. I may fade the stripes to a orangeish color. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif)
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| SLITS |
Aug 23 2004, 12:02 PM
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"This Utah shit is HARSH!" Group: Benefactors Posts: 13,602 Joined: 22-February 04 From: SoCal Mountains ... Member No.: 1,696 Region Association: None  |
Rattle cans - it's a race car (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
Naw, making it look like a show car is nonsense. Money is better spent on things that make it go like stink. |
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| eeyore |
Aug 23 2004, 01:36 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 889 Joined: 8-January 04 From: meridian, id Member No.: 1,533 Region Association: None |
Take the middle road. Decent prep work, but go with a lighter color that won't highlight flaws so much.
You can't do rattle can, because I just bought a case of flat black, outdoor Rustoleum, and I've gotsta be unique. |
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| Stutgart46 |
Aug 23 2004, 01:44 PM
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Stutgart46 Group: Members Posts: 396 Joined: 20-November 03 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 1,365 |
Let me know if you find somebody that can paint. I'm in Houston and I need a paint job as well.
Yellow with Burgandy stripes? Are you some kind of ASU fan or something? |
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| watsonrx13 |
Aug 23 2004, 02:11 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,734 Joined: 18-February 03 From: Plant City, FL Member No.: 312 Region Association: South East States |
Have you and a couple of 'friends' buy a 30 gal compressor and sprayer for paint. You could then shoot it with the primer, then paint and when you scrape/bend/ouch it, you'll be able to repair and paint.
Save your cash of things to make the car safe, go fast and stop fast. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) |
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| Lou W |
Aug 23 2004, 02:29 PM
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"Here Kitty Kitty" my ass...... Group: Members Posts: 4,109 Joined: 9-May 04 From: Roseburg, OR. Member No.: 2,039 Region Association: Spain |
I had a friend in High School who paint his truck with House paint and a roller, we used to call him the "Lucite Kid". (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) For you young ones out there Lucite was a house paint. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool.gif)
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| spare time toys |
Aug 23 2004, 05:39 PM
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hooked on grilling food. Group: Members Posts: 4,059 Joined: 3-April 04 From: West Plano Tx Member No.: 1,884 Region Association: Southwest Region |
QUOTE(Stutgart46 @ Aug 23 2004, 11:44 AM) Let me know if you find somebody that can paint. I'm in Houston and I need a paint job as well. Yellow with Burgandy stripes? Are you some kind of ASU fan or something? No its burgandy with yellow stripes. Thats the color because thats the expired paint I got from work. I did a CBR 600 in the Smokn Joes race colors Blue and yellow remember them? We need a smile with a spray gun (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) |
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| brant |
Aug 23 2004, 05:43 PM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 11,625 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Colorado Member No.: 47 Region Association: Rocky Mountains 
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Larry,
I think you should finish the car off to the quality that you are comfortable with.... a lot of 500 $ macco jobs look fine on a race car... but I have to say, the real classy cars that run in vintage, the historics, or any top level of motorsport definitely show attention to detail beyond macco. brant |
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| Allan |
Aug 23 2004, 05:49 PM
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Teenerless Weenie Group: Members Posts: 8,373 Joined: 5-July 04 From: Western Mesopotamia Member No.: 2,304 Region Association: Southern California |
I think it's whatever you can live with on a racer. Being that this is not NASCAR we can do whatever we want. I would say, get a decent one if you plan on driving on the street but if the only use is on the track, who cares. Just remember, the 914 is the fastest and most powerful production car ever built. LOL!!!!!!!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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| URY914 |
Aug 23 2004, 06:05 PM
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I built the lightest 914 in the history of mankind. Group: Members Posts: 120,725 Joined: 3-February 03 From: Jacksonville, FL Member No.: 222 Region Association: None |
I painted my car in the may garage last fall. Spent about $100 primer and paint.
You can do it. Go to a local paint supply store and ask the manager for some advice. Tell them its you're first time and you wnt it cheap. They'll help you. Here I am painting mine Attached thumbnail(s) 
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| spare time toys |
Aug 23 2004, 07:04 PM
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hooked on grilling food. Group: Members Posts: 4,059 Joined: 3-April 04 From: West Plano Tx Member No.: 1,884 Region Association: Southwest Region |
I am spraying it out in the shop my self. I put the compressor in the garage on the house. The shop is a seperate 20 x 26 building (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) When I painted the bike it was in the house garage and was to;d I will not do that again (IMG:style_emoticons/default/Yack.gif) The big slow down is some parts coming from out on the east coast. I got a deck lid like Mobby has and a IMSA style fromt end for it. The guy is going to drop it off on his way out to Laguna for the Sep 11 race.
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