Finally laid down the new paint today. I've been bustin' butt trying to get my car ready for final paint this weekend and I made it by the skin of my teeth!

I started with a pretty decent tub but it needed a few rust repairs to firewall, engine tray, jack posts and sail panels. Lots o' welding, lots o' grinding, lots o' sanding.........then finally the damn paint. I hand block sanded the entire car until perfect. No power sander used except for removal of the targa texture and then it was hand block sanded.

I'm not a paint and body guy, so I'm pretty happy with how it turned out for a some dumbasss spraying in a dusty garage.

Here's pics:


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That rocks! Looks great in the pictures.

What paint did you use?

Damn Fine Work! Kudos!!

Here's the targa top painted and a shot of all the various body parts scattered about for paint.

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oh yeah!!!

Here's a artsy pic

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Here's my mazda mirrors and other various small parts a hangin'

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Purdy!

WOW!!!

I used all Glasurit product (metal etch/primer/GT silver base/clear) and it's nice stuff. Paint is damned expensive these days though! I think I have about $1500 to $1700 just in materials alone.

I can't tell you how glad I am to have this part of the project completed. I hate body and paint work

Here's a good shot of how true the surfaces are, it's hard to tell where the door ends and ladder begins:

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Its humble beginings over two years ago:

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WOW i am impressed......
did you get any imperfections?
how do you keep your lines dry?
that looks GREAT!!

exceptionally nice! Hard work always shows.

I'd love to say it went down without any imperfections, but I did get a sag near the sail panel that'll have to be wet sanded out and a run on one of the mirrors. All the imperfections are in the clear though and can be wet sanded out once fully cured.

It's not an amature paint job unless you screw up something!

Well.........time for a cocktail and contemplation of the next step

Oops.........Sorry, I missed your question. I used a classic old toilet paper filter cannister I borrowed from a friend of mine. Low tech but works great. Also borrowed his new $600 Saito (sp?) HVLP gun.

Damn fine job.

looks amazing!!

What kind of mirrors?

im speechless..that looks incredible!

I think I recognize those mirrors...........late model Mazda Miata mirrors? I am in the process of reworking the bases on a set for my teener. How about more pics of the bases, please, pretty please

Your paint looks awesome!

Love the color!! Maybe b/c my car is the same color.. Wait until you see it in sunlight! You will be so proud of your car!!

Great Job BTW~!

Very nice job.

Great job JD. I will have to stop by and give it a look see.

Great Job looks very nice...

Man that is sweet. I love a silver teener with GT flares.

Someone asked for pics of the mirror bases.

They had to be re-worked quite a bit to fit the 914 door shape. I just used a die grinder to shape the internal aluminum base and then used it to match the plastic base cover. It get s a gasket between the base and door that's not shown in the pic.

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FANBA TASTIC!




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that looks fantastic

Holy crap. You have just inspired me. That is damn fine work. I would definately pay for work like that.

nice paint job! looks great
james

thanks for the pics of the mirror bases. that is how i have been working mine also....just wanted to make sure it was gonna work. goin' slow so i dont make any catastrophic mistakes

oh, and i said it before, your paint is awesome

Slik lookni silver sled there bru. Now that will be a looker. Can't wait to see it finished. I love silver 914s and hoped to do one just like that with a metalic grey trim. Fantastic!