$300 Paint job in a 2 car dust filled garage FINALLY DONE! BEWARE 56k!
08-06-2008, 01:39 PM
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$300 Paint job in a 2 car dust filled garage FINALLY DONE! BEWARE 56k!
This is a "lets make this look better than it did" project...
all together, i put about $300 into it.. and about 90 hours labor (15 days, 6 hours a night after work)
this includes:
2 quarts of hot rod black by dupont
2 pints hardner
2 cans of paint thinner
1 can of fiberglass repair
1 can of bondo
1 setup of plastic bumper repair
1 can of filler primer
blah blah blah
this car had a lot of crap wrong with it..
none of the body lines lined up,
it had been put in the ditch, and the fender overlapped the door,
and the driver opened the door, so there was a huge pinch on both the fender and door
the hatch was all rusted out..
ahhh just check out the pics
I guess ishould change my sig now?
all together, i put about $300 into it.. and about 90 hours labor (15 days, 6 hours a night after work)
this includes:
2 quarts of hot rod black by dupont
2 pints hardner
2 cans of paint thinner
1 can of fiberglass repair
1 can of bondo
1 setup of plastic bumper repair
1 can of filler primer
blah blah blah
this car had a lot of crap wrong with it..
none of the body lines lined up,
it had been put in the ditch, and the fender overlapped the door,
and the driver opened the door, so there was a huge pinch on both the fender and door
the hatch was all rusted out..
ahhh just check out the pics
I guess ishould change my sig now?
08-06-2008, 03:01 PM
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RE: $300 Paint job in a 2 car dust filled garage FINALLY DONE! BEWARE 56k!
thanks! it feels weird not working on the car every night now..
im lucky my wife is still around after not being home until 1am every night for 2 weeks LOL
im lucky my wife is still around after not being home until 1am every night for 2 weeks LOL
08-06-2008, 04:13 PM
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RE: $300 Paint job in a 2 car dust filled garage FINALLY DONE! BEWARE 56k!
hell yeah hot rod black was what i was gonna do , but i went cheaper with left over paint from my girls car and , the usual , primer,little bondo,sandpaper, blah,blah blah and i had about 200 bucks into mine which i am still puttin back together and it is the car in my sig picture.also done in my 2 car garage at home.
again nice job dude and so how is the car runnin any numbers yet on the setup.
again nice job dude and so how is the car runnin any numbers yet on the setup.
08-06-2008, 04:27 PM
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RE: $300 Paint job in a 2 car dust filled garage FINALLY DONE! BEWARE 56k!
not yet.. high gas prices and ****ty weather has pretty much put a stop on me getting up to the strip.. its about a 110 mile round trip to the strip...
my butt dyno says about a high 11 low 12
my butt dyno says about a high 11 low 12
08-06-2008, 04:31 PM
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RE: $300 Paint job in a 2 car dust filled garage FINALLY DONE! BEWARE 56k!
has the car seen the dyno to see a/f ratio and numbers...?
i would advise atleast a run on the dyno to have them check the a/f ratio before it goes ...kaboom as a few people on here have learned the hard way...[8D]
i would advise atleast a run on the dyno to have them check the a/f ratio before it goes ...kaboom as a few people on here have learned the hard way...[8D]
08-06-2008, 05:29 PM
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RE: $300 Paint job in a 2 car dust filled garage FINALLY DONE! BEWARE 56k!
looks great man, in one of the pics it looks like you had tapped off a flame designe, is it just my imagination or did you do it then decide against it?
