240hoke Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 Hey guys, Well after slaving away for the past 2.5 weeks I finally finished painting my 240. Im really happy with the results. I shaved the antennea hole, drip rails, and gas door. Also used tabco panels to replace the bottom of the fenders and the drivers side dog leg. Ill have write up about this on my website within the next couple days, im trying to get it up to date. Anyway I built a makeshift paint booth in my garage using some heavy plastic and some box fans under the garage door to move the paint out. After I finished the body work the whole car was sanded down to 320 grit I layed a couple couts of Nason 2K catalized 4:1 primer. I then knocked the orange peal from the primer down with 320 and followed with wetsanding with 500 grit. A couple of my buddies come over to help me knock out the final sanding, having some people to BS with really helps pass the time when your about to claw out your eyes from sanding. The color on the car is toyota/lexus spectra blue and i added one coat of blue pearl to give it a little more depth. Base paint is nason, clear coat is Dupont chroma clear (read 240 a gallon with hardender ) Painting the roll cage was a pain but my little detail gun worked awesome. Anyway take a look and lemme know what you think. Hope you enjoy! This has been a big step for me , I'm finally done with all the chassis work and shes ready to be reassymbled. Tryign to get her done before I head off to college and have it ready for SEZ. My website is http://www.geocities.com/projectzt I will be updating it shortly. -Austin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skipzoomie Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 GREAT JOB !!! If that's you're first paint job you're a natural. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaysZ Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 wow.. you did a DAMN good job! beautiful car man, congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strotter Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 Well done Austin! Beautiful job, and a very nice color choice. I've done a couple of paint jobs now, and can relate to how much work you've done - it's amazing to me that paint shops can charge as little as they do! Like Skipzoomie said, you're a natural! BTW, nice digs. And I like the redhead's attitude! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad-ManQ45 Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 Very nice job! You can and should be proud of it. Apart from roll cage and color, I will be doing the same to my '75. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastzcars Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 damn , That's a garage job? SWEEEEEET!!!!!!. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 Austin as always your doing some incredible work in a very short amount of time. Most impressed over here! the colour looks fantastic! are you going to put stock chrome bumpers back on? are you going to black out the trim around the windows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavyZ Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 Excellent for a 'garage' job! Very clean, quality work. It's already a stunner---can't wait to see it put back together!! Davy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
240hoke Posted July 17, 2005 Author Share Posted July 17, 2005 Hey, Thanks alot for the compliments. Its hard to paint in a garage but if you take your time and keep everythign clean and wet it seems to work fine, the first layer of base i put down there was too much dust and stuff in the air, i ended up wetsanding the whole thing back down to primer. I found it best to get up at about 5 am and spray, not nearly as many bugs! Anyway i'm really getting excited, should start going fast... i hope anyway lol. -Austin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ON3GO Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 god i hate you... do you suck at anything you do or try!!!! mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaparral2f Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 He Mike, I think the young lady standing behind the Z is sending you a message. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ON3GO Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 no thats for Austin.. she is saying "why you gotta do everything fricken perfect the 1st time.. even though ur not as baller as mike" thats what she is saying mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cjarloz Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 what is baller, and nice job austin haha the redhead sure has flare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ON3GO Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 what is baller. not me at the momment.. as i drive a yellow scion box. mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 F'in awesome. Good job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
240hoke Posted July 18, 2005 Author Share Posted July 18, 2005 Haha, thanks guys, yall crack me up. The redhead is my girlfriend ashley and the other guy is my cousin ryan, im sure ash will get a kick outta your comments. sparky -- I havent decided what exactly to do about the bumpers, i would like either carbon fiber, or euro chrome ones. I have money for neither so most likely she'll be bumperless for at least a little while. All the trim around the windows will be polished and im also having the lips on my panasports polished. I just want it to have a mean yet still classy look. -Austin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest etnies_chic Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 Yes, the redheaded girlfirend does like your comments. See Austin didn't notice that until after he posted that pic and sent it to everyone, where as i thought he knew since he was looking straight at me. haha. opps. And our sound deadeding turned out good, im proud. For those who haven't been informed i help with the Z, props to me. -ash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ON3GO Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 props to me. -ash props to you! mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trecani Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 Very nice job man, great choice of color. Props to you both Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jsquared Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 holy crap, Austin, that looks incredible How much to paint my S13? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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