dam man that looks really good... how hard was that to do?

 

Heres something else I did, did this last week so it has no place in my day to day schedule i got going on in the OP so ill just post it here:

Since all the metal on this car is yellow, I had to do something to get rid of the yellow inside the trunk. I decided to spray it with undercoating. Its black, prevents corrosion, and helps sound deaden. I can use more, i really only got one coat on it, but this is easy and will serve more of a purpose then if I just spray bombed it or painted it. I also got some carpet cushion from the house were building, and that stuff is great sound deadner, its just like the OEM stuff found behind some of the panels in the cobalt, like whats stuck on the floor of your trunk in your spare tire well and on the underside of your trunk floor mat. Im gonna tape that up behind any door panels and interior panels that dont have it.






You talking about the spoiler?

 

nice job so far kev. are you shaving the thrid brake light? just curious some states its a law to have a 3rd brake light? sub for later viewing.

 

Nah im leaving it alone. its back in there i cut the fiberglass out of the hole and feathered it out, its just hard to see in the driveway shot because its in the shadow

 

yeah that an the eyelids

 

oh **** eyelids are easy brotha, i just went to my local vinyl guy and had them do it for me. cost $30 for the stripes down the hood and the eyelids. I had to draw it out for him to show him exactly how i wanted it, but other then that, theres nothing to it. He does all the work lmao. I just wound up scuffing them up and painting pearl over them when I did my rims. Spoiler on the other hand is taking some work. about 8 hours in and it still looks like it has another 8 to go

 

Looking good so far bro! Keep it up! What did you do in the engine bay to cover the yellow?

 

Nothing yet, but gonna hit it with black everywhere i see. Thats the one thing iv been thinking about alot. If i gotta spray bomb areas i will, as long as when you pop the hood it looks black.

 

Hey you never mentioned what kind of paint you guys shoot

 

Ill be spraying wanda base and i dont know what brand the clear is? it was awhile when i put it all together. We dont spray waterborne where im at yet, im lucky

 

How much would one pay to get the trunk shaved/painted? Ballpark is welcome.

 

man its tough for me to say bro, i dont work in a body shop so i have no idea. materials arent that much, its just what there gonna charge for labor thats hard to judge. Maybe like 200-300 bucks?

 

Most people on here have talked around the 250-350 range I believe.

I did mine for under $20. Includes everything, metal, bondo, sandpaper, primmer, base, clear, compound, glaze, tape, masking paper, etc.

Granted I got mine done in about 3 hours from pulling in with the spoiler on, to leaving with out. Needless to say I have to redo it. If I took my time it usually takes a full day or so.

 

how did you get all that material for under $20?

 

If you think about it welding everything in is less then a dollar. I just used scrap metal.

Bondo is about $15 a gallon, I used like one scoop of it. $1 give or take.

Sand paper is about $80 per roll. Used about $2

Prime used about 5oz. K38. $3

Base used about 2oz. $5

Clear 9oz $9

Compounds I buy are in gallons so maybe I used a couple dollars.

So yea, right around $20

Granted I probably used a little bit more of everything and just wasted it, but using a Devilbis PRI and a Sata RP which have a pretty good transfer percentage, decently accurate.

 

yea but the normal guy cant walk into a store and get one scoop of bondo lol. And can you even buy 5oz. of primer and enough activator for it from the paint store? lol Probobly gotta get a pint or half a pint

 

Haha yea, I am not talking about the average guy in this case.

I have over $1000 of paint products in my room. Buying in bulk if you can, saves you a lot of money.

Only thing for a lot of guys is the catalyst, 2 weeks is not a lot of time to use it all.

 

what's the color and name of it you used on the rims? ?Those look sick

 

that orange design looks sick though

 

its just jet black with some gold pearl in the clear. Turns them into a bronzish color from the gold laying on top of the black, but they sparkle in the sun pretty nice. Gotta strip them and redo them for this paint job though

Thanks bud!

Im going to be experimenting with the brake calipers. One guy tells me that you NEED high temp paint, and he keeps telling me different kind of caliper paints to get and whatnot. A more experienced guy tells me modern paints will hold up just fine on calipers, and paint them just like a piece of metal by sanding, etch prime, prime paint etc.

So ill be spraying them with the same material as my car and we'll see how they hold up, I doubt ill find an orange caliper paint that would be close to my car color

 

g2 will color match for you or atleast get something close.

 

:-O! I didnt know that.... well since I already have the materials ill spray them with regular paint first, if they start flaking or turning a funny color, then I know who to contact Thats pretty sweet that they do that. Ill make sure to spray a piece of sheet metal incase i need to mail it to them to match

DAY 3













Still have more shaping to do. What a **** this thing is. But its really starting to come together and look sexy. **** maybe when im all done i can use it as a mold and sell them with a bolt in it and make it a bolt on piece

Also my DDM tuning 12K 55W HID's came in today, also got 8K 35W Fog lights:

BTW, the HID bulbs didnt fit in the light. I had to file the plastic to get it to fit inside. Pics:




heres a comparison of 35W 12K and 55W 12K, I put one in each headlight:
35W top, 55W Bottom

35W

55W


Rigged the fog lights ballast in place since it was getting dark and i was tired of ******* with the car today

 

The spoiler looks great!

 

that does look quite sexy

 

thanks guys