DIY: Stop having an ugly primer paint job.

[importracer]

here is a few i did it may have cost $100

[Glides]

If you can't afford a real paint job then I wouldnt do this either. More work for yourself when you want to do it right. But it's IA and for the people that rock spray painted cars of any color they won't understand and it's not like you can teach stupid anyway. At least this is better than primer so it doesn't absorb moisture but it still looks bad unless you pay somebody to spray it with a hose everytime you are driving it.

It's a $35 paint job man. I see absolutely nothing stupid at all about it. It's not what YOU would do, great. But for others who might not care, it's great. It's sort of like the internet and people who talk out of their ass......you can't teach stupid. But i'm gonna try with you.

[greasemunkey]

yeah i have a setup to i have a buddie with a paint booth and we shot everthing there all i had to do is spend some money on a half way decent gun till i got better now then i went and bought a air compressor and shit

yea man hatch looks good, what paint did you get that it only cost 100?

[carheadman]

nice results..awsome color!!!! if u wet sand it it'll look even better!!

[1439/2000]

It's a $35 paint job man. I see absolutely nothing stupid at all about it. It's not what YOU would do, great. But for others who might not care, it's great. It's sort of like the internet and people who talk out of their ass......you can't teach stupid. But i'm gonna try with you.

If you don't care about a paint job then why paint it? It looks like a bad paint job to me. It's blue which isn't primer so that's a start but save your money and do it right. I don't want to paint my car because its just going to get keyed? Ugly hazy blue is the same as ugly hazy primer.

For the record I sprayed my bmw 2002 with a gravity feed gun and home depot paint in the garage and it turned out 10000x times better for maybe 25 bucks more. Short memories on here.

[thesammy]

Dang, that's pretty sweet. Totally beats paying big bucks for a paint job if you don't mind that much.

[xjustinx]

looks good dude

[psychodrama_81]

I need to do this to my Cabby.....its a mess!

I have pics so you will see why.

How did it take you to finish painting it?

[murderrsiren]

^it took us about 4 1/2 hours to sand everything down with the scotch bright pads, rub it down with a tacky cloth and taping everything.

i actually gotta repaint my bumper, lost it at the drift event today.

[NOCLUE]

NICE

[S13_Chody]

Yes im a fan of backyard body work!!!

the S13 looks great!

Before!


After!!

[KevinT707]

Looks like a matte-blue color, guess you won't have to worry about getting scratches on the clear-coat since it doesn't have one. I suppose it's not too bad for a $35 paint job.

Its not like there is a set wrong way to paint a car. Some people just care more about other aspects of their car, and would rather sport a rattle can job if it means they can spend the money that they saved elsewhere in the car.

I think that it looks great considering how much the supplies cost to paint it. And even if he does decide to get a "real" paint job later down the road, the sunk cost spent on the current paint job is so minimal that its more than worth it to rock this over primer paint, even considering the extra prep required to repaint it next time.

I can agree on this.

For the record I sprayed my bmw 2002 with a gravity feed gun and home depot paint in the garage and it turned out 10000x times better for maybe 25 bucks more. Short memories on here.

Hrmm, sounds interesting. I'm not too knowledgeable on what type of Home Depot paint one would use for a DIY paint job. Care to elaborate? Pics of the BMW?

[1439/2000]

Hrmm, sounds interesting. I'm not too knowledgeable on what type of Home Depot paint one would use for a DIY paint job. Care to elaborate? Pics of the BMW?

You dont remember my 2002 from about 4-5 years ago? Used to be green and the we painted it in the garage with a 26 gallon compressor, old gravity feed gun and exterior enamel that is thinned acetone and japan drier. No clear just thick ass bright blue paint.








Can't blame kids for not remembering as they might have not been driving then. But as you will notice there is no haze and no bullshit and it still cost 80 bucks. But you know what fuck it and spray paint it because that's good enough for you but for people that like cars to shine without being wet then I'd suggest a different option.

[CeOTiO8]

spray paint FTW

[JDMGRNAV6]

Yes im a fan of backyard body work!!!

the S13 looks great!

Before!


After!!

nice job, was this rattle canned too?

[TougeGTR-33]

Damn man, im gonna do that lol!

[eraser4g63]

You dont remember my 2002 from about 4-5 years ago? Used to be green and the we painted it in the garage with a 26 gallon compressor, old gravity feed gun and exterior enamel that is thinned acetone and japan drier. No clear just thick ass bright blue paint.

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I love that car, I remember the first time you brought by the auto zone that dorin48 and I worked at. Wasn't it little mermaid blue or something of that nature?

[1439/2000]

I love that car, I remember the first time you brought by the auto zone that dorin48 and I worked at. Wasn't it little mermaid blue or something of that nature?

Underwater wonders little mermaid blue from the disney collection. lol it was close enough.

[S13_Chody]

nice job, was this rattle canned too?

sure was! =]

[Infamous_1]

niceeee

[speedminded]

You dont remember my 2002 from about 4-5 years ago? Used to be green and the we painted it in the garage with a 26 gallon compressor, old gravity feed gun and exterior enamel that is thinned acetone and japan drier. No clear just thick ass bright blue paint.

http://www.bmw2002faq.com/component/...nload/id,7533/

http://www.bmw2002faq.com/component/...nload/id,7536/

http://www.bmw2002faq.com/component/...load/id,13649/


Can't blame kids for not remembering as they might have not been driving then. But as you will notice there is no haze and no bullshit and it still cost 80 bucks. But you know what fuck it and spray paint it because that's good enough for you but for people that like cars to shine without being wet then I'd suggest a different option.

Even a roller job is better than rattling it. The main goal is to lay it on relatively thick then sand it smooth. With a rattle can it will always be uneven and spotty, especially on larger surface areas. Typically it is fine on door jambs or wheels.

There are tool rental places that rent out everything needed.

[bloodline]

backyard body work..lol thats a good one

[KevinT707]

You dont remember my 2002 from about 4-5 years ago? Used to be green and the we painted it in the garage with a 26 gallon compressor, old gravity feed gun and exterior enamel that is thinned acetone and japan drier. No clear just thick ass bright blue paint.








Can't blame kids for not remembering as they might have not been driving then. But as you will notice there is no haze and no bullshit and it still cost 80 bucks. But you know what fuck it and spray paint it because that's good enough for you but for people that like cars to shine without being wet then I'd suggest a different option.

Oh yeah I do remember now, I recall you saying 2002 BMW that's why I got confused but yes you do definitely have a good point there good man

[geezy]

looks good! you just need patients and time
so your work wont come out crapy

[S13_Chody]

looks good! you just need patients and time
so your work wont come out crapy

patients!! is everything when it comes to body work

[ejohnson88]

For 1 its patience... haha but anyways...

Shit looks good for $35... and i mean "Haters gonna hate" as they say. I am looking at picking up a daily driver project that will need painting so you sir have inspired me haha.

For those people talking about using guns and such where could i rent the equipment needed to paint a car and how much would it cost?

[jdmeg_6]

what kind of spray cans did you use?

[cactusEG]

Wow dosnt look half bad....

[speedminded]

backyard body work..lol thats a good one

There's a bunch of chicks on here that need that lol!

[HypnoToad]

There's a bunch of chicks on here that need that lol!

HI O!!

[murderrsiren]

For 1 its patience... haha but anyways...

Shit looks good for $35... and i mean "Haters gonna hate" as they say. I am looking at picking up a daily driver project that will need painting so you sir have inspired me haha.

For those people talking about using guns and such where could i rent the equipment needed to paint a car and how much would it cost?

depends on what you get. you could spend $100 or $1000 just depends on what quality of supplies you get, and paint.

what kind of spray cans did you use?

just krylon paint at walmart.

[egpower904]

about to paint my da, got a few cans of krylon satin jade at walmart, some tack cloths, box of scotchbrite pads, painting tape, etc. it may sound dumb but what kinda paper did you use to tape your car?

ill post pics in here of mine if thats ok!

[murderrsiren]

I bought plastic at walmart and just covered it.

[ae86guy]

Modified Magazine just had a writeup on this in a recent issue. Seems to me that it was an Integra that they painted.

[murderrsiren]

the graffiti one?

[JdmJsN]

dang bro, thats some nice work.

[leobond001]

this will be bookmarked

[greasemunkey]

going kinda cheap with my new crx, will post pics of it when im finished in about 2 weeks. gonna sneek a little old school into it

[murderrsiren]

by bookmarked do you mean stickied?

and awesome, post pics!

[egpower904]

should be doing my painting in the next week or so, ill post before and after pics