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Old 07-06-2005, 03:45 AM   #1 (permalink)
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4th Generation paint

ok so i got a body kit and i want to get it painted to match my car but i don't want to take it to a shop, and would preffer doing it myself. what stuff doi need to do this task besides for the paint.
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Old 07-06-2005, 03:49 AM   #2 (permalink)
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haha, go jump off a bridge... then you will not need your car painted anymore.

no really... you cant make a car look good by painting it yourself. unless you know how to use a paint gun and get the most quality paint, and have a dust free paint booth, and do 12 hours of sanding, and 10 hours of body work.

now do people see why i have the avatar that i have...
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Old 07-06-2005, 03:59 AM   #3 (permalink)
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what about somethink that would take away small scratches. cause i have a couple on the hood and the door handel
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Old 07-06-2005, 04:16 AM   #4 (permalink)
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a paint shop uses a buffing wheel and some sort of rubbing compound with a grit that will be good for the paint. if the paint is too old, you will have to get the old clear all buffed off and get the car recleared or repainted. really, dont expect to get a good looking car for cheap. i tried painting a hood once in my basement with sheets up around a 8 foot square area to keep the dust out and it still came out like shit. i used a cheapo spray gun with my air compressor and good quality paint from the auto paint store. primered and sanded a lot, few base coats, a few clears... the biggest problem was that i didnt have a a quality professional buffing wheel. that is #1 needed for any paint work. the whole project costed me around 250 bucks and then i got the hood painted professionally for about the same price...

get the point yet?
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yea thanks for the help
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Old 07-06-2005, 12:39 PM   #6 (permalink)
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please say you know how to paint before you try to paint it yourself. If its a polyerethuane kit, you also need to add in flexipaint additive! Good luck!
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Old 07-06-2005, 12:54 PM   #7 (permalink)
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If you don't know what you're doing then you're gonna fuck it up with paint drips and stuff.

Just take your car to a 1 day paint if you're cheap. But let me warn you, you'll look like some ricer kid if you have some crappy paint job.
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I won't do it myself but here's brief steps that I know.

1) Find one of those Air Chamber or whatever you called it.
2) Uninstall most trims, tape at little as possible.
3) Heavy cut sanding to fine cut sanding. 500 grid to 2000 grid then wet sand.
4) Bondo repair if necessary. Redo sanding on Bondo area.
5) Wash and dry.
6) About 3 layers of primer.
7) Sand from 1000 grid to 2000 grid then wet sand.
- (2000 wet sand between primer layers if you are crazy.)
8) Wash and dry. (Or after each pre-primer sanding, if you are crazy.)
- (If you haven't realized, always wash and dry before sanding and spraying.)
9) About 3 layers of base coats. (Dark or light depend on colour choice.)
10) Fine wet sand.
11) Wash and dry.
12) Spray your favorite colour around 5 very light coats.
13) Wipe with tack cloth between layers.
- (Wear clove. Those cloth are very sticky.)
14) Around 3 layers of clear coat.
15) Clay bar the surface. (I like Mother's Clay Bay set.)
16) Heavy cut polish. (I like Turtle Wax Rubbign Compound.)
17) Wipe with tack cloth. (A lot of paint powder left after polish.)
18) Mid cut polish. (I like Turble Wax Polishing Compound.)
19) Wipe with tack cloth. (Same reason as above.)
20) Fine cut polish.
- (I used Turtle Wax Scratch and Swirl Remover, altho it never saids it's a polish.)
- (Swirl removers are supposed to be finer than fine cut polish. I think.)
21) Clay or tack or whatever. Use common sense to clean surface.
22) Wax the surface. 2 coats ideally. (I used Turtle Wax Ultra Gloss blah blah.)
23) Take pictures of your ride. Post them on TN.

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^ fyi sand paper is measured in GRIT not grid
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I work with a guy who repainted his hood black, an easy color to match. Suprise surprise it came out like shit. He wet sanded and did it all by the book and it looks shitty. The only thing I have ever seen that looked decent was when my friend kyle painted the front lip on his 240sx. It always gets scraped so he sands it and hits it with some black from a rattle can. Wax and it looks fine. But its low to the ground kinda out of sight. And black is easy to match. Any other color is very hard to match unless you have some experience under your belt. Just do it right.
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There are things that you CAN do it yourself and there are things you should leave to the professionals. Use your judgment.
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^ fyi sand paper is measured in GRIT not grid
Oops.

I would only DIY painting my rims, never body. Your choice, you can always sand down everything and redo again.
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