My $50 Paintjob - some teaser pics

Hmmm ... I've always had this on my cards and thought it'd be a good time ever since my car was immortalised in white with a recent photoshoot:

http://www.groundupgarage.com/bang-for-buck.html



Anyway, some teaser pics as of today - actually it only cost me $40 for the liter of boat paint and a relaxing week off work:








I'm off to enjoy my hard labour by going on a quick cruise as soon as I fit my new wheels and reattach the bonnet!

Nice work mate... looks the goods, suits the theme you're going for beautifully. With the face mask you look like some sort of essay from the hispanics in the US. An environmentally aware one at that. i.e drives a fuel economic car!!

how did it only cost you 40 buks im impressed

That is brilliant! What technique did you use to paint it? Roller then brush, or other way around, or some other way? I ask as one of my work colleagues is using the marine paint to do his R31 Skyline.

Oh you took your front spoiler off, how come?

bumping for the technique.

roll on and sand smooth?

can you post a close up of the finished product?

does it come out matt looking?

Actually, I got lazy second time around - I didn't even sand between layers but yep, it is a roller job and there were about 9 layers put down:

http://rollyourcar.com/default.aspx

http://www.rickwrench.com/50dollarpaint.html

My first attempt plus techniques can be found in a thread here - believe I am the first to apply it to a micra though:

http://mx5cartalk.com/phpBB-3.0.2/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=27374&hilit=%2450+paint+in+progress

As for removing the front spoiler, actually removed that unintentionally by driving up the driveway at a 90 degree angle ... @_@

What you get for inexperience driving a lowered car. >_<

I will be reattaching it shortly ... in the meantime, just a few more pics. Bonnet back on and new Centreline rims fitted:




Some of the work in progress pics:







For the keen trainspotters out there, you'll notice the rear wiper plus antenna attachments were shaved in the process. :)

damn ay. did she collect those extractors too? :P

you mean his alternator mount? to get it past the extractors?

paint looks good! i like it...

does it look as good as normal spray paint do you think

nah, rumour has it those extractors sit mighty low to the ground

fab job! very inspiring for me to try it on my car! :)

man you are a legand! that looks awsome!

Interested in selling your spare set of centrelines?

Thanks for the comments ppl ...

Fortunately the extractors haven't snapped but they have the odd scrape or two. There was a pic on the forum but without the spoiler, they can be visible when viewing the car from the front and standing a few metres back:



Hmmm ... not sure about the centrelines as a friend of a mate has already expressed interest in them for his Subaru Fiori. Even then, getting them overseas may prove to be a pain.

The paint job could be better but is alright for me - mind you, I didn't sand between layers so it could be smoother but you wouldn't be able to tell from looking at the pics. The paint smooths out evenly which is why I didn't bother with sanding.

Anyway, some final pics and then I guess this thread can be closed:







If you're wondering where to pick up the paint from, I got mine from Whitford Marines ... at least I didn't make the mistake 2nd time around and buy too much paint.

Now I think I have gotten this out of my system so can take a break from the micra and return back to my MX5 project. ^_^

mmmm, choice bro.

post some pics of your mx5

Heh heh ... the link re the paintjob thread up above has pics of the MX5 ... the next stage is to fit these to the car:





I've had these in my garage for over a year now ... just saving up $$$ for the coilovers + tyres. My final goal is to make a blue version of this car:




I just had to get the micra to a stage where I would be happy to leave her as is for a while ... :)

man thats a rad mx5

Hey when you get rubber on the equips chuck them on the micra quickly for a laugh! :D

Love the colour - prefer white but this would be a close runner up.

---dens