New paint = time 4 POLL! - page 4 - Upgrades (non engine related ) - VWDiesel.net The IDI, TDI, and mTDI source.

• #45 by 8v-of-fury on 14 Jul, 2009 18:47
• I'm thinking of rolling it with a Trem clad semi-gloss more of an army green though.. buttt green doesn't go to well wit ha blue interior does it? hmmm
  
  yes well not for the looks.. but mainly because my car sounds like a goddamn CESSNA going down the road due to a big hole in my downpipe lol
• #46 by catlin_cava on 14 Jul, 2009 20:10
• Alluminum duck tape
• #47 by Smokey Eddy on 20 Jul, 2009 23:58
• first coat on the hood... didn`t go so well... added some laquer thinner on the next application!
  
  
  prepped and ready to go
  
  
  some masking and weather stripping removal later....
  
  here she is. this is the 2nd coat sprayed. i sanded the drips down in these photos and is mere moments before the 2nd (and in some places third) coat.
  I just finished the last coat with my lady friend who was disturbed by the stench of the paint but was kind enough to help me finish the job all my other mates were out or playing baseball... jeeze eh?
  
  
  
  
  
• #48 by Smokey Eddy on 21 Jul, 2009 00:02
• oh and i started it today to take it out of the sun and into the garage. fired up straight away no stutters no nothin. the rebuild has so far been a complete success WITH enormous performance upgrades. complete successs.
• #49 by 8v-of-fury on 21 Jul, 2009 07:27
• yay ed!
• #50 by Smokey Eddy on 24 Jul, 2009 18:44
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  in that last picture you can see the back strip below the license plate where i got rear-ended by an explorer... i tried to fix the dents but it was pretty messed up... and i got fed up with the bondo (or more-over i ran out of bondo)
• #51 by rabbitman on 24 Jul, 2009 19:54
• Looks good, someday I might go that route
• #52 by 8v-of-fury on 24 Jul, 2009 19:54
• lookin Sexi. You not the car   lol
  
  
  Seriously though, nice finish. You rolled primer, then sprayed? What grit did you use between coats? wet or dry sand?
• #53 by Smokey Eddy on 24 Jul, 2009 20:01
• wet. 500 or 600.
• #54 by 8v-of-fury on 24 Jul, 2009 20:29
• How many coats of spray did you use good sir? lol
• #55 by Smokey Eddy on 25 Jul, 2009 12:10
• 2 and three in some areas. im gonnna sand it down and do 1 more light one maybe at the end of august