Tavarish's ongoing paint thread...bodywork and cool stuff inside!!!
 

So I pulled the trigger on renting a paint booth and buying a paint kit for my car. I'll be doing that in a week or so. In preparation, I'm trying to smooth out every dent and make the car look pristine (well, at least presentable), which is no easy feat as the car wasn't in such great condition when I got it.

There was cracked bondo and dented metal on almost every panel of the car.

Here a few pictures illustrating where I am:

Smoothed quarter panel after pulling out lots of little dents:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12.../IMAGE_094.jpg

Shaved washer nozzle holes on hood:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12.../IMAGE_097.jpg

Sanded down and filled in some cracked bondo where there was a crappy patch job with the previous owner:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12.../IMAGE_091.jpg

Another:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12.../IMAGE_092.jpg

Shaved antenna hole:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12.../IMAGE_093.jpg

Painted the chrome trim around the doors flat black (looks much better IMO)

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12.../IMAGE_099.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12.../IMAGE_100.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12.../IMAGE_101.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12.../IMAGE_102.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12.../IMAGE_103.jpg

Finished product:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12.../IMAGE_104.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12.../IMAGE_105.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12.../IMAGE_106.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12.../IMAGE_107.jpg

I used filler primer, Rustoleum semi-gloss, and some truck clear coat. It's pretty durable and it's smooth. Plus it doesn't give that awful bling bling look that the chrome trim has. It should've been this way from the factory.

That's all for today, I'll update more as I go along.

Thanks,
-Freddy

some good work!

Are you going to shave your emblems too?

What spray paint did you use for the trim, It lo_Oks great! Good luck with fix you seem quiet determined!

The front is shaved, i'm gonna leave the "L" in the back, and that's it.

I used some rustoleum filler primer, rustoleum semi-gloss black protective enamel, and some Duplicolor truck clear coat.

Are you going to relocate the washer nozzles or live without them?

Because he wanted to.

You should have left the trim off, untill you finnish paining the car.

going through the same things now with mine looking good :thumbup:

I'm going to use G35 wiper arms, which have an integrated washer nozzle. Plus I like subtle changes in body shape. This is simple and different.

Hell yes lol.

I'll just mask it off anyway, no biggie. I'm not gonna paint the door jambs since the color pretty much matches the OEM that the car came with.

Thanks!

the car looks great with the blacked out trim. Looks like you have quite some work ahead of you, I can't wait to see the finished project, something about the black and red combo.

That's gonna be sick

I can't wait to see the finished product.
Is your front a 97+?

yessir, here's an old pic:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12.../IMAGE_151.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12.../IMAGE_156.jpg

Nice, did you just use bondo again to fill in the orig cracked bondo? Or something else