NEW lip, sides, paint and wheelzzz!

[user name!]

So my car decided to do a leap of improvement. No more sunk se's and no more pignose lipless..ness. I took the plunge and rattle canned my car AGAIN but in a completely different route. Its all black painted with rustoleum gloss black. Why spend money on a nice paint job when its just going to get ruined sliding or keyed by a$$ anyways? The wheels are 14x7 enkei 92's that i got from a friend for cheap, the sides are from a 93 explorer and the lip was a gift from that same friend

I need to go another inch lower in the front and about half an inch on the rear. I'm painting the bottom half sometime soon in a dark gunmetal so i can have it as a two tone again. I missed two tone Let me know what you think! My car was dirty in those last three night shots and those white spots on the qp are just streaks of dust from me rinsing it with a hose.(the ones in the dark were taken by my brother in his cannon eos, the rest by my point-n-shoot)





















-Chris

[240sxJoe91]

Not bad...my paint is kinda crappy....lol so im looking to do the same on a week of school...how many cans did you use?

[user name!]

Not bad...my paint is kinda crappy....lol so im looking to do the same on a week of school...how many cans did you use?

Since my bottom half was already black i just needed to paint the top half and i used about 9 cans but maybe 12 for the whole body take or leave a few. Make sure you use rustoleum though! Its good with gas spills and its doesn't run as easily as krylon. Rusto is more thick. Just ask the graff guys, they use rusto for those reasons.

[locoluna825]

coooool, i like your taillights. and your front licence plate light, and and your SE seats

[240sxJoe91]

sweet what did you use to sand it with?...ill def keep that in mind..

[user name!]

coooool, i like your taillights. and your front licence plate light, and and your SE seats

Funny thing that you like them, i miss the base model seats from my last coupe. They felt more hug-able and comfy lol

sweet what did you use to sand it with?...ill def keep that in mind..

320 grit and worked my way up to 600 grit.

[user name!]

BTW did anyone notice the name of the cemetery?

[crakin]

BTW did anyone notice the name of the cemetery?

not getting the name of the cemetery but good job looks good

Big A Cemetery ??

[speedeast]

So... are we talking a cemetery for obese people or just a massive cemetery!?

Nice job, you should have cleared it afterwords. Rustoleum makes a clear enamel that meets your same standards.

[nismobenzo]

so whatd it look like before??and def want pics once its got the fresh 2-tone

[user name!]

So... are we talking a cemetery for obese people or just a massive cemetery!?

Nice job, you should have cleared it afterwords. Rustoleum makes a clear enamel that meets your same standards.

The other guy on here said that the rusto clear actually lifted his paint but ill go ahead and buy a can sometime soon to try it for myself!

so whatd it look like before??and def want pics once its got the fresh 2-tone

This



to this



And now it looks like that up there ^^^Definitely will update this once i get that two tone finished

[Nis-240sx-san]

Hey, I have the same sides, I'm just wondering if you can explain how you got them to sit the way they are? I love how they look.

[S13Teddy]

I feel that it looked cleaner before :/

[user name!]

I feel that it looked cleaner before :/

Yeah im on the fence about it but black is a new thing for me and that two tone black and graphite might look better than the black and white once its cleared and finished. You cant tell in the pictures but that white was more dull than my black paint. And its more fun to clean

Hey, I have the same sides, I'm just wondering if you can explain how you got them to sit the way they are? I love how they look.

I went out and took pictures just for you! Ha. I went a little over board on ms paint. But if your like me, pictures with bright words and cute colors help out.

Before mounting at all, do this if you don't want that flare at the end flaring out so much.

Then use the existing holes on the bottom of that skirt or make new ones and screw it to the lip running under your car. USE WASHERS.

Then do this vvv But make sure the screws are high enough on the fender to where you have to pull on the skirt to get them to hook on it.





I didn't care about putting screws on my fenders since they're already banged up though.

[240lookis]

i agree with teddy that the paint job looks worse than the two tone did.

other wise it looks better. than before. i really like that first picture.

[user name!]

Wait, the paint quality itself? Or that actual color choice? I'm confused! You mean the b&w looked better quality? or it was a better color combo?

[laxands13]

Doesn't look too bad.. I think some bigger wheels would make it look better, but maybe thats just me.

[S13Teddy]

Wait, the paint quality itself? Or that actual color choice? I'm confused! You mean the b&w looked better quality? or it was a better color combo?

Please don't take any of this the wrong way. This is not meant as an insult, mainly an observation.

It seems that most "Haggard, half-cracked, janky" S13s are rattle canned black. It's almost like, the official color of jank. You may or may not want to be associated with that.

That's the way I see it.

[user name!]

Please don't take any of this the wrong way. This is not meant as an insult, mainly an observation.

It seems that most "Haggard, half-cracked, janky" S13s are rattle canned black. It's almost like, the official color of jank. You may or may not want to be associated with that.

That's the way I see it.

Late reply but.. Whoa, whoa, observation or not, that was harsh. The car itself is not haggard, janky, or half-cracked. Unless you didn't mean "cracked" in the literal term. My coupe has straighter lines and less dings than a lot of nico, or my friends. The paint is the only thing holding it back from its real shape and don't think i really WANT it to look like a half a**'ed car. I plan on clearing it possibly with an automotive paint from an air gun, or just have my friend spray it the two tone that i want it in. But believe me, the car looks better in person. And I'm actually the ONLY black coupe out of the 20 other 240 guys in the area I'm in. Rattle can white is the official color of "jank" in my neck of the woods. And the people that have seen it in b&w in person, say they like it better now than before. I just wish the pictures didn't make it look worse than it really is =/ Your car has been in the same boat as mine, so this is in no way, its final form.

[S13Teddy]

Late reply but.. Whoa, whoa, observation or not, that was harsh. The car itself is not haggard, janky, or half-cracked. Unless you didn't mean "cracked" in the literal term. My coupe has straighter lines and less dings than a lot of nico, or my friends. The paint is the only thing holding it back from its real shape and don't think i really WANT it to look like a half a**'ed car. I plan on clearing it possibly with an automotive paint from an air gun, or just have my friend spray it the two tone that i want it in. But believe me, the car looks better in person. And I'm actually the ONLY black coupe out of the 20 other 240 guys in the area I'm in. Rattle can white is the official color of "jank" in my neck of the woods. And the people that have seen it in b&w in person, say they like it better now than before. I just wish the pictures didn't make it look worse than it really is =/ Your car has been in the same boat as mine, so this is in no way, its final form.

I never said your car was jank. Your car looks good actually. I just stated my observation that many other S13s that are rattle canned black are jank is all.

Sorry if I offended you, that wasn't the point of my post.

[user name!]

Its all good.

[get_slideways]

I've always been told that you shouldn't run wheels that are smaller than factory, but whatever. (prolly more misinformation, lol) It looks good though. I'm really diggin' the all red tail lights for some reason. I'm getting tired of my "smoked tails"... hmm.



Modified by get_slideways at 1:56 PM 4/12/2010
Modified by get_slideways at 1:57 PM 4/12/2010