Tonight I started my paint work. I bought all the sanding paper and bought 1 can of flat black paint and 1 can of primer just to see how much I can cover with 1 can of each.

Car started like this this morning:

I sanded everything down and made sure every thing was smooth before I started primering. This is from when I started primering

Then I let the primer dry and wet sanded it down so it was super smooth. I then painted the black as much as I could but I knew that I was going to run out before the whole hood was done so me and my friend decided to have a little fun with the lack of paint.

This is where my car sits now:

Tomorrow I'll go out and get more paint and re-sand the black and touch it up so its a uniform color. I just ran out of paint so there are some spots that need to be touched up that will be done tomorrow.

Stay tuned, soon this car will be all black and badass.

For reference my engine looks like:

and interior:

Nismo rod bearings
NIsmo main bearings
Nismo thrust bearings
Eagle h-beam rods
OEM pistons (new)
OEM rings (new)
OEM oil pan (new. Got replaced because other one was dented)
Greddy blow-by canister
ARP rod bolts
Greddy aluminum pulley set
greddy oil filter sandwitch plate

Aeromotive tsunami fuel pump
aeromotive 100 micron inline fuel filter
aeromotive fuel pressure regulator
aeromitve fuel pressure gauge
greddy fuel pressure fittings
BGRG custom high pressure fuel lines with 6AN fittings
Apexi SAFC 2 fuel controller
Z32 Mass air flow sensor

Nismo thermostat
Samco braided radiator hoses
greddy radiator cap
koyo polished aluminum radiator
12" electric fan (2)
Phase 2 motorsports aluminum coolant tank
B-road carbon fiber air diversion plate
AEM air filter

Stock turbine
Greddy turbo timer
Greddy Profec b Spec 2 boost controller
BGRG steel braided oil return line
HKS equal length exhuast manifold
Heat solutions exhaust heat wrap
JDM lab aluminum intercooler
JDM lab intercooler piping
Blitz BOV
Blitz BOV fitting
Apexi Downpipe
Apexi dual N1 Exhaust system
OEM o2 sensor (new)

Z32TT dual piston front calipers
2 Z32TT brembo rotors
2 240sx brembo rotors (rear)
2 phase 2 motorpsorts steel braided brake lines
4 tokiko performance shocks
4 tein s performance springs
FR and RR began racing strut tower braces

Btw, good luck on the paint, I hope it turns out well.

Quote, originally posted by sil8tdrftr »

wow i see things are coming along great ... the hood is gonna take like two and a half cans of color... but you should have been able to use one can of primer to coat the hood??? or did you??? well... take some day time pics so we could see how the paint came out

Yup, one can of primer and the whole hood was done, but the primer can was larger than the color can. I think I'll be able to finish the hood and front end w/ about 1.5 cans of color.

the seat is a GTS seat is what the previous owner called it. If I could find another one like that I'm gonna replace the racing seat for the driver. I want both seats like the passenger one and have regular seatbelts.

Trying to keep this as clean as possible with a body kit.

on another note: what happened to the bouncy chick that was in your sig yesterday?

its back

sig only shows once per page.

no yeah I know lol you missed what we were talking about.

Also, where did you get that carbon fiber peice around the hood latch?

On a side note* LOL Great sig man, haha that's great.

Oh yah lol. The only thing that scares the kiddies away is my huge front mount. The kids here in town who know their cars tend to not try with me. Yet people in minivans, trucks, hondas, and jeeps want to race me lol

Quote, originally posted by Ilvemynissan »

Very nice build you have goin. Im gonna watch this Also, where did you get that carbon fiber peice around the hood latch? On a side note* LOL Great sig man, haha that's great.

I snagged it from ebay when I saw it. According to the guy its a rare real JDM piece. I only believe him cause I've never seen anything like it lol.

And yeah I try to keep my sigs entertaining.

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DUDE u are the first i've seen with a 5Zigen oil cap lol i got one too, it sweet

haha yeah it looks good with my engine setup

Any ideas guys? I was thinking of going to home depot, picking up some fiberglass wonderful stuff and having some fun with it. I'm not too worried about ruining this bumper any further so I'm gonna at least try and fix it.

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This is us going down the side of the car.

We get to the back of the car.

And thats it done

Lots of sanding to do tomorrow and a few more coats.

I'll keep an eye out for it thanks. I cant get some of the spots off of the front mount. Lol stains from dead bugs...fun stuff..

Its actually a nismo

Nismo only makes one type of steering wheel and that ain't it. I would be shocked if you paid over $30 for the one you have.

See the Nismo engraving on the bottom spoke?

This is when I first got in the garage.

This is after sanding everything and primering the left side.

this is after the whole car has been painted black except the roof

Back end

I will get more pics tomorrow in the day light so you can see better. Goodnight for now guys. Tomorrow is a lot of sanding and some more coats. :P

anywho! nice project, liking the interior, ah seeing someone working on their project car motivates me, i need all the motivation i can get, i've got 1 running out of 4 right now haha

keep it going man, GL

Quote, originally posted by gingerbredman »

wow.. i just spent 8 minutes watching kornmanz's sigs anywho! nice project, liking the interior, ah seeing someone working on their project car motivates me, i need all the motivation i can get, i've got 1 running out of 4 right now haha keep it going man, GL

Thanks man. If you start a build thread let me know. I love reading these when there's progress. Thats why I put mine up.

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The chick in his sig is Rachael Leigh Cook. The clip is from the movie 11:14. Don't get too excited, that bouncing is the best you get.

i've been thinking, and replacing a couple valves shouldnt be that bad. i just cant decide between my old primer black hatch or the se hatch. only gonna have one motor between the two so who knows

i think i might get on with it tomorrow, i really miss my ole primer 40

Quote, originally posted by gingerbredman »

i really miss my ole primer 40

I actually love it flat black more than a regular black.

So me and my friends got to work again today.

This is after un-taping it.

I'm almost done w/ paint!

glad to see the project coming along. well, after touching almost every relay and fuse and such, i still cant seem to find why my 40 is staying in the 'on' position without the key in the ignition

i may just swap motors and then tow it to a shop and let them figure it out

Quote, originally posted by gingerbredman »

that thing is looking good man, the subtle flat black and a nice kit glad to see the project coming along. well, after touching almost every relay and fuse and such, i still cant seem to find why my 40 is staying in the 'on' position without the key in the ignition i may just swap motors and then tow it to a shop and let them figure it out

I was gonna have a shop work on mine but then I had a friend who went to a shop and they had his car for 2 months and he got it back and it was slower than before. I only trust myself to work on my car haha.

oh hey, that front bumper looks familiar.. that would be a GP-1 i think?? anywho i technically have that bumper on my primer hatch, i chopped the lip off when i ditched the kit, too many potholes and possums and such running around the roads here