$20 paintjob photoshoot! tittyshaker s13

[blacktop sr20kid]

used rustoleum and thinned it with mineral spirits and sprayed it! easy as cake! turned out good! on to the pics



modified chuki bumper lights to fit my pignose!!



harness bar

zipties fix everything





thats all folks!i know i need better wheels and i hit a gaudrail going 70mph so my bondo work sucks!so no flaming on that please!!

[AZ89two4Tsx]

Wow, that looks outstanding for $20! You sprayed it with a gun right?

Please elaborate as far as prep, sanding, etc..

[Logan76]

You need to pick up some valences man.

[stylepointzz]

Wow, that looks outstanding for $20! You sprayed it with a gun right?

Please elaborate as far as prep, sanding, etc..

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[blacktop sr20kid]

ok so i hit a gaurdrail hellah bad on my drivers side! so im like f*** it ill repaint my car!

1.do the body work...2.spraypaint rustoleum primer $203.wet sand with 400 grit4.sprayed car w/ cheapass hvlp gun with rustoleum oil based house paint$20and you mix about 7 parts paint 1 part mineral spirits5. wet sand with 800 grit6. shoot final coat! so cost about 40 dollars total and took me abot 3 days after body work was done to finish!

easy weekend project

[blacktop sr20kid]

i have a rear aero bumper im trying to trade for valences right now actually...

[cxlumpy]

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if you could post up the set up and what exactly what you used like take pics? i really want to do this soon

[CSUPUEBLOTIM]

What are the details on your harness bar and what do you have it attached to? I am assuming it looks custom made and possibly welded.

[alms24sebring]

Dam that looks pretty good actually, and what the FCUK is mineral sprits!?

[240sxFTW]

very nice job. saving money always makes me happy. but wtf is up with ur muffler. looks like a crumpled up beer can

and personally i think ur skirts are too aggressive for just valances.

sorry for another edit but is that just a piggy lip which is molded or what.

[TK_Encore]

yea i was wondering about the lip as well. details?

[numbnuts240]

and what the FCUK is mineral sprits!?

i hope you're kidding

[MastaYu]

wow its looks nice

[Uberck]

wow that looks really good for 20 bucks man

[nightsauce]

damn put me to shame... lol i just did mine but i dont have a spray gun/air compressor...so i used flat white rustoleum primer. I was satisfied with mine until now lol. You're paint came out amazing

[kainvamp]

turned out really nice for a $20 weekend project haha

My buddy wants to paint his car, we will probably go this route with it

[Jadesr20det]

Looks good how much orange do you have left? have you buffed it yet? if not DO IT Its going to make a world of difference

[sjbsuperman1425]

wow that looks very nice. better than my 1 day duplicolor paint shop job..and you just used house paint? i might stray from my previous idea and do this lol what about clear coat?

btw, where did you get that harness bar?

[sjbsuperman1425]

http://www.rustoleum.com/CBGProduct.asp?pid=130

something along these lines with 7:1 ratio of paint to mineral spirits? where do you get the mineral spirits, a local hardware store? im really impressed with this and am up for trying this when i repaint my car next spring

[kainvamp]

you can get mineral spirts (paint thinner) at like any hardware store

[RustspecS13]

Wow that looks amazing. I know a lot of guys roll this stuff on.

My friend sprayed his '63 olds star fire frame in black with this stuff and Ive been tempted to do my s13 ever since.

I will probably do mine in the next month or so. I gotta fix the rust first though. Couple patches here and there is no match for my welder though!

$400 s13, meet $40 paint job!

~Alex

[robojew]

Looks really nice man. I actually like how it looks without valances. Anyone agree?

[musashin]

Paint looks good from what you've shown us, but I'd be willing to bet it doesn't look as good in regular light close up. But what can you expect from a $40 paint job right?

I'm curious though, why modify chuki bumper lights instead of getting ones that actually fit right? Those look like a**.

[Jadesr20det]

Looks really nice man. I actually like how it looks without valances. Anyone agree?

needs valences to finish off the look

[S13Joe]

needs valences to finish off the look

Agreed, looks good though OP.

[blacktop sr20kid]

thanks for all the comments guys!

yea i was wondering about the lip as well. details?

the lip is just a piggy lip thats kinda saggin

What are the details on your harness bar and what do you have it attached to? I am assuming it looks custom made and possibly welded.

yah got some steel tubbing and welded it! and used trampoline bar pads! haha actually stiffened up the chasis a lot for 8 bucks!

Looks good how much orange do you have left? have you buffed it yet? if not DO IT Its going to make a world of difference

yah im gonna wait a week or so to buff it so the paint cures completely first

[blacktop sr20kid]

Paint looks good from what you've shown us, but I'd be willing to bet it doesn't look as good in regular light close up. But what can you expect from a $40 paint job right?

I'm curious though, why modify chuki bumper lights instead of getting ones that actually fit right? Those look like a**.

cause im broke as f*** and my friend had some extra lights laying around so i just through them on! i think it looks better then to big holes in my bumper

[199240sxCoupe]

Wow that is badass for 20 bucks great job

[yooh_munkee]

One heck of a good job for 20 bucks.. Got some skills dude!

[CSUPUEBLOTIM]

I dunno, it may look good now but I am sure in a month or so it won't be able to handle the elements.