720 paint job

[720_JesseCab]

I got this 720 and wanted to paint it white...but then i saw these beautiful red rims with black lip for sale and thought the would look badass with a flat black paint job or just tht glossy black...should i go white or black?

[s13tomf31691]

well, i would go flat black..thats what i wanna do with my car (which is currently white). i just love the look..plus having a white car you realize how quick it get dirty lol

[720_JesseCab]

haha yeah wonder how much it would cost me to paint it flat black

[PEZi]

depends on how you do it.... i have one of the more expensive flat/satin black paints that we custom blended and painted in a real booth with all the tools etc....

it goes all the way down to spray cans that you pick up at the auto store

[720_JesseCab]

how much u end up paying?

[PEZi]

NOTHING i got hookups!!!

but.... i think in supplies, booth time, labor etc... it would have been about $2,000-$2,500

[720_JesseCab]

damni have a cousin who has a auto paint shop but i dont talk to him lol would be funny just talking to him for a paint job =/2k is kinda high i just got the 720 and instead of spending 2k on paint what cani buy the engine? =]

[PEZi]

you can buy a fair bit for the engine... an overhaul with a new carb and exhaust would be a good choice

[turbojunker]

There is a difference in flat and satin. Don't use flat, it doesn't last for s*** and every time you touch it it leaves marks on the paint.

I shot my truck with some cheap satin black (equivalent to Rustoleum) since I'm never going to put real automotive paint on it. Even doing that with a cheap HVLP gun looks a ton better than spray cans. My other car was spray bombed in flat black and I'm having to strip all of it off so that real paint won't wrinkle it up.

[720_JesseCab]

you can buy a fair bit for the engine... an overhaul with a new carb and exhaust would be a good choice

can you link me them please i odnt wanna get them bootleg ones i was gonna buy a clutchmaster 2 disc clutch when i was in da store d other day not sure if i should

[720_JesseCab]

oh sweet

ima go ask some local paint shop how much they would charge me to do it satin black im really feeling tht color atm

[PEZi]

can you link me them please i odnt wanna get them bootleg ones

carbs? or exhaust?

for carbs just go to http://www.webercarbsdirect.com and for exhaust choose a muffler and take it to a trusty exhaust shop and have a custom system welded up... you can go catless or get a high flow cat from magnaflow... and get headers from either pacesetter or thorley

[720_JesseCab]

thanks man .. i was scrolling down the 720 pics on the forum and saw ur truck dude .. man that is one of best 720 i have seen dude love ur headlights =] and rims too

[PEZi]

thanks man!

sadly i just put headlights back in it cause i was tired of not being able to drive at night... but the high beams are still out

[720_JesseCab]

hehe not much light with them black ones? i was actually planning to buy some lol

man ima get this carb i saw on the web site in like 3 weeks im 17 so ihave to save up still lol

should i take off my interior? i kinda wanna go fast lol i still want a sound system in there tho lol i may take off 1 seat the 2 lil seats in the back and just have 1 not sure tho oh and make it look like metal =]

[PEZi]

don't take out the interior if you want a sound system... it'll sound like complete s***

which carb are ya lookin at?

and my headlights were never black... all my other ones are tinted black but the headlights were jsut straight up removed

[720_JesseCab]

Brand New 38 DGES Carburetor. Two Barrel Synchronus Carburetor. Electric Choke.

and

32/36 DGEV Weber Carburetor Two Barrel Progressive Carb,Electric Choke Linkage Rotates Counter Clockwise.

oh i shall take mine to get tinted =]

oh but ima have dynamyte dude=] ima post pics tomorrow of 720 show you how it looks i started sanding it and it rained so it got rusty on one fender =[ not tht deep one tho

but what do you think of those carbs?

[PEZi]

the 32/36 is basically a great replacement... it'll give you better performance than stock... and its made so that the 32 bore is used when doing things like city driving and the 36 isn't used until you actually get on it... so you'll have slightly better performance when you're on it for sure

the 38 is the one i just got... both barrels are obviously 38 bore... and they open at the same time all the time... which means say goodbye to gas mileage all together... but it'll bump performance a lot

[720_JesseCab]

i guess im gonna have to bore out something for the carb to fit perfect and runn well? im thinking 32/36i think the other one is to big

[PEZi]

nope... simple conversion kits are listed on that site as well

the getting it running right part is a matter of tuning the carb

[720_JesseCab]

what do you think i should get?

[PEZi]

depends on what you want to do with it... if it will be primarily your daily driver... the 32/36 will be perfect... if you plan on using for track use at some point then the 38 will give you better throttle response and more power... but once again no gas mileage

[720_JesseCab]

i just plan to ride on the streets and step on it in the freeway >.<

dont think ill be in the track and if i am im pretty sure i wont be dissappointed with the 32/36 better than stock =/

i just wanna have fun with my friends one has a toyota truck and my other one got a crx i wanna keep up with thte crx lol he got a v16 skunk engine =/

[deejaya]

my truck is getting repainted, should have been done b4 xmas, but a delay with the rhino lining means not till 2010 hope to post pics soon

[jdamion]

Just ask around to see who had spray guns and make friends with them

then all you gotta do is pay for the materials. ( if you got a place to spray )

[720_JesseCab]

well my truck is just waiting to get sprayed now we finished sanding it down =]

[snakecbaker]

ive taken collision repair class's in high school. Ive learned that black is a realy nice color but if the body isnt stright it will show. Flat and stain paint will hide some imprefections but not all. if you not looking for a show quailty paint job i would go with enamel paint that doesnt require a clear. the cleapest paint ive come across is paintforcars.com