New paint

[n240sxfnatic]

Misty blue Metallic LH1, still needs to be wet-sanded and buffed

[AZ89two4Tsx]

Looks good dude!

Clean car. Don't let this one get hit!

[stone184]

Looks good! Good pics too!

[Koshin]

+ hype for you sir

[SupahTyTeTwoFowty_y0]

+ hype for you sir

second.

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[JVkouki]

so nice and clean.+1

[pepegurr]

Beautiful paint man, looks AMAZING on that car. Kudos.

[ZX88]

i always liked that color.

[SirSilvia]

awesome color

[MastaYu]

very clean!

[xX RB Xx]

Looks good dude!

Clean car. Don't let this one get hit!

[sil80_chris]

i'm glad to see another misty blue like mine it's so clean...i wish i had the monies to repaint it....very nice zenki/piggy though!!!

[rlee02135]

looks geat!

[White Comet]

the one s13 i got for free was that color (at least im pretty certain it was) looks good when its fresh

[NME-s12]

good oem looking color

[240_dude]

Did u paint this yourself if u did can u post the process of how u did it.

[n240sxfnatic]

yea I did, it not all that hard if you can grasp what ur doing. If ur paint is s*** id take it down to 120 on a orbital sander. I only have a few spots to weld and mud such as the hatch wiper hole, antenna, and a spot on the fenders. I had a couple ding on the fenders but didnt want to risk cracking mud so said f*** it. I 120 to bare metal to lay bondo then hit it with filler prime to get the scratches out. The I blocked down the whole car with 320 wet sand paper which will take you anywhere from 10-20 hours if you do it right. Dont sand to much as to go thru to bare metal but it you do primer it and sand it down. You dont need to primer the whole car, only bare metal. After thats done gently go over the car with 400 scotch brite until everything is smooth. You can take it down to 600 if you want but you can paint over 400. After that tac rag the whole car to get everything off and make sure to rub the s*** with ur hand to make sure the car is where u want it. Make sure before you go rubbing the car you clean ur hands with laquer thinner so u wont leave grease on the car that will bubble your paint. For the actual painting, I paid an uncle 50 bucks to shoot it, you will most likely have to pay a experienced painted several hundred dollars to do this. If you want to do it yourself more power to you. I have layed paint in the past but didnt wanna lay this because I didnt have enough experience shooting paint with that much flake in it. Also because we shot with thinner the flake liked to separate and streak when laid so yeah.

so heres the tallysanding block $53 packs of 320 $5from oreileys $15laquer thinner $15 for a gallon2 quarts of paint $1302 quarts of clearwith activator $45uncle to paint $50i already had mud and scotch brite from awhile agoTOTAL $265

the same thing from a shop is going to cost you $1000-16000

[slyedog240sx]

Color fits well. Did you cut and weld a new quarter? I remember that thing was pretty f'd up. Don't let anymore chicks drive it no matter what the reward.

[SXMonkey]

Nice Job and a Nice break down.... My wife's Uncle is a painter I may go this route if he is up to it.

[n240sxfnatic]

its actually not the same car lol, and a girl hit me, not a girl was driving my car. That would be a cold day in hell.

[NismoZRS]

amazing!!

and your rims are sick too

[NismoG20T]

HOTNESS love the color

[ihollow]

nice, reminds me of marty mcflyin through space and time

[n240sxfnatic]

Finally wet-sanded, buffed, and waxed

[E7-S14]

ur supposed to wait a while after you paint before you wax....

[White Comet]

its been a month, so its not like he did it right away

[Jadesr20det]