New Vert

[madcowvert]

i wish i would have painted my engine bay befor i put my motor in.

your engine bay looks amazing now you just need to paint the rest of the car,

[otto_3478s]

I am having a hard time on deciding what color to paint it, so thats gonna be the hardest part of the whole project!!

Red- too many cars in FW that are that color.

Black- One 240 vert in town already black.

Flo Blue- looks kinda weird on a vert.

Metallic green- ah not bad.

Sliver w/ hood, A-pillars, and trunk black- leaning heavily towards this.

Idk tho, once I paint it ill post some pics.

[FeintMind]

\\the first thing i'd remove are ........... and that trunk scoop...

I'm surprised no one else caught this... that "trunk scoop" is the third brake light. which is mandatory. the dumbass that owned this (once) beautiful vert must have put that on the trunk when he decided to ditch the factory spoiler (with built in brake light) for the hideous supra style wing you see in the pics.

idiots.

Nice find though, I'm glad you decided to save that poor thing.

[wirelessalpha]

awww...welcome dude. Now this is what I wanted to see - not that original pic you posted in the other thread.

Keep it up dude.

-Chi

[otto_3478s]

FeintMind--- Yeha i agree with you 100%. Id like to know the clown that did this to it!! its ridiculous!!

wirelessalpha---Thanks man. Im tryin to save it!

[DeXteR]

good to see you on the right path. keep us updated.

[Rellik27]

damn looking real nice. quick question how did you paint the bay? did you take off what you could, wrapped it up and sprayed away? and also what did you use to paint it? it looks clean

[otto_3478s]

Rellik27-- Yeah man you pretty much got it... Just pulled back the brake lines, masked them off, masked off the windshield wiper motor, cleaned everything, then very VERY carefully primed the firewall, the proceeded on to paint just some white gloss paint, and then threw everything back in!! oh and i just used a spray can.

Heres a little update on what got done tonite....

Fenders getting worked over



This quarter is soooo messed up! finally starting to look normal agian!





I have a bunch of misc. dent to get rid of.





Oh and i gave a whack at a paintshop chop... turned out really good!! HAHA

[DirftKing102]

keep up the good work! Looks like ur de-ricing the vert! No one wants to see a perfectly good vert as a ricer. That would be just wrong. I can't wait for you to paint the car

[otto_3478s]

Yeha i cant wait for paint either!

[vertbish]

GOOD DEAL!!!It already looks better than what it did!!!I bet you were able to talk them down for it looking so hideous! J/K!

Im sooo glad it got into good hands! I cant wait to see this when its done!

[otto_3478s]

GOOD DEAL!!!It already looks better than what it did!!!I bet you were able to talk them down for it looking so hideous! J/K!

Im sooo glad it got into good hands! I cant wait to see this when its done!

I tried to talk them down... but they thought it looked cool and wouldnt budge anymore.

[S3t0_S13]

congrats on the good buy, and very nice job on removing those unsightly stripes, wow, but im sure its gnna turn out great, keep us updated on what else u do bud!

[BOOMSHAKALAKA]

From what I can tell based on the pic in your sig, you are definitely making progress! Keep up the good work man.

[S13xCrazy]

maybe I'm smoking something, but did you not sand the paint down before you slapped the bondo on there???

[Rellik27]

oh ok cool came out real nice keep it up

[otto_3478s]

maybe I'm smoking something, but did you not sand the paint down before you slapped the bondo on there???

Yes i sanded it down to bare metal, and then used bondo. In the pics it primed.

[FalkenDrift]

wow poor vert. it has gone through tooo much rice. its looking way beettter now. good job

[otto_3478s]

wow poor vert. it has gone through tooo much rice. its looking way beettter now. good job

oh ok cool came out real nice keep it up

From what I can tell based on the pic in your sig, you are definitely making progress! Keep up the good work man.

Thanks guys.... Body is getting close to being ready for paint!! Hope to have it done before Aug 21st but we'll see. Definatly dont wanna rush it!!

[ZenkiOwns]

thumbs up.

What kind of rattle can is that? DupliColor? I've always liked the idea of a white bay. Or possibly battleship grey...mmm....

Anyway, good job on the de-ricing. Since you're into bodywork, why not attempt a s14 3rd brake light on the coupe?

never seen it done.

[otto_3478s]

thumbs up.

What kind of rattle can is that? DupliColor? I've always liked the idea of a white bay. Or possibly battleship grey...mmm....

Anyway, good job on the de-ricing. Since you're into bodywork, why not attempt a s14 3rd brake light on the coupe?

never seen it done.

Yep its duplicolor stuff in the bay, idk bout the 3rd brake light...



And yes i will clean up the tail light.

[DirftKing102]

woah its all white now instead of the red/yellow. Have you decided on what color to paint it?

[otto_3478s]

yeha im thinkin eaither white & black or Blue & black

[otto_3478s]

[Eikon]

Nice work my friend!!!

Looks a million times better than the old version.

What other plans for the future???Some better offset wheels perhaps? Actually some spacers on the rears might just do it.

engine stuff?

Great project.. keep up the great work!

[madcowvert]

very nice job 100000000000 times better no more

[hbpignosePA]

dude this looks amazing.... who ever actually painted that car for the previous owner (im assuming it wasnt a DIY) should see a doctor....

its so great to see that wacked out car in good hands, and looking sexy as hell.....

oo btw.... white = good choice

[ishkabibble]

Much better! Not feeling the black or the pignose, though.

[distant240sx]

Wow, really nice work.By the way what are the specs on thoes wheel and tires. Im looking to get a new set for mine.you can see my current set up, here zerothread/271413You can see how it just clears the strut. You think you can take some close up pictures of your wheels, i would like too see how it clears behind on yours. Thanks.

[DeXteR]

thank you! (for bringing some dignity back to that vehicle)

keep up the good work!