Time to contribute! Warning!!!! Picture content - to the max!

[diablodude64]

I decided that after about a year of being a member of this forum..., it's time for me to make a contribution!

To start, let me introduce myself (a little late.. I know!) My name is Kyle, I have a 1991 240sx with abs/hicas/lsd every option except leather interior. When I bought it it looked like crap.... One side was almost perfect while the other side had dents. But let me take one step backward and say that when I bought it, it came with a blown engine. So my first step was to get that running! So I pulled the engine and found a seized rod bearing which fried the crank.... Thanks to one of the many helpful members here on NICO I was able to find a new crank! After finishing the rebuild I dropped the engine in started it up and took her for a spin! It was awesome of course, taking a car that hadn't ran for atleast 5 years and driving it! The things was I had the crappiest tires so I wasn't sure what could happen. To my good fortune everything was right! I started the rebuild in the middle of november and finished all the engine and drivetrain work the day after thanksgiving.

Now almost a year later I have been prepping for the long awaited paint job! As the car sits it's about a day or two away from the color and clearcoat being sprayed on! The color is Chevrolet's Victory Red.

Now for some pictures!!!!!!!!!!

Couple days after it was delivered.



The engine all disassembled...









The rod I had to cut out with a cut off wheel because it was so stuck on the crank....





And now for some body work....

The hatch was pretty screwed up from to many different spoilers so I welded all the holes shut and began the body work.









Factory body filler? Cracked here so ground it all out and refilled it...











First coats of primer.









Had two days to get it prepped and primerd then I had to get it back together.





Hatch turned out awesome...



And now about two months later I have picked up where I left off..

As it sat two days ago..





After 3 coats of primer..









As of today and last night I block sanded with 400 and today I will finish with 800 and then tomorrow morning spray the color!!!

[darens13]

great progress, fellow oregonian!

[sil80_chris]

Jebus christ thats a lot of primer...lol...victory red sound like a sick color. Wat chevys' come with that paint? And any plans for a swap in the future or are you gonna stay KADE?

[diablodude64]

Thanks!

[diablodude64]

The victroy red is used on the new corvette. Just go to google and type victory red and you will see it. As far as the engine, I will probaly turbocharge it in the future.

[diablodude64]

Ok people! Update.... This is first and second coat of the basecoat.













Later on in the day after I do two more coats, I will do the clearcoat and this b**** will be shiney!!! lol

[240sxFTW]

good work man. keep it up. I have a thing for red 240's.

[diablodude64]

Thanks man!

[AZhitman]

As a Dad, let me throw this in:

"Boy, you get red overspray on my house, there's gonna be an asswhuppin'!"



Keep rockin', man - Great thread!

[AndrewMinervini]

dude FTW i have the same rims as you but i finally got new ones i never thought id see another 240 with the hurricanes lol but if you know anyone who wants em i want like 200 for em with tires

[EnjoiNismo]

Looks good, coming along great.

Can't wait to see it when its finished painted

LOL @ AZHitMan

[diablodude64]

As a Dad, let me throw this in:

"Boy, you get red overspray on my house, there's gonna be an asswhuppin'!"



Keep rockin', man - Great thread!

Lol thanks man! I know I went through the whole overspray thing already... for about a month... But now since I have two other cars to restore for him, I've got to keep on schedule! lol Thanks for the comments guys. In about 10 minutes I am going to spray the clear coat!

[i240sx]

nice....

[SkinnyKibbles]

Awesome work, keep it going!

[Wheelieguy]

Coming along nicely.

Can't wait to see it all done and wet sanded.

[Karateboy88]

How did you keep the dust off the car while painting outside?

How much experience do you have painting cars?

Work looks good.

[1KleenS13]

Do you still have the wing in the first picture? That wing looks awsome!

[AZ89two4Tsx]

^

[diablodude64]

For dust I just dried to keep it to a minimum and I tacked off the car before each coat and wet sanded any defects. To tell you the truth I really don't have that much experience in the paint department but I have done so much research that it's not even funny anymore....

I do still have the wing if you want it!

Also UPDATE! I put on the first coat of clear and my gun went retard on me so now I have to wait until it dries and then wet sand the crap out of it so that I get a perfect finish. More pictures will be up tomorrow!

Thanks for the comments guys!

[darens13]

way to clean that car up!

[1KleenS13]

^

Hahaha I was joking.

[Dire91]

Just about to ask if you were going to put a clear coat on but thankfully I read a couple posts above. Can't wait to see the final product it's going to look dope. Good job

[MastaYu]

looks good

[Amtk240]

This is a really great thread and I love what your doing to the car. I'm sure you will be very happy with the results of your work. Keep up the great work and thanks for sharing with us!

[EnjoiNismo]

Picture with clear coat yet ?

[diablodude64]

I wil upload pictures with the clear but it looks like s***... The guys at the paint store gave me the wrong temp hardener for the clear so it has orange peel everywhere to about the tenth degree..... So now I get to spend the next day sanding it smooth.... Wow.... This sucks.......... It will be shiney though I will tell you that... I don't do crappy work... so just be patient.... But hey the bright side is that there should be zero orange peel in the basecoat now! When its done it will be stunning!

Anyways heres what it looks like now....

[diablodude64]

Ok now the moment we have all been waiting for! The pictures aren't the best but they give the idea! I still need to color sand, buff and polish the car, but after that it will be stunning!

By the way most of the pics went down because I changed where they are hosted... Sorry about that..

Here are some with clear coat on.




Modified by diablodude64 at 9:23 PM 7/30/2009