The blackhole to my paychecks =p

imstillonjava · 05-09-2009, 11:54 AM

update:

Feed GTIIR afflux wing came in the mail

Not a wing I plan to rock everyday, but I do plan to have it mounted for now.

Other non-exterior mods that are slowly accumulating in the room:
- 4.3 final drive
- Works bell rapfixII quick release w/ short hub and Personal steering wheel
- Mazdaspeed titanium ebrake handle...and the redlinegoods leather tunnel cover waiting.
- polished throttle body

I was about to take progress pictures yesterday, but forgot my camera.
I think I was better off not taking pictures anyway.
All the jambs are done and finalized! Only thing that won't be painted this time around is the engine bay. I'll wait until I rebuild the motor and go the single turbo route I'm planning to have the 'bay sprayed as well.

So far, the painter's got a base coat sprayed on all the work to check for areas to fix.
The painted used for the base coat is a similar shade...but doesn't resemble at all the car's actual paint color.
Due to this, the car looked pretty "ug-mo" because it had a nice funky base shade painted on the panels, which threw off the finished shade in the jambs.
I didn't really want to post pictures of that....Everybody who's had the sneak peak at the shop is absolutely confused on how the final paint should look now. I didn't want the whole online community to think I was ruining the car as well! haha.

The reason why he went with a "similar" (and by similar, I mean how pink is to purple, and mold green is to forest green) color instead of the actual color for the base spot check.....is because the paint i chose is unfortunately...stupid expensive =p I think he mentioned that his cost on the paint is around $500-600/quart. So, by using a cheaper paint to spot check and base lay the paint...we won't have to waste so much of the expensive stuff. Sneaky sneaky! And nicer on the bank account.

=T

Good news is, estimated time of finish: ~ 2 weeks!

Bad news, no pictures this time around.

05-09-2009, 11:54 AM	#11
imstillonjava Rotary Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 108 Rep Power: 18	update: Feed GTIIR afflux wing came in the mail Not a wing I plan to rock everyday, but I do plan to have it mounted for now. Other non-exterior mods that are slowly accumulating in the room: - 4.3 final drive - Works bell rapfixII quick release w/ short hub and Personal steering wheel - Mazdaspeed titanium ebrake handle...and the redlinegoods leather tunnel cover waiting. - polished throttle body I was about to take progress pictures yesterday, but forgot my camera. I think I was better off not taking pictures anyway. All the jambs are done and finalized! Only thing that won't be painted this time around is the engine bay. I'll wait until I rebuild the motor and go the single turbo route I'm planning to have the 'bay sprayed as well. So far, the painter's got a base coat sprayed on all the work to check for areas to fix. The painted used for the base coat is a similar shade...but doesn't resemble at all the car's actual paint color. Due to this, the car looked pretty "ug-mo" because it had a nice funky base shade painted on the panels, which threw off the finished shade in the jambs. I didn't really want to post pictures of that....Everybody who's had the sneak peak at the shop is absolutely confused on how the final paint should look now. I didn't want the whole online community to think I was ruining the car as well! haha. The reason why he went with a "similar" (and by similar, I mean how pink is to purple, and mold green is to forest green) color instead of the actual color for the base spot check.....is because the paint i chose is unfortunately...stupid expensive =p I think he mentioned that his cost on the paint is around $500-600/quart. So, by using a cheaper paint to spot check and base lay the paint...we won't have to waste so much of the expensive stuff. Sneaky sneaky! And nicer on the bank account. =T Good news is, estimated time of finish: ~ 2 weeks! Bad news, no pictures this time around. Last edited by imstillonjava; 05-09-2009 at 12:05 PM.