1976 rx3

WE3RX7 · 03-16-2013, 10:33 AM

We had to do several repairs on the bumper supports, mounting locations, etc due to contact with other cars, rust, etc.

Turned attention to getting the engine bay cleaned up and prepped:

The color for the car after all this work? White. Why? Because it was stupid cheap, white covers nicely and its about the easiest color to spray. Again, cheap is the key here.

It was about this time in the project around June of 2012 that my father in law had passed away and I began having kidney issues, blah blah and it was pretty apparent this car wouldn't make the September deadline for the event. On hold for a few months, but we weren't going to bail, it would just be a $2013 challenge car now

Moved the car to my mother-in-law's home so I could be around more and get more space for paintwork, etc.

Built a temporary booth, washed the car up (doesn't everything look better wet?) and prepped the car for the respray:

The plan was to get this thing in to one nice color and get rid of as much pink as possible, so the doors, hood, deck lid, etc all came off to properly jam out the car.

Then it got primer (yes, I know these pics suck... I don't keep nice cameras around with this much dust).

Then it got its color (three coats total):

The roof, hood and deck lid all look flat for a reason...

Got the taillights cleaned up and undercoated the fuel cell, engine bay painted, etc.

Told you there was a reason:

WE3RX7 · 03-16-2013, 10:37 AM

Next was to start reassembly on different parts of the car. The rules of the challenge state we have to have headlights, taillights, turn signal lenses, etc..

FIrst NEW part on the car really, lol:

More fun with carbon vinyl wrap:

Exhaust had to come out for various reasons:

More reassembly, paint work, powdercoated some goodies, etc etc.

I did this pic for some other car guys, I like seeing before/afters side by side. It makes all the hard work seem worth it. Just need to fire this beast up and do a before/after of the whole car

I need to load more photos and get the website updated and I'll share here too.

03-16-2013, 10:37 AM	#2
WE3RX7 RCC Addict Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: VA Posts: 1,812 Rep Power: 19	Next was to start reassembly on different parts of the car. The rules of the challenge state we have to have headlights, taillights, turn signal lenses, etc.. FIrst NEW part on the car really, lol: More fun with carbon vinyl wrap: Exhaust had to come out for various reasons: More reassembly, paint work, powdercoated some goodies, etc etc. I did this pic for some other car guys, I like seeing before/afters side by side. It makes all the hard work seem worth it. Just need to fire this beast up and do a before/after of the whole car I need to load more photos and get the website updated and I'll share here too. Last edited by WE3RX7; 03-16-2013 at 10:40 AM.

03-16-2013, 10:33 AM	#1
WE3RX7 RCC Addict Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: VA Posts: 1,812 Rep Power: 19	We had to do several repairs on the bumper supports, mounting locations, etc due to contact with other cars, rust, etc. Turned attention to getting the engine bay cleaned up and prepped: The color for the car after all this work? White. Why? Because it was stupid cheap, white covers nicely and its about the easiest color to spray. Again, cheap is the key here. It was about this time in the project around June of 2012 that my father in law had passed away and I began having kidney issues, blah blah and it was pretty apparent this car wouldn't make the September deadline for the event. On hold for a few months, but we weren't going to bail, it would just be a $2013 challenge car now Moved the car to my mother-in-law's home so I could be around more and get more space for paintwork, etc. Built a temporary booth, washed the car up (doesn't everything look better wet?) and prepped the car for the respray: The plan was to get this thing in to one nice color and get rid of as much pink as possible, so the doors, hood, deck lid, etc all came off to properly jam out the car. Then it got primer (yes, I know these pics suck... I don't keep nice cameras around with this much dust). Then it got its color (three coats total): The roof, hood and deck lid all look flat for a reason... Got the taillights cleaned up and undercoated the fuel cell, engine bay painted, etc. Told you there was a reason: