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ahahaha "id hit it" People i am the master stripper, casey has a photo of a f@ck off massive piece i did :sob: mummy would be sooo proud, lol, hmm this car will be oright once its slammed, and has a side pipe so it can throw some flames, maybe, hopefully lol piece out! Johnny

yeah man that helps, was thinking of doing something similar but its good to know i have the right idea, thanks i said I'm not spraying 2pac for a number of reasons, my safety being the main 1 i don't really want to be spraying something that can potentially give me or my family cancer in our garage! I'd like to use paint stripper because its quick! thanks for the advice anyways reply to 2: i was planning on using acrylic as its my first go and due to the location where I'm spraying and the fact i don't have all the required gear. So primer filler doesn't have the 'etch' part in it like I'm assuming 'etch primer' does. So i could just buy this separate and spray it on? reply to 3: ok thanks for that, i wasn't real keen on the idea, but the basic principle is that you rub it all off? so therefore i can't really affect the colour coats can it? reply to 4&5: i really want the deepest shine i can get with acrylic? so how many coats would i get over a full car from 4ltrs? i was planning on 6 and i figured 8ltrs of paint would easily allow for this? and i was planning on practicing spraying on my hood or door until i get the knack of it, and that much paint would probably allow for a few stuff ups? thats all good i was going to ask similar, i plan to use either a HVLP spray gun or a normal gravity feed gun which would u recommend 'oh what a nissan feeling!'? and what pressure to set it at?

lol just make sure you hide all axes away from fletch and your dad LOL because i swear i didn't have any part in the cutting of that coupe up :sob: lol just don't try to strip this one in 5min take your time!

Hey, Well the time has finally come for me to respray my car. I'm going to have a crack at doing it myself and it turns out a complete disaster then ill just have to bite the bullet and pay a professional to do it. I'm planning to use acrylic paint, not 100% sure on colour but it will be a std colour nothing fancy like a metallic. Anyhow i have a few questions so bare with me: Stripping: I was planning on giving chemical paint stripper a go. I was wondering what is the best technique to use this? apply it, leave it untill the paint bubbles then scrape it off using a paint scraper? I have already begun filling some of the smaller dents etc on the car, so if i was to use the paint stripper on these area's the stripper would eat some of the bog wouldn't it? Would it soak into the bog and then later on wen the car is resprayed eat into the new paint? or is there a there something i can do to stop this happening? Primer: Spray putty and Etch primer? or should i use a 1step Primer filler? how many coats do most people use? 3? Guide coat: should i bother or not? they way i understand it is: some enamel matte black is sprayed over the primer in a random 'mist' form and it shows up any imperfections in the paint and it is then wet sanded off? Colour Coats: How many coats do most people use? 5 or 6? are they just a normal consistency or do they get progressively thinner? Clear Coat/Top Coats: I've been told conflicting things about clear coat, as I'm only painting a std colour, not metallic or anything do i need it? Some people have said to use it and mix it 75%paint - 25%clear then 50%paint - 50%clear then 25%paint - 75%clear and then finally 1 coat of just clear? I've also read on this forum that you should do your normal std colour paint, then apply 3(i think 3) coats of a very thin, almost water like top coats of colour? Any help would be greatly appreciated, I'm just trying to find out the different way people do things. Thanks Johnny.

1jz it! lol i want my dad's 240gl as a tow pig with a 1j, he gets stupidly good fuel economy with his, and it has the lightest steering of any car I've driven and has masses of lock, but its still a VOLVO :D lol

true meh not my car not my problem! if he'd put a 3sgte or a sr20det in it the cops would just think its std but a commodore engine or some sort of v8 hes rooted lol edit: lol good old tasmania :bash: if it was me id just slip him a 25'a to keep it quiet ;) haha FTP!

its registered as a 3k, nick and i have had this discussion before they will only want a look if hes been court doing donuts, burnouts, street racing etc first. Just a normal breatho they don't want a look. However according to nick if they do want a look his bonnet release cable will be broken ;) lol

wow, shes a minta! nice find, even though she's a slush-o-matic but thats easily fixed!

happy bday des-dog have a good 1!!!!!

http://www.performancewheels.com.au/

looks hot, not a massive fan of the wheels but meh whatever floats your boat! ooh and LOL at your signature :cool:

gee case, excited about these solex's much? :cool: hahaha just kidding..... "herro induction noise"

my vote would be 15x8 -4 offset performance superlites with charcoal centers and polished lip they are about $1000? for a set of 4 without tyres! but would look horn on your coupe!

haha, that looks like the steering wheel off joe dirt!

hey, just out of curiosity how much paint stripper did it take to do the whole car? and Does it dissolve bog aswell?

i can weld, just not 1mm metal to 1mm metal lol, rhs is fine lol and yeah casey maybe its time for new glasses :S

nice work, what are you using to sand your bog? an easer board? or what

spotted: edd's sprinter going up reatta road towards the dam, lloyd driving past the trevallyn shops and a blue sprinter with wantan's driving past the shops aswell!

no hes just chirping, well I'm 99% sure he is :y: if he has a 5k that he hasn't told me about i call shot gun! :jamie:

an update(kinda): well after a discussion i had with my mother the other night when she asked why i wasn't working on my car anymore i told her that i didn't know whether to paint it satin black slam it and use it for motokhana's or whether to paint it make it roadworthy, get some rego then sell it, she told me that i should fix it and sell it and i agree with her in a way because i don't really want to waste thousands on THIS car. so hopefully in the coming months she will be rubbed back to bare metal resprayed, purchase and install new water pump, new bearings pressed onto diff, and front brake hose then rego. so last weekend i slapped some bog on it and fixed some little dents (still not done i need an easer board to sand it propley) and i had my dads mate weld in my non-rusted spare tyre well. picture time:

is that your myspace/msn/similar pose picture?

thats pretty good considering a show quality re-spray is around 10g's ! haha, looks good man love the colour to

i love the the shit fights bring on the hate :kiwi: BUT there is a time and place! and as for people not being able to use proper English well then download firefox as it has a spell checker built in! I don't mind sms talk and shortened words I use them but i always try to re-read my post's to make sure if i have used those words its still easy to read/understand.

I'd Give casey's (flat outs) left nut to get my hands on one of those! (formula atlantic 4age)

yeah does thanks heaps, ahaha and anyways wen i was looking on the jaycar website i found some cool other things i wouldn't mind (ignition cut rev limiter for $60 :)) haha ooh and whats the rrp on that tacho and speedo? i can't find them on the internet?