In the process of painting my car Electronic Blue Pearl. Here's some pics.






Teacher in the background


Cool Primer Sealer...



Laying down the SI Blue



Gotta get them door jams for a cleaner look










Now, finally, with a clear coat.



Not fully done yet. Will have more pics in a couple of days. Still have to paint my front bumper, side skirts, front lip and side view mirrors.


Modified by B20inDCinLBC at 1:34 PM 8/6/2006

 

sweeet

 

It has a great shine. Do you work at that place? Nice to be able to see that it getting done right.

 

How much did it end up costing you?

Looks real nice!

 

Nice project, but why didn't you paint the engine bay if you did the trunk and door jambs?

 

It looks good. Why did you paint the gas struts that hold the hatch up? Did you paint the rubber trim that runs along the front of the hood?

 

NICE!!! Work paid off real well. Would have been done had the car not been fixed HALF-*** by previous shops.. But at the end well worth it to see your hard work paid off with a PLUS, knowledge on AUTOBODY!!! LBC to the fullest.. HAHAHA

 

haha, me and blkcivicpnoi put in two months of hard labor. yeah. i forgot a few things to cover up like the wheel well, and the gas shocks for the trunk. i can just use some laquer thinner to take it off. painting the engine bay would have been too much more work to do and i already took so much time off of work too. I covered the rubber trim around the hood. I was trying to take it off, but it's really hard to take off. Another thing that was hard to remove was the rubber trim around the inside part of the doors. It's been a hella experience. Can't take your **** to a half *** paint shop when you can do it yourself. Paint cost me 400 bucks, primer and primer sealer was 120 so i spent around 600 for everything. well worth it.

 

Very nice, looks good. Did you do the body work yourself?

 

Blkcivicpnoi helped me out

 

Came out very nice.

What kind of paint did you use?

 

nice! great color too

 

It's PPG B95P Electron Blue Pearl

 

thats cool you even went into the inside of the doors. that'll make it seem like it was the factory color but u should have painted the engine bay. look sweet. mad props

 

YEAAAAAAAAAAA LBCC

 

Yeah, I should have painted the engine bay. YUP LBC!!

 

Nice work, did you weld the sides?

 

Yep. Took the longest because it's my first time welding, and then i had to grind it down. Very worth it though

 

Sweet. Is this a shop class at LBCC? Maybe i should enroll next summer. I want to shave the sides and maybe the trunk holes.

 

Yeah, it's a shop class at lbcc. yeah, that's what I did, shave the sides and the trunk holes. You should take it with rudy if you do take the class. he lets you just work on your car.

 

looking good

 

 

Love the color, I always wanted to paint my old teg EBP.

 

Yeah, I had an ek before and I wanted to make it like a mini SI, but never got around to it.

 

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Painted my car there last Summer. Props to Rudy. Great teacher.