2 hours of prep work taping the car up after about a day or so of getting rid of MOST door dings and mystery dents on the hood this is the end result.

I used a cheapo spray gun that came with my air compressor to spray about half a gallon of Rustoleum Heavy duty "Safety Red" paint.
I didn't thin it out to try something a bit different. The thicker paint gave me kind of a textured/alomost hammered look in the finish. I like it. I'll have to get some macro shots of how the finish looks tomorrow. Looks awesome, but then I'm just abit biased here.

And yes, that's a big *** dent on the passenger side quarter panel. This is my beater car and I don't care.

 

yeah looks like a 15 dollar paint job too! but i mean its just a beater so props.

 

Some half assed pics of the paint before. Yes, that's a damn treadmill in the trunk. Told you guys it was my BEATER.

 

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looks better than before!!

but try this to make it look better..

wet sand with 600 grit first.. u can start a lil lesser like matbe 400 or something.. then wetsand with 800,1000,1500,2000 and ur car will shine like no other.. then if u want it to look better give it a couple coats of clear.. it should cost another 20 bucks but it would look awsome!

just try it and tell me how it turns out... lol i want to see the outcome!

good luck and u cant go wrong with a 15 buck paint job... its definatly better than beffore

 

aye if it really cost u $15...u cant beat that with a baseball bat

 

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Well, I had to buy a compressor, so that's not included in the price. But I've been wanting to get one for various car related things for a while now, so I didn't count that.
Masking tape came out to about $5 or so for a big roll of the blue stuff. So I guess it's maybe a $20 paint job.
The paint is still kind of soft. Gonna let it dry for about a week or so before I attempt to sand it smooth. But like I said, I really like the textured feel and look of the paint. I may just leave it that way.

 

if it was REALLY a beater you wouldn't of spent 15 bucks on that thing...you know its your pride n joy..hahah J/K...looks koo for price

 

Actually my pride and joy, hate to say it, is my boosted EM1 that's having some problems right now.

 

nice... im in the process of doing on some body work on my beater too.

 

Nice spoiler!

 

Cool I wont lie though... I would have gone a little more low key.

 

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That's actually why I took the pics because it looked like the ultimate ricer wing.

 

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but try this to make it look better..

wet sand with 600 grit first.. u can start a lil lesser like matbe 400 or something.. then wetsand with 800,1000,1500,2000 and ur car will shine like no other.. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Whatever you do...

DONT LISTEN TO THIS GUY!!!!!

 

you should pay another 15 bucks and get some spray can clear too.
props for diy..

 

nice... fun little beater