Total cost
48$
Front end was crashed and had to be replaced with black oem honda replacements.
Also gave us a chance to try 50$ paint job.
Also here is a before picture.

This is not a diy, i dont feel like writting it.
Anyways this is the 50$ paint job i did on my friends car.
This is the first time i ever attempted and ever painted a car ect..
Here are the pics.
It still needs and good speed buff and polish.

After sand




taped/primed



First coat




Second coat



Wetsand



third coat
http://i15.photobucket.com/alb...3.jpg



forth coat




fifth coat






Wetsand






sixth coat (final)







In one week it will be cured, then speed buffed and polished.

 

What kind of paint did you use? I saw a roller? Also, I hope if you went to bare metal you used a self etching primer.

Good job, looks pretty good from the pics!

 

Nicely done!
For anyone that is interested, this I think is the thread that started it all (long but interesting read):

http://board.moparts.org/ubbth...&vc=1

 

I used rustoleum oil based paint with mineral spirits. Yes its rolled on.

Yes car was primered, it says.

 

familiar color there.

 

 

Those nasty, rice, Z3 wannabe fenders don't look like OEM Honda replacement parts.

Edit: Nevermind. After looking at your headlights, corner lights, Huge windshield sticket, and the decal on the passenger door, the Z3 fenders go with the rest of your rice car.

Are you going to just leave it with a glossy primer?


Modified by 89Turbo_Angel at 9:16 AM 10/27/2008

 

Not much to say about the paint, but I enjoy your preference for a tasty beverage.

 

hmmm. wrong car on a ef section. a/c on a ef section.

i dont know. wheres the tech?

did a good job, but sorry buddy.

 

Wow, nice job on such a small budget.

 

Moved from CRX/EF Civic Forum.

 

Let me get this straight? The white (final paint color) was rolled on too? or did you take it to a spray shop?

Looks fine man eitherway.

Oh btw 89turboangel....z3 fenders are dirt cheap compared to stock oem ones. I would have bought whatever was cheaper myself regardless of what it looks like if I was attempting to repair a car on a budget. It looks like he's attempting to fix his front end as cost affectively as possible so needless the say the z3 fenders would have been the cheapest route regardless how rice you think they are lol.

 

Finished pics?

 

seriously.. if you even cared about the car you would have waited and done it right... all i can do is shake my head...

 

bump...maaco vegas style..haha

 

nothing is wrong with doing a $50 paintjob. and for the people who still think its "glossy primer" it isnt primer. primer was on the car 1st before the base paint was laid down.

OP, thats smoke gray right? i did mines the same color but only 5 coats.

 

Think I can get HD racing to mix me up some R-81? lol Nice attempt though. It isn't as easy as it looks to get house paint to look good on a car.

 

ill give you props for $48 thats pretty damn good,

and i know how much work it is to wet sand that much, your arms prolly felt like an all night party with lotion and a playboy, lol

once agian its the whole money vs. labor, it takes a LOT of work to make a $50 roll on paint job look good, but it takes a lotta money to get an easy, no work paint job.

good job with saving some money tho!

 

yes it is smoke gray the same color as yours.

Also i did 6 coats, just need to buff it out when its cured.

And the wetsanding was nothing, it real easy with warm water and soap.

If you do very light coats, you dont have much wetsand.

But for the haters that say its primer your all idiots.
Its smoke gray, PRIMER is not glossy.
The primer is in the first 2 pics.