Not necessarily integra related, but I am going to break the rules because I think some of you might have the experience to know.

I am installing a wings west urethane body kit. The body color is red, urethane is black.

Now, I am planning on getting the car painted electron blue at some point (next year) but I want to put the kit on the car anyways. Yes, I am a riceboy apparently.

Now, I bought some urethane/adhesive cleaner and I am cleaning up/sanding the finish of the kit pieces. I think I want to prime them before I put them on.

How bad would it look if I primed them and then spray painted them gloss black? I know the car would be red and the kit would be black, but at least it would be somewhat shiny. I can always sand it down when I am going to do the electron blue paint job.

The alternative is just leaving it plain urethane and putting it on, but it may look even more "rice" than with the paint.

Ideas?

Dustin

 

rice is only rice when your car is slow.....and i'm judging by your sig your car isnt slow

those are the rules

when you can GO, you can do whatever you want to your car.

 

Oh man... IMHO, just don't put on the kit until you can get it painted to match too...

Clean, paint-matched body-kits

Dinged up, uncolormatched, sagging body-kit

 

As long as the Gloss black is compatible with the furure Electron Blue,or you plan to sand it ALL the way back down before the new paint, you should be ok. why not just leave it off until you get it painted???

 

Hmm because I have no place to store it I also think it looks cool.

It is for the CRX anyways, the CRX is allowed to look ghetto rice.

Hey, how about painting it red to match the car? I do not know how well spray paint would come out heheh. I could do a few base coats, wet sand between each, and clear coat it. I wonder how ghetto it would look.

Dustin

 

I do have access to an air compressor and an automotive spray gun, but I have absolutely no experience painting things (other than w/spray cans)

Dustin

 

grab a friend and go to it...its not too much work...

You might be able to get the color you want put into a spray can...the Auto paint store here does that...but might be a little costly.

Just make sure you use a paint that will be alright under automotive paint.

 

I think I will just sand all of the old paint off when I get the car painted. No reason to leave ghetto paint under my expensive electron blue paint job

Dustin

 

Dustin, isn't your crx actually an oxidized red? You might wanna go with a 50/50 mixture of red and orange, hehe. I wouldn't paint them gloss black...you'll stick out like a sore thumb. Instead, be semi-rice and keep em primered or completely bare.

 

haha yes oxidized red.

Hmm. I do not know then. Maybe I will get a cheaper electric spray gun at home depot or something and get some paint mixed at an auto paint shop. Or is that ghetto too?

Dustin

 

Why not? If you do a decent job it shouldn't be too ghetto.

 

sounds like a plan.

 

Personally, I'd just leave the kit off. It's one thing to have an unmatching bodykit on a car. It's another thing to have a Honda-Tech admin doing it.

If you must, spraypaint it red or something. At least it'll be unnoticeable while you're driving.

 

Haha, I think everyone needs to try being a riceboy at least once

I think I am going to try to paint it myself semi-professionally with actual automotive paint. I wonder how close I could get the red

Dustin

 

I wish I had some urethane that I could practice painting on. Heck, if the spraypaint looked ok I would do it

 

Dustin...dude...you've got a cool looking car...don't ruin it man...just relax and wait. Do it all or none at all...my 2 yen

 

Its for the CRX

 

the CRX looks good too...he had pics up for a while...

I just hate seeing a badly placed body kit....If it wear carbon fiber or something, the I'd say...yes YES! go for it!...but poly urethane, just looks like an unpainted body kit...kinda like those cars you see driving around town that have doors or hoods that obviously came off of another car...

 

Hey, we all have to be rice once It will be finished the right way eventually, I just need to dump my money into the motor first.... else I would be painting the entire care asap (that was my original plan). Now I am building up a built LS motor for the CRX... But I want to put the kit on the car.

We all know that I am going to install it anyways so let's just be upfront about it.

Dustin

 

well...lets see it when it 's all done...u did good work with the Teg so I guess we can expect art with the CRX...Are you going to put a Drag on the CRX too?

 

It is going to be custom, but with some DRAG parts. It is inheriting all of the old parts off my integra

Dustin

 

you're going to canniblize your Teg ..I think I'm gonna cry...please tell me you have some plans for the Teg!!

 

Nuh uh! I've seen some stinking fast cars that're also, fugly. But the man's got a point, it's your car.

Dustin, I personally wouldn't do it, but I know how you feel. Got a new toy, want to play with it immediately.

 

The integra just got a thermal exhaust and a 3" downpipe, bought some 550cc rc injectors last week. Next: a steel braided fuel setup and Hondata All as finances permit

Dustin

 

If I try to paint it, I am not going to let it be ghetto Come on folks, I am not THAT rice! hah.

Dustin