First cpl of days I was car-less, so I sanded and prepped my 280z for painting.
Before sanding(the water gives the paint allot of credit, I'm sure I spun out on this picture.)

After Sanding.

Somewhere In those days I found time to help a friend install eibach springs and adjustable shocks on his mr2 turdblow.

Before I painted my car, I felt it would be best to practice on my friends 250$ 85 300zx. Being young and stupid, we decided 25$ for a filter breather was to much to save our lungs from deadly poison... so we opted for a hose.


Only real pic we got of it while being painted

Result.... uber dark pictures...

After painting that fine beast, I realize that a hose isnt going to work... and after a night of aching lungs I pick up a air filter for the next paint job. I primer the beast, and sand it down for color/clear.



Results after final painting


The 300zx whorebag repays me by modeling on the sweet ride


Overall I got what I put into the paintjob. Which is about 70$ and time I would of spent just sitting around. I wish I would have put more into the bodywork and gotten a couple more coats of white on. It was a pretty successful spring break, and was pretty fun.
Now here are some random pictures.
The 300zx friend's other car, 240sx equiped with coilovers, HT homedepot lip, and a kirk(i think) racing 4 point cage just arrived today. Quote from friend: "BigMacHomeSlice: The 300zx friend's other car, 240sx equiped with coilovers, HT homedepot lip, and a kirk(i think) racing 4 point cage just arrived today.FOR SOME REASON I WAS STUPID AND FORGOT TO MENTION HIS OTHER LEET MODS. IT HAS A SWEET *** COWL HOOD MADE WITH WASHERS AND A WALMART BATTERY RELOCATION KIT, NOT TO MENTION A KILLER PVC PIPE INTAKE
BigMacHomeSlice: fixed"




Jaydee-em monkey poses y0!

left is the 300zx/240sx.... mid is the mr2 turdblow.... right is me, rockin the 280z

me utilizing the efficient airsource


Modified by PUSHER at 6:01 AM 3/25/2004


Modified by PUSHER at 6:02 AM 3/25/2004

 

hahah i like your " air supply" bwahahah

and the paint... well.. its not looking REALLY good.. but i guess it gets the job done

to diy

 

i love how them buddyclub seats fit...never got a chance to pick one up though

 

Ha the paint fuems musta made you high cuz you've got some goofy *** pics/ JDM poses haha. Looks like you had fun though

 

haha sweet

 

you used spray paint right?

 

what where u smoking to post a pic of urself? we wanna see cars, not dudes do some "jdm" pose

 

woah, u guys got jdm hair toooo

 

haha some funny stuff..

 

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Hah, no.... just a really crappy siphon fed gun.... I only did one layer of white... so the ends result was a primer stripeish urban camo. I plan to go back and do it again, and sand off the textured dust that got onto the paint and do more coats of white.

 

funny thread , i like the "air supply" hose

 

good stuff

 

Looks like a very productive spring break. 280z's are pimp

 

You should have finished it the first go around. It prob. took you 10 mins to spray that car, and at least the whole day to prep and mask of the car. You can wetsand it and it will get a dull shiny finish. I would def. get some clear and spray it , you will get some runs your first time doing it but it will still actually SHINE. Get some ***** and spray some clear! props for doing it yourself

 

dude, i did spray some clear.... I think I did them to thin because like you said, I was afraid of runs.

 

We gotta start an HT pose or a HT handshake.

 

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Yes because this whole jdm pose thing is so ******* gay and it pisses me off when I see it because.. it's not funny and it's extremely homosexual.

Nice "paintjob" though my friend should be doing this to his own datsun in his garage.. Lovin that 240 too!

 

I'm REALLY dissapointed you used the funnies section of the paper to paint your car! everyone know that you're supposed to use the crappy sections first!

 

You got dry spray then. Just sand it down , respray clear and go slower with the gun.

 

Nice Z. I love Z's ... I may get one soon as a side project. My buddy has a green 280 with header, intake, exhaust, suspension, its slow but his RB25DET should be here by month's end.

 

Thanks for the comments, I dont think the monkey pose was designed to show manliness in anyway, its supposed to be goofy and is better that just standing up straight shooting the peace sign with my sideways baseball cap. I plan to paint it again, but its an improvement from what it was before. It was my first time painting and I was borrowing a friends garage and did not feel like whoring it for a week so yes, I rushed the paintjob.

 

the 240 is sLiZzZaMeD yO

 

I love the hood!!

Anymore pics?

 

OMG! When I saw that hose pic I couldn't stop laughing! HAHAHAAH
ahh good shiet... for a DIY

 

Sweet Z! My first car back in 1990 was a 77 280z with a 350 chevy swap. It took me and my father 18 months to build the car from the ground up. I painted it porsche canary yellow with a slight silver pearl coat added in the clear. The first day I had it on the road I was rear-ended by a cop and my z was totalled. I've been looking for another one recently but almost all af them I have seen had frame rot. PM me if you want to see pics.