cute wee gem

Oh, found i did have one after all, my mate i got it off said there wasnt one there.. but i found it in the bottom of a box, cheers anyway i'll give ya a bell if this one is a dud though

expensive part is its usually used with HOK clear/paint which is fucking expensive stuff, altho probably the best paint you can buy

Quick update..

PRIMER!!, i love it when its time to primer, shows that its actually getting somewhere..

http://www.houseofkolor.com.au/product_ ... at_index=3

Have a look there, has a few prices on pearls and flakes etc

PS, thats aussie prices

Fuck that sucks, was such an awesome car too

and wouldn't metallic in black just go charcoal?

what info ya need on flakes?, ive done some research on it

Cheap 4x114.3 mags

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing ... d=62295431

For the question asked in the auction, it should say on the back the size of the rims, or a little metal plate somewhere on them, generally thats how it goes anyway

thanks, now I can keep my eye out for some real cheep wheels

Nice name.. been visiting Toyota3TC.com? lol .. see that name in so many places

Depends what for, if they are K series.. they aren't worth shit, they are crap

What engine are they for?

Ahhh yes, black is pretty much the cheapest paint you can buy - 26 bucks a litre for resene - single stage though (no clear), budget shit eh

Yellow is probably be best colour to hide dents/imperfections if your not that confident about your panelbeating, you painting it yourself or?

Pretty sure its the camera. i didnt take the photo's but ive seen the car alot, looks better in person.. alot better

Here's a pic of my cousins car, imo it looks pretty awesome with flakes.. but each to their own i guess.. (btw, it aint no show car )

Hmmm, might not be, pretty sure they are consistant in colour and only meant to be done with 1 coat, could be wrong though

Yeah i did, was my first car, got it when i was 15 (17 now), painted it twice cause the first was absolute shit. 2nd was alot better, but still not great (im a perfectionist ), was an awesome first car though, 2nd car i did (74 colt) i paneled at home and sprayed it in town in a booth, was fucking awesome, useing a gun worth about 1g, heated and lots of light in there

Haha yeah. I got the idea of those paint/rust stripping things from your thread, so big thanks to you, made my life so much easier haha.

The shed is great, kicked my parents car and boat out along time ago (when i had my first project) muahaha. When i first started i had no power in there.. no lights etc, ran a lead light from the house at night, did my first 2 projects completely by hand.. I just need some extraction fans, heater and lots of lights on the walls and turn her into a booth

House of Kolor flakes?, they go over top of black and are like a huge metallic, is that what your thinking of?

First day of the holidays today, so went pretty nuts all day on the mini.. just stripping paint/bog and now have a headache from dust/paint and a funny taste in my mouth

Did abit on engine bay last week, still stripping it out..

Sharing the garage with my sisters car/project

Yeah, didn't know whether to leave that there and give the author credit or delete, gone now though

All done - wasn't that hard, cheers methodz

why dont ya run the ugly bonnet till ya find a new better looking one?, beats wasting paint imo if its that serious, is late bonnet the one with the big square hump?

Now we apply the clear coat for protection of the paint, apply in the same matter as above. I would still clear even if I was using spray bombs as it is just another layer of protection which will prevent metallic from becoming dull.

Oooooo Nice

Then wait until the paint is almost dry (a little bit beyond the tacky stage) and then start unmasking. It is best to unmask when the paint isn’t totally dry as it is easier to get a defined edge. When unmasking make sure pull the tape back on itself and on the edges as it prevents the paint from lifting. Also if you have some bleed through you can remove it easier.

Before and after unmasking

Then you just have to wait for the paint to cure and you have a nice set of wheels!

Before & After

5. Notes, Cautions & Extra Pictures

Polishing notes

Don’t cross contaminate between compounds.

I would suggest polishing outside unless you want a whole bunch of little cotton strings all over the place(should of saw the mess i made).

Wear safety glasses.

If you wear long sleeves shirts they could get caught in the die grinder just to warn you.

Painting

Always wear a mask when painting.

If you need to remove a bug, just use tweezers.

If you need to fix a mistake let it dry first (except if it’s a bug then you should pluck it right out).

When painting with a paint gun, always clean it right after using it and after each color as you wouldn’t want primer in the basecoat.

Extra Pictures

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Now that you have this nice set of wheels you might want to mount the tires yourself because you might not trust your tire shop.

Awesome project man, those gold wheels look hawt, you got hammers n dollies or bogging it all?

But doesnt it get all the images etc in the right places, instead of mumbled up text etc?