BlownCorona

from memory i thought mine was about $80 a litre, but im second guessing myself now, i know it was really good quality stuff, ill have to have a look around for the receipt.

hmm 120 seems quite high, but my mate gets trade discount so maybe that helps heaps, either way ill find out, it needs to be done so money really isnt an issue.

im not 100% sure on how much pearl i have but ill have to sort that out before i start again, naturally. i may be in luck and have enough for 2 or 3 coats. and yeah i think ill go in and have a chat to them too. out of curiosity, anyone know roughly what a basic blue is worth per litre?

so a cheaper blue laid down over the whole car then hit it with the pearly stuff then clear should do it?

so yeah... my mate has his gun metal grey r33 stolen this weekend, basicly 1 minute away from mutinys place. dont have any pics, was on 17'' thin 5 spokes and had a smallish big bore exhaust, was de reg too, i expect its in parts by now, but keep your stuff on lock down guys.

does primer equal ground coat?

was only patch primed. and no way in hell am i just gonna roll that haha, my mate was back today and said hes almost certain the guy that supplied us the paint was also supposed to supply us with a ground coat, this was the case with his evo, and the paint brand was the same. the plan is to hit the car with a couple more coats and bring it all up to the 'new' colour, which really looks a million times better.

^this its still the same turquoise colour but its gone on different,

its hard to say, but im gonna say yes it does

holy shit...

where did those tires come from? easy to get? they look great

usb charger and that quick release battery thing?

that was hilarious, i'm sorry if it wasn't supposed to be sounds damn good too

yeah that's the exact conclusion i came to today looking at it in good light, the og colour was a dark blue. the new new colour looks more solid and deeper and just nicer in general, so yeah.. more of the same. will see my mate about tomorrow and sus it out, the real problem now is that the place were we sprayed it is no longer available so ill have to hunt out a spare garage somewhere. pics, finaly original imperfection, a bad photo because i was trying to hide it, but you get the idea. current cause of depression, a little bit exaggerated due to the back being in shade and all, but again you get the idea. the resprayed panels just look nicer as you can see. edit: worth noting that the a pillar hasnt been re sprays and thats how the pearl acts in direct sunlight, which i love

the first respray was about 2 months ago, will this affect the colour in some way? and the paint has a fair amount of pearl in it, but its a factory toyota colour, from a new runx i believe just from looking at the cars. the cars not masked up any more, but im happy to put in the hours to get it right, so that's not really a problem and probably what will happen. does anyone know if the miss matched shades at the moment will show through a few more layers of paint or will i need a significant amount, i really don't want the first problem all over again

you see that's what had me confused, it wasn't like the mix was off, we used the exact same paint, as in, there was still half a tin left over from the initial spraying. that's what leads us to believe its the number of coats causing the issues, i did notice it was a pretty transparent paint when we used it first time.

yeah im sure he will be able to, hes just been away with the whole long weekend and all, was just trying to get as many different angles as i could since this is the first time ive ever had anything to do with spraying a car.

just been around to see the car in some proper light and bring it home, looks like the paint has gone on with more coats and the true colour has come through (the colour under this paint is a darker blue) so im thinking the only option is to hit the rest of the car with some more coats, does anyone know if the curent lighter panels are gonna show through more paint?

that spring is just plain not captive

just out of curiosity, what happens if you cut the top hat thread another 15mm?/bad idea?

if you can spin it its 'captive' but only by about 1/100 of a mm, there should be enough tension to hold it tight and thus avoid it slipping out. were the springs new or second hand? ive had issues with some 2nd hand direct replacement mr2 springs, they guy had them installed in shorter shocks and compressed them so they weren't usable in standard shocks.

both times the car was painted as a whole (to avoide miss matched ironicly) i dont know how many coats went on, the other problem is, bit of pre info, the panels painted were the passengers front gaurd and the passenger front door. the 'join' between the hood and the gaurd looks perfect, but the join between the door and the rear door is utter shit, and i cant notice a change in the shade (though very possible its gradient im sure)

oh you cant see the primer anymore, that was why it was touched up.

the 'old' new paint does still need its final wet sand and polish, so maybe ill leave it a week or two and do the whole lot at once then see whats up... :/ hope its as simple as that

So i've just had a couple panels re done as the paint didn't go on thick enough and you could still see the patches of primer, i just got back to see the car and the panels are way lighter my mate used the exact same paint (left over from original), i haven't had a chance to speak to him to see what's up as he's away this weekend, but thought someone on here might no what's going on? it looks terrible and i cannot leave it like this... the actual painting looks great, like a mirror but its like its a different shade completely.