Yea, I was gonna ask that too, might be a good idea to take all those off, and cover up your wheels.

 

yes i would of loved to paint my car that grey...but, there are already enough hatchys down here already paint that color, but if i didnt like the cbp, i would of done it.

so far i have I/H/E rota C8s in steelgray, amber corners, c/f hood, c/f mirrors, duckbill spoiler(in the mail)...and other shiit.






no i didnt shave the license plate area....i personally dont like it shaved, so i didnt do it......right now im on arospeed lowering springs, im also sitting on 40series tires.

the only thing i shaved was the rear emblem.






no...i put them back on so i could drive home







d16z6 w/ I/H/E

 

wow! :thumbup:

 

thanks...im just waiting for the wings west duckbill spoiler to get here. if i paint the car now, and then paint the spoiler, the chance of it matching isnt gonna be good.

shiit i need to put back on the car when its done:

the moldings, which are gonna be painted off the car then im gonna install them.
c/f hood, c/f mirrors
front rims
front cross memeber
amber corners
all of my interior...door panals, back seat panals, trunk panals, and last night i just put back in my rear seats...my car is still a mess but in the end its gonna be well worth it.

 

Are you doing it yourself? From what I hear, you have to make sure the surface is P-E-R-F-E-C-T before you start painting it so you have to be thourough and patient. Should be cool, good luck.

 

phew I thought you were shaving the rear hatch too. that looks ghey as hell.

how long did all the sanding take?

 

nah...i wouldnt do that.

the sanding process took a good couple hours on the DA w/ a 6inch disk at 180 grit. i havent started to wetsand yet, should do it this week. i do have a couple of spots that i need to touch up but nothing big. the longest part to do was the actual bodywork itself, bondoing, sanding, making sure everything was nice and smooth, and if it wasnt, rebondo and do it again, its a real good learning process and im glad im doing my own work on the car. wetsanding should only take about an hour w/ 2000 grit paper, it just needs to be lightly sanded.

 

what are your future plans after all the painting is done?

 

after im done getting it painted...im gonna finish up the outside by getting oem fogs, and a front lip..after that, time for the motor, gonna fully build a b16.

 

the more time you take with the earlier **** the easier it makes the final product...

you **** up your body and your primer shows, and your colour will show it 100x worse. yuck