evilscorp

im 24, 5years ncb £580 elephant fully comp with mods.

'Well i told you so' is probably what you are all thinking and yes spray painting with halfords paint on that kind of area is never going to work, after numerous attempts i decided to use the laqure to see if there would be much colour change, No is the answer, they paint im using might aswell be black when wanting white, totally different, and needs a pro paint shop to mix and blend in paint using airbrushes not a shi'y airisol paint can. Will post the pic up later to give you all a good at least the laqure matches have to wait 2weeks? before i blend in the laq line(thats what it says on the tin).

Well at least it stops the car rusting until i save some cash for it to get properly done.

In the back of my mind im wondering, if i should wait till i get my bodykit before my respray or if I should change colour completely as ive always wanted a black car.

Anyway thanks all for puting up with my deluded thoughts for the past week or two, should have just listened, atleast i learned somthing.......I sux at painting lol

Cant say ive ever seen a lambo door (altho i do live in a village in scotland, best we see is a john deere 9030 with activeseat enrty!)

So go for it!

LED's can completely turn off giving the best black's (lots of little tiny bulbs in laymans terms)

High end Plasma's (like panasonic) last longer than LCD's 15years+

LCD use less energy than plasma's

LED is the way to go but is very expenicive at the moment and with 3D coming into main stream mabe hold off for a bit and wait for prices to drop for other tv's.

That sux but would rather my first meet have a good few cars to ogle at.

it was a dark grey primer underneath, so used a grey primer, unfortunatly i used masking tape but bought a good cutting/blending compound which was very good, but wasnt 100% satisfyed so have sanded it down again and resprayed after each spray i reduced the masking area so it would have less of a line and paint build up to help blend it in. will take a photo 2moz after i blend again and before i use laq. But thanks for the tip about the hole cut card will be trying this for the laq spray.

yeh if you turn them they drop out, but there may be a screw at the top under a cap?

my car only came with one but lucky for me the ppl on here are so nice someone had a spare semi broken one, which they kindly gave me so had to glue some plastic onto the bottom so it would stay in place, now i dare not touch it lol.

Hello! glad you were in a 350z as there is quite a bit of metal between you and idiots on the road, also airbags help

I sometimes have to push the boot opener twice as it does not always totaly unlock(pop) i think its the rubber springs that are the problem not the struts. Mabe add a wee bit more plastic to the end of one, may help but wouldnt know how to do it and make it look standard.

yeh you have to get them to come out to you car with testers or it will be way off, got the new paint and it looks good, just waiting for the rain to stop before i start blending it in, wont know how good a colour match till i start doing the laquar.

too much trouble to get the axe out and go on a killing spree/hack off the rear quarter panel, guess i will just have to get high off the paint fumes and laugh.

not sure if it was intenti0nal but this thread gave me a good laugh tonight

 

I admire your determination and grit at trying to sort this out yourself, no matter how ridiculous and shambolic your attempt was! Bravo I say - bravo!

 

 

 

 

Now get the yellow pages and start calling around local bodyshops to sort it out for you!

Think ive got every grit out there 400-1500 lol, still got one proper try left, geting the correct paint hopefully 2moz nite so will keep you all updated (laughing) for the next few days, then may post another thread asking for local paint shops

didnt they make some with honda engines? If so a b16 rover cant be all that bad

my sis had a 1.4 K series rover ,60k and the headgasket went, wasnt worth fixin. anything but rover i say

the reason there was a line was because i only sprayed over the scratches, didnt want to blend into good paint when the colour was way off, went back today and the woman said that they had made a mistake so she mixed up some wv2 (didnt have a WV2 G) and it looked very similar but due to fadeing i asked her to lighten it up,eventualy to a colour i thought was correct. When she went to fill up a can they had ran out :/ so she gave me it as a free touch up pen to test and said come back tues for a can and to say if the colour is right.

Just tested the pen and it looks pritty good, going to sand down the test area 2moz to see how easy it is to blend.

As for saying why would anyone try this themselfs, my question to you is why did man go to the moon? If you dont try things you will never better yourself, and will always think what if? Mabe i do make a hash of it at least i will know the £190 pro job is worth all that money, since ive only got a part time job due to the economic climate im happy ive got a car at all.

nice! just wish i had the money for a bodykit then some more money for those as the lip sets them off gr8!

looks very racey pitty the poor pedestrians will be looseing their legs if u hit em lol, are these legal?

Mine is an import so dosent always show on comps for sum reason, read the previous posts about two shades of WV2 gunmetal grey but hasnt really helpd much. Will ask halfords for money 2moz or a better colour match if not will ask the dealer or these paints4you ppl? just a bit bumed as i wana go on the borders meet nxt month but not with a shi@$ bangger paint job!

No i did not.......

The "gunmetal grey"

Posted a couple weeks back about an accident i had and scratched my car pritty bad, wanted to try repair it myself here are some pics as you can see (if you seen the previous posts pics) the scratches are 95% gone (the biggest one didnt get totally filled with the primer) but when I went to use Halfords gunmetal grey that they mixed for me instore as they had no off the self stuff this is what i got! (yes i did try it on sum paper but only did a quick pass and it look similar).

Still need to sand it down as i put three coats on,hopefully it will; 1.come off, 2.look less dark 3.get my money back!

Not sure if i will bother trying to blend it in and just go direct to nissan for the correct paint.

Get an exhaust! If you do an interior mod nobody but you see's it and if you do an exterior mod you cant see it when ur in it but with an exhaust you get to hear it while your in it and it looks great on the outside!

I payed £8300 for a 37000mile jdm gun metal, best/most money ive ever spent

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