Topic: So I Started A Project.... (Read 2087 times)

RS25BG · « **on:** March 16, 2008, 05:20:05 PM »

And it involves a wing, rear bumper and side skirts!! The wing is a Ver. 5, Du-Luck Rear bumper and some stylelish skirts. I am hoping to have it all sanded and painted and put on the car by the end of my break which is the end of these two coming weeks!! I started the wing today and will have that on by the end of tomorrow most likely. The bumper will take a little longer and skirts should take about a day. I will get some pics up by tomorrow probably!! Oh yeah of course thanks to Fred for the parts, this will keep me busy for a while, and will look nice once im done!!

BlackParis · « **Reply #1 on:** March 16, 2008, 07:46:37 PM »

Quote from: RS25BG on March 16, 2008, 05:20:05 PM

And it involves a wing, rear bumper and side skirts!! The wing is a Ver. 5, Du-Luck Rear bumper and some stylelish skirts. I am hoping to have it all sanded and painted and put on the car by the end of my break which is the end of these two coming weeks!! I started the wing today and will have that on by the end of tomorrow most likely. The bumper will take a little longer and skirts should take about a day. I will get some pics up by tomorrow probably!! Oh yeah of course thanks to Fred for the parts, this will keep me busy for a while, and will look nice once im done!!

paint em gold

multi-color ftw!

deadlydave · « **Reply #2 on:** March 16, 2008, 09:39:14 PM »

that sounds awesome, good luck!

RS25BG · « **Reply #3 on:** March 17, 2008, 12:27:58 AM »

Quote from: BlackParis on March 16, 2008, 07:46:37 PM

paint em gold multi-color ftw!

eh no, i already have enough gold accented things on the car to accomadate lol, there are some indents in the skirts where some mesh will go and then i'll paint the mesh gold!!!

RS25BG · « **Reply #4 on:** March 17, 2008, 06:02:05 PM »

Here is the wing on the car for now, im taking it off sometime this week to re-paint because it did not come out well! The bumper is sitting in the basement waiting to be sanded, some places need some more fiberglass. And the skirts i will get in before the weekend probably and start sanding and painting them. What would be a good gloss black paint to use?? I may clearcloat all the parts if they come out too dull.

darroj · « **Reply #5 on:** March 17, 2008, 06:40:30 PM »

Is that from Devin's old heap?

Should look pretty good Greg.

dw0095 · « **Reply #6 on:** March 17, 2008, 07:05:10 PM »

Quote from: darroj on March 17, 2008, 06:40:30 PM

Is that from Devin's old heap?

Should look pretty good Greg.

That rear end really get's around, I think Fred had a piece of it too

Nice greg, gonna look sweet when it is all finished.

BlackParis · « **Reply #7 on:** March 17, 2008, 07:34:54 PM »

if you sand those down you will find 3 different colors + primer

You could shave off quite a few pounds if you did....

RS25BG · « **Reply #8 on:** March 17, 2008, 10:14:08 PM »

Quote from: BlackParis on March 17, 2008, 07:34:54 PM

if you sand those down you will find 3 different colors + primer

You could shave off quite a few pounds if you did....

The wing had black primer then a blue coat, the bumper looks the same and the skirts just have a blue coat! The wing was pretty easy, im crying over how much work needs to be to the bumper to get it to where i want! Probably wont have it done till this weekend!

beat22 · « **Reply #9 on:** March 18, 2008, 06:39:12 AM »

ya, there all from my old "heap", just for that darroj, i hope cali falls into the ocean....lol

that bumper took alot of abuse, the skirts were never installed, and the wing flew off at speed

darroj · « **Reply #10 on:** March 18, 2008, 10:49:59 AM »

Quote from: beat22 on March 18, 2008, 06:39:12 AM

ya, there all from my old "heap", just for that darroj, i hope cali falls into the ocean....lol

hahahaha good to see you're still alive. That bumper took a lot of abuse, looks to be in ok shape considering its autox history

RS25BG · « **Reply #11 on:** March 18, 2008, 11:52:00 AM »

repairs on the bumper are almost complete, i need to put some more fiberglass on the some of the cracks and then it will be ready to be sanded!!

RS25BG · « **Reply #12 on:** March 19, 2008, 09:23:55 PM »

sanding is almost all done on the bumper, i will be primering it in the morning and then laying on the coats throughout the day tomorrow, then by the evening it should be ready to be put on the car!! Friday i will start sanding the skirts and then paint them and hopefully have them on by friday night but nothing ever goes as planned!!

deadlydave · « **Reply #13 on:** March 20, 2008, 08:49:24 PM »

Best of luck man. DIY body work is a great way to learn.

RS25BG · « **Reply #14 on:** March 21, 2008, 01:52:52 AM »

Quote from: deadlydave on March 20, 2008, 08:49:24 PM

Best of luck man. DIY body work is a great way to learn.

yeah this bumper has not been fun, it still isnt 100% but im gonna throw it on tomorrow anyways and see how it looks!! Im excited about how good the skirts are going to look, its been alot of fun because my car will actually start to look decent again before i got my hands on it!!

RS25BG · « **Reply #15 on:** March 23, 2008, 09:49:25 AM »

rear bumper is on the car, it looks pretty bad a$$ with the wing on there too!! i'll get some pictures up a little later today.

RS25BG · « **Reply #16 on:** March 24, 2008, 07:26:43 PM »

ok here they are, the wing is clear coated now but i'm going to take it off again and sand the thing again because its still not coming out well and of course i got some run with the paint too!! all the bumper needs is a clear coat sometime this week and the skirts will be on by the end of the week im hoping!

RS25BG · « **Reply #17 on:** March 26, 2008, 03:38:04 PM »

Here it is in all its glory (for now):

FastfreddyRs · « **Reply #18 on:** March 26, 2008, 04:35:56 PM »

nice work man!! looks good

dw0095 · « **Reply #19 on:** March 26, 2008, 06:28:39 PM »

Looks really nice from the back, good work Greg

deadlydave · « **Reply #20 on:** March 26, 2008, 07:49:17 PM »

Good work Greg! Did you have fun?

1bugeyedrex · « **Reply #21 on:** March 26, 2008, 08:33:50 PM »

Nice man, I like how it looks from the back! Just needs an exhaust to fill up that gap

RS25BG · « **Reply #22 on:** March 26, 2008, 09:07:30 PM »

thanks guys!

Quote from: deadlydave on March 26, 2008, 07:49:17 PM

Good work Greg! Did you have fun?

it was fun but i still have a ways to go with this car!!

Quote from: 1bugeyedrex on March 26, 2008, 08:33:50 PM

Nice man, I like how it looks from the back! Just needs an exhaust to fill up that gap

i used to have a can that would have filled that nicely but i took it off because it was only and axle back, i will be making a 2.5" cat back when it gets nicer out though!!

darroj · « **Reply #23 on:** April 11, 2008, 06:37:56 PM »

Hey Greg did you use a clearcoat? I'm about to paint my sideskirts... rustoleum has a bright coat that matches PSM almost identically, but it says on the can "Clear coat is not recommended for this product" Guys on "the big forum that piss of people on our forum" made the discovery of the almost exact match and they clear coated. I really don't have any clear coating experience, so I'm trying to figure out if it would help or if I should just follow the instructions on the can. Also, what did you use for drying times? I also read if you don't let things fully dry it can spider vain... Thanks a bunch!

RS25BG · « **Reply #24 on:** April 11, 2008, 07:30:06 PM »

i'm not gonna lie, all those items were can sprayed, i clear coated the wing and skirts as you can tell, the bumper is not clear coated!! since these were all fiberglass it was fairly easy sanding, make sure to pick up a can of black or grey primer!! i used 80 grit but i never went up in grit so i have alot of lines from the sand paper (will fix that eventually).

See what the paint looks like before you decide to clearcoat and if its not shiny enough (most likely wont be) then throw clear coat on!! its a bit of process but worth it, i got too excited with my items and just chucked them on; first throw your primer on let sit for around 20 mins, should be good for your first coat, i let each coat sit for about an hour! make sure to just watch the run, clear coat spraying is a bitch because its clear and you cant see it too well if it runs, it happened to me on the skirts!

oh yeah make sure to grab a tack clothe too that was a life saver for me with all the fiberglass particles flying around!! anymore questions let me know sir!

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