Rattle Canned a Celica! (pics inside)

[Niko97RS]

this was my attempt at being thegr8scoihsoghsosky or however u spell it.

long story short: one of my female friends got in an accident about year ago.... her father replaced the hood and fender but never painted them. it was starting to rust through the gel coat and it look TERRIBLE. i figured i could only make it look better so here goes nothing.

before you yell at me for doing things wrong she didnt care about the duct tape and its all i had lol

after sanding the fender

[Niko97RS]

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heres me sanding, pale as all hell.

[Niko97RS]

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[Niko97RS]

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STILL needs to be wetsanded then cleared one more time but i think it came out 1000X better than it was before




oh yeah, did an engine swap too, not too mny good pics of that tho...




heres a before and after.

[t-topV6]

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looks good man, did you just follow his write up?
it does loook WAY better... how much did everything run ya?
should come out nice with wetsanding and clear coat

[Shirl]

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It's two different reds now... I liked the stainless look.

[RadRacer]

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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I agree; the stainless look would be alot sweeter :)

[nimrod.sixty9]

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Holy freakin snow, and everyone is sleaveless! :eek:

Nice job man. Looks way better and I actually like the black. :tup:

[flamingchicken]

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this is a veedub that a lady i know owns, its called the bare metal bandit.



you shoulda done that.

[Niko97RS]

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haha after sanding we wanted to just clear the bare metal too but the rubber bumpers wouldnt look good haha

yeah new england weather is weird it snowed 13 inches up here the other day and then yesterday it was 65 degrees....

the paint actually matches its just the flash of the camera and the way the different paints reflected it make it look weird. i still need another coat of clear on it and sandingggg

the stripe was my idea haha, i like it too

all in all total cost was about $60 for sandpaper, 6 rattle cans and some tape after the duct ran out

i didnt follow his writeup at all just kinda winged it, im very pleased with the outcome for 6 hours of work and $60 bucks haha

[savagecamaro96]

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it looks like theres black overspray on the front bumper.
it does look better tho and the stripe was a cool idea.

[Niko97RS]

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no, no overspray. the paint is flaking off the black rubber bumper hahah

[ssms5411]

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Good job , looks alot better than it did.

[vanbibber]

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biggest problem with it is that its a celica still. guess spray paint cant cover ALL eye sores.

[Niko97RS]

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its got a twin turbo lingenfelter motor in it bibs, didnt u see the pic? haha

i hate the piece of junk too but whatever, good practice haha