I've done a lot while I was gone, pics of new paint job etc...

[Ted]

hey guys, i've been away for quite some time now, and I been waiting to unvail my car, I haven't got to do a photo shoot with it yet where it is all cleaned up, I haven't even got to wax it yet. However, i'm pretty excited about it so I have to show it now, lol. I've spent 2 weeks painting it. Originally I was going to paint it electron blue, but made a last minute decision to paint it sonic blue. I thought sonic blue was a little more deeper and it is a pearl so it looks different in sunlight and overcast situations. You'll see in the pics. I also put on a SS spoiler I had sitting for like 6 months now. I love how the car turned out. It's a one of a kind color, I kinda mixed it a little differently. In the sunlight it looks very close to electron blue, and under overcast it looks kinda like quasar blue. I've gotten a lot of compliments on it so far. I still have to get new tires on and my windows tinted this week but please tell me what you think of it so far.

Pics are at my cardomain site at
http://www.cardomain.com/id/zennx

also if you goto page 4 you can see the whole painting process we went though. Yes I painted it myself by the way and did all the work on the car.

[RallyRed 98]

very nice... not my favorite color but it is still an eye-opener!

taking any customers? :D

[94TeaL]

Very nice!

[AlienInv8r]

Wow man, that looks pretty awesome!

How many hours did you put into it total? I'm getting ready to have my car painted in a few weeks. Do you have any pointers of prep I can do myself to save some cash? (stuff that can easily be done without a pro doing it, like sanding or anything?) I'd like mine to turn out nicely like that also. That pearl looks awesome, maybe I should do something like that. Congrats on the new paint!

[-B-]

Your car looks nice, that's a badazz color. keep it up

[fabolous24]

awesome car i like the color

[BLLDOGG]

looks nice. did you do it right or do you have a red engine bay and everything?

[Ted]

Thanks for all the compliments guys! I really appreciate it after all the hard work I put into it.

Blldogg - The engine bay isn't red but it isn't blue either, I blackened it out afterwards. Other than that, everything is blue.

AlienInv8er - Even though I do it for my job, it's different when you got more guys helping you. This will probably be the only car i'll ever paint myself, it is so much work i'd never want to do it again, lol. I spent a little over 2 weeks doing it, keep in mind I was working regular work days, then worked the rest of the night on it so i'd estimate 40 hours in week nights, and another 40 over the weekends because I worked non stop from dusk til dawn on it. So estimating about 80 hours. I don't know how much money you'd save by prepping it yourself, but that is the hardest part or the car. Especially if you need any bodywork. You could get to wetsanding some of the parts on it to knock off some time. Just keep in mind that you can't waste a lot of time trying to get every chip you see out. My whole front end was so bad with chips, but I didn't have time to get each and every one out.

Thanks again guys, I will put up some more pics in the next week or so when it's nice and sunny out, and I get my tint done and new tires and stuff. I also might switch the wheels over to some TT2s.