It's a 1993 240sx that was white and quickly showing it's age. The final blow was when the roof started rusting.
After a lot of thought I decided to paint it a pearl blue that is currently being used on Nissan Maximas and Altimas.
I originally thought the project would take no more then a week of prepping in the evenings after work and then finish on the weekend. It took a month. (in case you haven't guessed, I'm not a pro at this)
Anyway, I finished wet sanding and polishing out the orange peel and the few specks of trash in the paint today and finally got some pics. Not the best lighting but as the summary says, I'm happy.
A couple of "before" shots:
1
2
3
Now the "after"
1
2
3
4
"1" shows a lot of sanding runoff that needs to be washed off the nose and "4" is a closeup of the roof.
I did paint inside the door sills and under the hood and in the back hatch area so there isn't any white peeking out when I open the doors, hood, etc. Also a dark car definately shows defects in the paint more then a light colored one. I couldn't believe how many little dents just "popped" up after I sprayed on the base coat. (I went back and fixed them.. part of what caused the project to take so long)
Anyway it's nice to finally have a weekend off instead of having to get out and work on this thing.
After a lot of thought I decided to paint it a pearl blue that is currently being used on Nissan Maximas and Altimas.
I originally thought the project would take no more then a week of prepping in the evenings after work and then finish on the weekend. It took a month. (in case you haven't guessed, I'm not a pro at this)
Anyway, I finished wet sanding and polishing out the orange peel and the few specks of trash in the paint today and finally got some pics. Not the best lighting but as the summary says, I'm happy.
A couple of "before" shots:
1
2
3
Now the "after"
1
2
3
4
"1" shows a lot of sanding runoff that needs to be washed off the nose and "4" is a closeup of the roof.
I did paint inside the door sills and under the hood and in the back hatch area so there isn't any white peeking out when I open the doors, hood, etc. Also a dark car definately shows defects in the paint more then a light colored one. I couldn't believe how many little dents just "popped" up after I sprayed on the base coat. (I went back and fixed them.. part of what caused the project to take so long)
Anyway it's nice to finally have a weekend off instead of having to get out and work on this thing.
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