It aint over...oh no it aint over

[MarioBurke]

in fact Im just starting. take a little look see. ( alittle look...a little see)
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Man doors are so heavy. the car sicks back at stock height without the doors. that would make for great weight reduction at the drags. anyway I'm alittle upset right now because last night and tonight the paint has not been sticking. its a little cold and the heaters are barely keeping the temperature up.

The color is Gun Metal, it has some extra Bronze pearl in it though. so i should have a nice shimmer to it in the sun light. I will be updating the pictures as I go along. I might have a couple more in a few hours. im giving this stuff time to dry!

*Updated
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[adams86lxi]

tight! it should look awesome when its done!!! :cool:

[blazin3gen]

awesome i want to see the finish product man!

[BITESIZE]

Uh huhhhhh! Pictures when you are done!

[dXsquared]

you need to get some propane heaters in there then.. it will dry the paint real nice... sucks the moisture right out of the paint!

Travis

[MarioBurke]

its not so much the paint that isnt drying, it is the clear coat. Im not using the usual clearr coat and its taking WAY too long to dry. the normal stuff is dry in 2 - 3 hours air dry. this stuff has taken over 24 hours, and i put one spot under a heat lamp and it still wont cure. as I go along i will have more pictures



*Update: I just put on the first coat of Gun Metal and it stuck this time. I am only doing the Jams right now. I have one most Base coat and two clear cloats to do. I wont be able to get to the body until a little later this week due to slow curing.

[MattsAccord]

Hurry up your so slow.

[Hash_man_Se_i]

Damn, I love gunmetal, the car is gonna look sweet!

[Justin86]

Well its still slow

[kicker1_solo]

its not so much the paint that isnt drying, it is the clear coat. .
are you spraying the color in the jams and then clearing it? I guess it's too late now but have you ever tried spraying the color on the jams, then doing the exterior, and then clearing the jams, and then clearing the exterior?

And I want your gun, gravity feed ownz....

[MarioBurke]

Welp, I am done for tonight. I am gonna go get some sleep. and start some more sanding in the morning.

I couldnt spray the color in and out first because they body work isnt done on the outside. I have a shit load of sanding to do. Since we are only open Monday tuesday and wedensday this week at the shop I will probably be working on it after hours and possibly an all nighter on new years. Gravity Feed does own, but you dont want that gun. that is just a $60 gun. you want my Seta! $500...that thing owns ME!!

[shane_lxi]

MAN! I have always loved your car, and wanted to see how it would look when you got it painted. Now, I am finally going to get to! :D You better be painting those tails the same color as the body! Any how, have fun finishing it up in the freezing cold! lol. Is it easy to paint your own car? Kickers car has nice paint already, but when I shave the side molding, I will prolly concider painting it myself. My cousin has a pretty good gun, but I have no experience in doing this stuff. Is it easy, just like making sure that you get the paint on evenly? Anyhow, just wonderin'? :D

[kicker1_solo]

I have no experience in doing this stuff. Is it easy, just like making sure that you get the paint on evenly? Anyhow, just wonderin'? :D
If you use a single stage paint then you can make as many mistakes as you want, as many runs as you want. And you can fix it all after you're done, but this will take many hours of working it. The primer is the easiest to spray, then the paint, the clear is probably the hardest, it can be real easy to get runs. Honestly, if you don't have any experience I'd let someone do it for you. I have some experience and I'm still going to have my cousin paint my teg, that's how much I trust myself.

[MarioBurke]

ah its all in your head. if you think you cant then DONT. Painting is not easy, its one of those things, you either have it or your dont. The hardest part for me, using Dupont paint, is painting sealer coat. it goes on before the base color and runs more than clear coat. The Clear coat is difficult to shoot at first but then you get the hang of it and its cake. Clear is also the easiest to fix. Especially during cut and buff.

[jayp6969]

nice mario

[ICEMAN707]

yeah the doors are made heavy for a reason, in case a 3500 lb car comes at you T-bone going 65mph or worse, a semi.

[Justin86]

yeah the doors are made heavy for a reason, in case a 3500 lb car comes at you T-bone going 65mph or worse, a semi.

Ouch. Well Mario it is looking pretty good so far, are you still staying with the black bumpers and trim?

[shane_lxi]

:barf: I hope not!!!! The DX look never looks good with a $1000 paint job!!!!

[MattsAccord]

yeah but it can look good with a free paint job.

[A Dawg Jr]

Dude, your car is going to be very clean! Doing a good job, but lets get more pics!

[zero.counter]

Good work Mario!

[Coroncho80]

Keep it clean Mario. I like what you've done to your car but I think it got a lot of shit on it. Like all the deflectors and the "Hs" all around........... I'd say, get rid of all that shit and you'll be in bussiness. That's just me though. :cheers:

[MarioBurke]

Well, I am down here at the shop again. I am kinda at a stand still. I got so much going on I dont know what to do really. I have to do a lot of sanding and patch work. I was trying to swap the handles from an LX but I didnt realize you can swap the Key locks. the DX is much bigger. but i dont like the plastic handles and I dont have the key for the LX handles.

The H's are coming off the doors, the accords are staying. I am still not sure if i want to shave the trunk emblems. but I guess since I already started sanding I might as well.

Actually my plan was to leave the bumpers black. I mean it looked fine to me when I had it primer and black so I know when I get new bumpers it will look good with the gun metal. I guess it all really depends on how much paint I have when im done though. that is going to be the toughest part.

Right now I am just putting the doors back on and some interior trim, so I havent gotten much further. oh and the paint is worth well over $500 with all the metal flake and the pearl. I got it for $89.

[A Dawg Jr]

Get some more and get the bumpers done too man...^_^

It'll match and look soooo much better... find a way to get the bumpers done IMO, it'll be worth it.

[BITESIZE]

Do the whole thing gunmetal!!!!!!

[MarioBurke]

I can. because I have to buy brand new bumpers first. that is going to be over 200 alone even with my Honda Discount. right now its cold as a mother fucker and I dont think i will be doing any painting tomorrow. we just got like a foot and half of snow! we just spent all night doing reverse donuts and throwing snow balls, and un suspecting walkers. (seriously why are you walking your dog at 12:30 in the morning) as far as paint goes I dont know what to do. I think black bumpers look nice. they already look nice with the primer. But I will see how this metal covers and try to save some for bumpers. the thing is with pearls, it is impossible to match them two times. and I dont think the guy gave me enough to do the bumpers. anyway i'll keep updating this!

[jayp6969]

ok lets see some new pics :)

[MarioBurke]

Well I dont have any new pics. I just have some more where I shaved the outter trunk emblems and some holes on the doors where the H's were. there is one pic Terry took while I was doing donuts but its snowing too hard to see. we got some good pics of Delano and Terrys cars barried though!

[MattsAccord]

Man I should have came down there this weekend. Everyone else got snow, but no it couldn't snow up here. :pissed:

[red97lxscort]

yeah, the snow has been crazy. hope the car turns out good. i really like the color. good luck.

[Justin86]

any more pics yet. I want to see some snow too! :)

[MattsAccord]

Justin you ready for a road trip? :cheers:

[Hash_man_Se_i]

Well, I am down here at the shop again. I am kinda at a stand still. I got so much going on I dont know what to do really. I have to do a lot of sanding and patch work. I was trying to swap the handles from an LX but I didnt realize you can swap the Key locks. the DX is much bigger. but i dont like the plastic handles and I dont have the key for the LX handles.

Use the LX handles then, and just get new door lock cylinders. They will come with new keys, and arent very expensive.

And I think you should try your hardest to paint the bumpers the same colour as the rest of the car, it would look 100 times better. And why would you need new bumpers? just primer and paint them.

[PortugalFocus]

i think it looks great and that color is very distinctive

[buzzbomber88lx]

that paint will bring the good looks out of the tails you have rather than the old color. and the wheels should look a lot better. right now it looks like you and I are doing the same crap to our cars but I'm not having a problem with paint sticking. Should look really good when it's all done!

[wprocomp]

hey mario that looks great man...I will be repainting my car hopefully soon and I will painting the same color agian but with a silver pearl added to it...be careful with those heaters though...leave them to long and they could fuck up the clear real bad...are you going to paint under the hood too?...firewall etc.?

[Justin86]

Justin you ready for a road trip? :cheers:

What are you crazy, lately you need 4X4 to make it over the passes. Maybe you never noticed that traffic was backed up 15miles. :nuts:

[buzzbomber88lx]

oh man i hope he paints under the hood and firewalls and stuff becuase that would be 2 colors that would clash like no other.

[kicker1_solo]

oh man i hope he paints under the hood and firewalls and stuff becuase that would be 2 colors that would clash like no other.
seeing as how much work he's doing to it right now, pulling fenders and painting door jams I'm sure he is going to. :)

[Justin86]

well the last time mario painted it he didn't do the engine bay at all and I don't think he is doing it this time. There is a lot of shit that would have to be removed.

[MattsAccord]

I have chains I'm ready to go. :rolleyes: O Justin make sure you grab the right ones this time. :flip:

[MarioBurke]

oh man i hope he paints under the hood and firewalls and stuff becuase that would be 2 colors that would clash like no other.


Actually the Orginal color of the car is The Burgandy Maroon Color and it really accents the Gun Metal well. Unfortunely I am having a lot of problems right now. I jammed everything, but I did not do under the hood of the engine bay. I dont think i got enough paint. and its kinda hard to just ask for more when it was just given to me. I mean Dupont is some of the most expensive shit you can buy.

I ran into a problem right now. all the primer that is on my car rattle can, and i guess the sealer coat is too strong and wrinkles up the enamel from the rattle can. so I have to go back and sand through two coats of primer to get back to the maroon color. I have a picture of it but I took it on Terrys camera and its too cold and snowy to go outside to his car. tomorrow should be a short day at the shop so I have most the after noon and all night to fix all the little small dings and dents and sand off all the primer. If all goes well I should be looking being done this weekend.

IF i had the time to pull the engine completely and clean the bay, I would paint it. but I dont have a week to set aside.

[buzzbomber88lx]

you can always paint it later man. it still looks awesome the way it is and unless you have a lot of problems then you dont have to worry about even pulling the hood release....except to change oil and stuff.

[Justin86]

ha bring the right chains I didn't even need to chain up last time, fuckin CHP piss me off. I should have just mobed through the check point.

[MarioBurke]

*Updated*
Ok well it took two nights of sanding but I think the car should be ready to go now. here is Delano helping me sand off primer, while I do some body work alont the door and trunk and hood. http://images.cardomain.com/member_images/4/web/436000-436999/436530_91_full.jpg

this is after all the primer came off and the bondo work was sanded
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more weight reduction
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Re-primers to cover bondo and repair some sand throughs.
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and finally after another day of sanding the primer filler, i believe the car is ready to be sealed and painted.
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I might have had this all done earlier had we not spent 4 hours at Pick N Pull, pulling a tranny and sway bars. so tomorrow I should be taping everything up and spraying it. hope all goes well

[AccordArizona89]

that is a great job! im starting on my sanding/primer with my body kit so far. im looking into painting my whole car too but not sure which color.

[MarioBurke]

damn I wish i had a body kit to go with my car. Gun Metal on a body kit would look sick.

well it kinda depends on what colors you like. I can give you advice on some really cool colors. for instance if you like blue, check out the 98 Toyota Camry Night Shadow blue. it is a real sleek dark dark blue, with green and magenta pearl. it would kill on an angular car like this.

[d16a6crx]

There was an OE colour for 84-89 Accords that is actually very similar to gun metal, it is called Graphite Grey. Very Nice IMO

[Justin86]

Poor Delano you never gave him a DA sander. I would never sand a car with out one. So how about those snow pic? I have about 6" and still coming down hard.

[MarioBurke]

beginning the final process
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right now I am not too happy with it. There are a lot of sand-thrus showing and I only had enough sealer to cover the car, not double over. I am some what of a perfectionist, but I am kinda screwed now because I dont have more time to work on it.

Next step, nib sand some of the dirt and cover some sand-thru marks. Start base coat of Gun Metal.

[i.c.]

oh dang....that is gonna look so sick...

[kicker1_solo]

yeah, that aerosal doesn't do very nice things, I've had a bad experience with that too.

That sucks about the problems you're having, are they bad marks?

[MarioBurke]

well Delano came and looked at them and he says they dot look bad but of course I am my own worst critic so they are eye sores to me.

*Updated*
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this was after the first coat

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this is after the second coat. I have plenty left so I am going to do a third coat and possibly a fourth. I am just spraying kinda light coats.

its a gorgeous in person!!

[jigga225]

lookin good man, nice progress.
Be sure to keep the updates comin
ared you gonna go back with your black moldings?

[MattsAccord]

That is going to look sweet. Mario I know how you feel about the little marks and stuff, its like that little dent in my passager door the if you went looking for it really hard you wouldn't notice it but I just glance at my car and to me it look like it really stands out. Keep the pics coming.

Justin here is that pic of Redding when it snowed.

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[cdscowboy]

Looks killer man!!! I'm jealous as all hell...I want to paint my car sooo bad, but alas, no money.

IMHO, you should've done some bondo or filler around the taillights, just to blend them in a bit more than they are. Looks good though man! Keep up the good work!

[MarioBurke]

finally its 2:21 AM

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there you haver!!

one custom Gun Metal 3rd Gen. Jigga yeah the trim is still black. I am repainting them with an OEM black we use on all the car that come in the shop. nice slick flat black. and I am getting new bumpers and leaving them black. in sticking with old school.

Bondo and filler doesnt work. I tried it on the last set of tail lights and the tails just stick out too far to really do much with them. although it really helped with trunk rattle.

so im excited now. just gotta let it dry and hopefully start putting shit back together soon. aight been another long day. that wraps it up until the cut and buff which i probably wont be able to do until next week.

[MattsAccord]

Mario it looks sick. :cheers:

[Justin86]

oh shit it sweet. Damn you guys did get more snow but hey 6" was still enough to fuck up my car. I was pretty pissed and wet when my exhaust fell off. Then welding it back on was a cold and wet process form all the snow dripping in my face.

[k-roy]

Damn that looks slick. I wish I had a garage I could do that in.
What are you planning on for the mirrors, grille and window trim?
Black would look good and match the bumpers

[i.c.]

damn man....props for moddin a dx...

[MarioBurke]

the mirrors are matches. you just cant see them haning up in front of the car. but the got painted also. the trinm and bumpers are staying black. the H emblems wih be black. the hood trim I have to get new peices off an 88. I melted through my last set so I am using a spare set of an 87. they are ugly. I will probably just leave them the clear color unless its horrifically ugly against the gun metal.

[T's87lx]

[QUOTE]originaly posted by justin86...Damn you guys did get more snow but hey 6" was still enough to fuck up my car. I was pretty pissed and wet when my exhaust fell off. Then welding it back on was a cold and wet process form all the snow dripping in my face.

thats funny becuase as delano mario and myself where leaving round table pizza, i hit a huge ass puddle(i mean huuuge covered both lanes probably 3 or 4 inches high) doin about 50mph just about took off my heat sheild, messed it up pretty bad, i just took it off, not fun when theres snow packed around it and you dont have any gloves to where. but yea mario your car looks nice i hate you now :argue: , (jealousy is a bitch)

[Hash_man_Se_i]

Damn Mario, the car looks just awesome... I love the colour too! :D ... I am planning on getting the rust cut out of my car, and getting it painted this summer, and I was thinking about sticking with the stock SE-i colour, but maybe I will have to copy you!

Mad props, I think it looks awesome, and I cant wait to see it finished.

[Justin86]

Yea Mario told me about that pond in the middle of the road. Well at least I had a warm shop to put my exhaust back on.

[MarioBurke]

here it is back together but not washed.
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http://images.cardomain.com/member_images/4/web/436000-436999/436530_105_full.jpg
I am still waiting for new bumpers. my back bumper has a bunch of holes in it.

[kicker1_solo]

damn sexy....

[TJ89Accord]

lookin good! Nice and shiny paint now :). I wish I had a garage too. Came a long way since you joined the board!

tim

[MattsAccord]

Looks good. It will look even better with new bumpers and a really good wash. Can't wait to see it in person.

[Justin86]

fuckin sweet dude!

[BITESIZE]

Is your front lip, the top part off of a stock bumper? It looks pretty sweet.

[blazin3gen]

now that is nice!

i want your lip :D

[MarioBurke]

yeah it is the top half of an 87 bumper. I am making a new one cause that one is scuffed up pretty good. on a previous attempt to make it I drugg it down the freeway at 65 and then ran over it.

[BITESIZE]

Ha Ha that's hilarious......I knew it looked familiar......that's a clever idea! (not the running over the bumper part, but using it for a lip).....

[shane_lxi]

when you make the new one, you might as well get mor paint, and paint it the same color as the rest of the car :D. I want to see clean pics of the cae, with both bumpers on :D. LOOKS MINT MARIO!!!

[BITESIZE]

I think you should have painted the whole car, and gotten rid of those ugly ass tail lights. :)

[1989 DX R]

Looks sick man, big props! :thumbup:

[Justin86]

Yea i looked at my lip at iy is pretty messed up, I tried to clean up all the gashes but it still night work?

[aCCo[R]D]

nice paint, i agree that you should have also painted the bumbers, it would look even better :cool2:

[MarioBurke]

I think you should have painted the whole car, and gotten rid of those ugly ass tail lights. :)


I know you did not just say that. for your sake I hope so. I have been gonna let that slide for now. I am NOT painting the bumpers. Everbody paints the bumpers and moldings to make the car looke like something its not. Im sticking with stock until I see the new bumpers on the car and decide otherwise.

[KoNEY]

yeah, get some pics of it with those bumpers! i got some of that exact same dupont gunmetal paint, how much did it take? thanks man, and lookin sweet as hell

[MarioBurke]

yeah, get some pics of it with those bumpers! i got some of that exact same dupont gunmetal paint, how much did it take? thanks man, and lookin sweet as hell


well mine was actually a custom mix, we just used the gun metal as a starting point. As far as coverage goes, if you are doing the jams, under the hood, under the trunk, and bother bumpers it takes two coats reduced 1 to 1. since I didnt do the bumpers I just threw down 3 coats and when it dried it gave it a real nice and dark color. if your using Dupont make sure you use the VS6. i wanted to go darker and use VS7 but i didnt have any.

[KoNEY]

ok, but what amount did you use, just one gallon of it? is it acrylic enamel, basecoat/clear, or what? mine is acrylic enamel, and i got it for free as well, if yours was acrylic enamel, what all did you use to mix it??
thanks a lot

[3G Jester]

SOOOOOOo hot

[BITESIZE]

I know you did not just say that. for your sake I hope so. I have been gonna let that slide for now.


I didn't mean to offend you. Here in Idaho, your car looks like the back of a horse trailer. That's the first thing that came to mind when I saw the back of your car. That's why I don't like them. I want your front lip though, that's tight, the color of paint makes your car look like a million bucks, a big props for doing it yourself. I can't wait to see it in person.

[shane_lxi]

Yeah, I LOOOOOVE marios's tails :D. But you know, everything above DX had painted bumpers, so I think it would look fine there mario! Also, those tail lights aren't stock, that is kind of like making the car something it's not (a corvette maybe? :D ) Yeah, I would paint the bumpers, it would look so much better there homestar!

[MarioBurke]

I didn't mean to offend you. Here in Idaho, your car looks like the back of a horse trailer. That's the first thing that came to mind when I saw the back of your car. That's why I don't like them. I want your front lip though, that's tight, the color of paint makes your car look like a million bucks, a big props for doing it yourself. I can't wait to see it in person.

if anything it looks more like a school bus. Horse trailors dont use LED brake lights. except the real new ones. i get what your saying, you just have to see it in person. the pictures dont do justice.

[QOUTE=shane_lxi]Yeah, I LOOOOOVE marios's tails . But you know, everything above DX had painted bumpers, so I think it would look fine there mario! Also, those tail lights aren't stock, that is kind of like making the car something it's not (a corvette maybe? ) Yeah, I would paint the bumpers, it would look so much better there homestar![/QUOTE]

this is very true. that was a bad example. your just missing the simple concept though. its about being original. lots of people tint their tail lights red or black. why not change them completely (to corvette style). lots of cars shave emblems and marking; why not move them around......and Everybody likes to paint there bumpers and moldings.....you get where im going. my bumpers were matched with the car too and its just more paint that got chipped up and ugly. like i said, i'll decide when I GET the bumpers.

what this is all about is going from concept:
http://images.cardomain.com/member_images/12/web/300000-300999/300700_38_full.jpg
a picture I photo shopped 10 months ago

to reality:
http://images.cardomain.com/member_images/4/web/436000-436999/436530_105_full.jpg
just pretend the bumper is there still.

might as well though this one in there too for the rest of you.
http://images.cardomain.com/member_images/12/web/300000-300999/300700_31_full.jpg

[BITESIZE]

I'm digging the newer picture.

[NXRacer]

what the HELL?? how the FUCK did you get your car to some place sunny? I thought you guys were getting snow just like us?!?

guess i shoulda read the previous posts. ...I didnt think mario was that close to getting his car done.....hey mario, did you shave the back end on your car? I like that idea of shaving the tails like that.

KEEP THE BUMPERS BLACK. Mario, i like where you're going with this. It'll be about show quality if you keep going with it in the direction you are. If you turboed that baby, that would be THE sickest 3G around.

[MarioBurke]

what new picture. those other two pictures were both photo shopped 10 months ago. I was just showing how close I came to replicating my concept.

Yeah I was up till 3 on friday morning painting it, and then took a nap got up ran around town for a bit picking up odds and ends. then I pulled the tranny out of my brothers car and then got back at mine at 9:30pm putting it back together and gotdone with everything around 10 am sunday morning. went home took a shower and got back on my brothers transmission.

I did not get to shave the back end though. since I cant weld and I cant get any body to do it for me (Andrew) I had to settle for leaving the tail lights where they were. I still dont have bumpers yet, and I got pulled over last night already. but i talked him out of a ticket.

[NXRacer]

man, if you coulda got ahold of a welder, i woulda (somehow) done it for ya. Im fairly handy with the welder (good enough for body work). but even w/out the shaving, it still looks good. I dont know if i said this earlier but, im not a big fan of those tails, but the rest of your car is badass so i'll forgive ya..... ;) j/k

[MattsAccord]

I still dont have bumpers yet, and I got pulled over last night already. but i talked him out of a ticket.

So you got pulled over for not having bumpers or you got pulled over some other BS excuse.

[maxoutracer]

it's getting there! looking good!

[Justin86]

Thats why I say fuck the police. Damn it sucks not having welder, I love the one my dads has! I'm just waiting for the right time to paint it and do some shaving.
b...e...a...utiful :D

[MarioBurke]

well shoot you should have said something. I really wanted to shave the trunk and side molding. but oh well I like how it looks still. have you heard anything about the bumpers yet? im kinda broke right now and behind on bills but i will get the money somehow!

yeah I got pulled over for not having the back bumper. but i didnt want to put it on because of those fatty holes i cut in it a while ago. lol

you must see it seriously. its sitting outside the window here at the shop and I am just staring at it. sessy bish!

[NXRacer]

i havent forgotten about you. i just need to wait until the roads are half decent enough to drive out to the shop and order them.

[MarioBurke]

the snow that we got almost a week ago still hasnt melted. we have like 6ft tall blocks of ice. it looks like when the titanic sank!

[Justin86]

well it sounds like it is time to go into the pick and pull at night!

[MattsAccord]

well it sounds like it is time to go into the pick and pull at night!

:cheers: I can't believe they charge you money to just go in there.They get as much money out of you as possible :rolleyes: , but all of us got some good deals. I got the blinker lenses for free. :D

[Dibbs]

:cheers: I can't believe they charge you money to just go in there.:D

That's b/c they know you're gonna be gankin' shit on the way out. Just like those lenses you got. :D

[MattsAccord]

Haha, The one in town here dosen't charge. But maybe they should start. :D

[Justin86]

To bad I could hide some trannys and A-arms in my socks! :321:

[MarioBurke]

yeah, get some pics of it with those bumpers! i got some of that exact same dupont gunmetal paint, how much did it take? thanks man, and lookin sweet as hell

hey sorry I missed this one. Yes it only took 1 gallon of paint, but I am using the Urethane paint so it lasts longer. I used:

1 quart VS6 Sealer
1 gallon urethane basecoat (reduced 1/1 with)
1 gallon 7175 mid temp reducer
1 gallon 438- Clear coat
and some activators

i did all the jambs EXCEPT under the hood and I have maybe a quart of paint left. Somewhere around there? and for clear I have almost half a gallon left. I dont know why i put some nice coats on.

[k-roy]

I can't believe they charge you money to just go in there.They get as much money out of you as possible

My favorite yard charges $1 to get in. Its well worth it. They have wheelbarrels, port-a-johns, handwashing station, all the cars are raised up in the air, and they have set prices on everything so no price gouging. You will pay the same for a BMW, Hyundai, Honda, or a Jaguar part. Oh yea and at any given time they have 2 dozen 3Gs :cheers: .

[StUpiD8000]

My favorite yard charges $1 to get in. Its well worth it. They have wheelbarrels, port-a-johns, handwashing station, all the cars are raised up in the air, and they have set prices on everything so no price gouging. You will pay the same for a BMW, Hyundai, Honda, or a Jaguar part. Oh yea and at any given time they have 2 dozen 3Gs :cheers: .
humm.. you have pay to get in a junkyard???

[Dibbs]

My favorite yard charges $1 to get in. Its well worth it. They have wheelbarrels, port-a-johns, handwashing station, all the cars are raised up in the air, and they have set prices on everything so no price gouging. You will pay the same for a BMW, Hyundai, Honda, or a Jaguar part. Oh yea and at any given time they have 2 dozen 3Gs :cheers: .

Yeah the big one here in Houston is like that but it's $2 to get in plus an extra $1 to get in the late model section (1990 and up) although I've never seen anything past a '94 in there and those are usually Hyundai's. Usually every part there sells for about 10% of new so that's not too bad.

Vinny's got the best one though....They actually let him take his CAR in there! :huh: But I'm sure Vinny is an honest person and would never load his trunk up w/ freebies. :D

[Vinny]

ehhhhhhhhhhhhh they quit letting me drive back there. Owner said too many shops are going back there and taking excessive amounts of stuff, go fig. Anyways now they just let me walk back there with my tool bag and I can always go out to my car if I need anything else as far as tools and stuff. They are pretty cool. Of course their prices are a bit on the high side but I still go there just because I can actully roam free and get my own stuff. I usually roam around for a few hrs one or 2 Saturdays out of the mth to see if they have anything new on or anything I may need later on

[Dibbs]

THOSE BASTARDS! I guess ya knew it was coming one day. Oh well. Some of those guys don't play at the pick-a-parts. I see guys rolling their acetylene torch setups, some with gasoline powered compressors to run air tools. They've got it down to a science almost.

[Justin86]

My favorite yard charges $1 to get in. Its well worth it. They have wheelbarrels, port-a-johns, handwashing station, all the cars are raised up in the air, and they have set prices on everything so no price gouging. You will pay the same for a BMW, Hyundai, Honda, or a Jaguar part. Oh yea and at any given time they have 2 dozen 3Gs :cheers: .

Yea that is like the one in Redding but with a $3 gate fee. :gun:

[BITESIZE]

Yea that is like the one in Redding but with a $3 gate fee. :gun:



Well, if I come to the meet, do you think I'll be able to pick up a few cool things for my hatch?

[MattsAccord]

Yeah the junkyard is actually pretty good. They had quite a few good cars. It just sucks having to pay to go in.

P.S. Wonder if they have group rates. :D

[BITESIZE]

:cheers: And five finger discount rates?

[blazin3gen]

:cheers: And five finger discount rates?

as long as u have deep pockets u can get the best rates u can imagine hahaha

[MattsAccord]

I got perfest blinker lenses for free I put them in my socks. They check your tool box before you go in so can't do that.

Blazin are you going to the meet in redding CA

[blazin3gen]

well yea i want to go but i cant promise anything

[BITESIZE]

50% sure here

[SteveDX89]

The junkyard here is free to get in and you can roam around as long as you want. You just have to tell them what cars you're looking for when you get there so they have an idea where you are.

[Justin86]

To bad its 3000 miles form us! SO whos up for a East coast meet?

[k-roy]

Damn this is getting pretty off topic.

Any updates Mario?

[T's87lx]

hey im up for a east coast meet... i would go to any meet if i had the money

[SteveDX89]

Miles schmiles. I'm down for an east coast meet if you want to come. :tongue:

Sorry for getting off topic, Mario do you have any new pics with the bumpers. I wanna see what it looks like all back together with the bumpers and stuff before I can tell if I like it. The color is awesome but the black bumpers may kill it.

[shane_lxi]

yeah, but wash them up, cause the first one you did with the bumper was kind of dirty lol.I do like the color though, escpecially the fact that those sexy tail lights match the rest of the car now :D.

[MarioBurke]

yeah i was wonderin if somebody was gonna realize it got WAY off topic. I got some nice pictures but none with a bumper yet. I dont have the money yet. im waiting for nxracer to check out some prices for me. trying to find the best deal I can. I still havent washed the car since I put it back together.

[Morpheus]

Looks good but the tails are just bad IMO. Maybe if you did it clean by filling it in would look ok. I wouldve just left it alone. Like the color though.

[MarioBurke]

thats why its my car and not yours

[Justin86]

OK I'm starting a new thread that is just for the meet, details and a sign up sheet. Keep all the BS off Mario thread and if you want to BS about the meet go here..... http://www.3geez.com/showthread.php?t=27934