I painted my accord... with a roller!!

[gfrg88]

Just like the title says. I used the $50 paint job method. I just finished the first coat.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b192/gfrg88/DSCI0405.jpg

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http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b192/gfrg88/DSCI0404.jpg


in this pic you can see that it's going to take about four coats to get the old white covered up nicely:
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b192/gfrg88/DSCI0407.jpg


I will update this thread throughout this week while I keep painting it.

Comments welcome

:thumbup:

[johndej]

hmm..... lets see how this compares to the spray can paint jobs.

[86ccord]

hmm wow that looks pretty tight. lol

[SZfiftyfour]

Assuming you're leaving it two-tone, its going to look really nice when your done. Are you gonna do any wet-sanding between coats?

[gfrg88]

Assuming you're leaving it two-tone, its going to look really nice when your done. Are you gonna do any wet-sanding between coats?

yes two-tone.. ive always wanted this paint scheme since i had my very first car. I am going to wet sand every two coats. And once I'm done buff the living hell out of it!!

[Civic Accord Honda]

hella sweet
you should replace the rear cracked bumper and make that lip fit right tho maybe even do a 92-93 trunk swap and blackhoused headlights with yellow high beam :D

[rfiks]

are u guna clear coat???

[bank2me]

Looks pretty good man, what type of paint did you use?

[gfrg88]

hella sweet
you should replace the rear cracked bumper and make that lip fit right tho maybe even do a 92-93 trunk swap and blackhoused headlights with yellow high beam :D

have all that in mind... getting a new front bumper, rear bumper, blackhoused headlight and corners.. i like the 9091 trunk actually. im going with 3000k hid high beam, and 6000k or 8000k low beams and mount the lude fogs better or get oem/jdm ones....


i can see youve been hanging around cb7tuner a lot :cheers:

[gfrg88]

are u guna clear coat???

no clear coat needed... shines right up without a problem :thumbup:

[gfrg88]

Looks pretty good man, what type of paint did you use?

rustoleum protective enamel, gloss black ;)

[import racer]

Looks good man although i've never been a fan of white.still looks good

[Pico]

Looking good.

[gfrg88]

got the second coat on tonight... will take pics tomorrow after work. :thumbup:

[Civic Accord Honda]

have all that in mind... getting a new front bumper, rear bumper, blackhoused headlight and corners.. i like the 9091 trunk actually. im going with 3000k hid high beam, and 6000k or 8000k low beams and mount the lude fogs better or get oem/jdm ones....


i can see youve been hanging around cb7tuner a lot :cheers:
sweet :D and cb7tuner ftw got a link to your MRT? i don't feel like searching lol

[labeledsk8r]

looks good, cant wait to see it finished..


on a side note, are those konig monsoon's i see on there?? i had a set a while back and sold them wish i never did

[Dr_Snooz]

Can't wait to see the finished product!

[evil88accordLX]

did you do any prepwork to the car or just go over the existing paint?

[gfrg88]

looks good, cant wait to see it finished..


on a side note, are those konig monsoon's i see on there?? i had a set a while back and sold them wish i never did

why yes they are. got them $150 with some pretty new rubber on them.. gotta love craigslist :D

[gfrg88]

did you do any prepwork to the car or just go over the existing paint?

shaved antenna and windshield washer nozzle(sp?) things. sanded down everything with 150 grit, then went back over everything with 400 for a smoother look, then paint.

[gfrg88]

sweet :D and cb7tuner ftw got a link to your MRT? i don't feel like searching lol

dont have one yet.. dont feel like making one lol.. but now that im doing a lot to the car i will start one.. working on some itbs for it... i think im gonna be the only one on there with them on an f22 (besides bisi)

[evil88accordLX]

shaved antenna and windshield washer nozzle(sp?) things. sanded down everything with 150 grit, then went back over everything with 400 for a smoother look, then paint.

no windshield washers? i couldnt live without those things. when i first got my 3gee mine didnt work (the hose was cut) and it sucked ass because i couldnt clean my windshield. my wipers would just smear when i used them.

[jdmaccordnut]

OT: Why are you bothering with that car though? I had a 92 EX and I absolutely HATED that car, even with less than half the miles that my 3G has. It was heavy, it handled like a barge, and working on the brakes was completely impossible.

Keep us updated though! The car looks cool, I just can't stand owning one.

[Civic Accord Honda]

OT: Why are you bothering with that car though? I had a 92 EX and I absolutely HATED that car, even with less than half the miles that my 3G has. It was heavy, it handled like a barge, and working on the brakes was completely impossible.


do you like to piss people off?:toilet:

[gfrg88]

OT: Why are you bothering with that car though? I had a 92 EX and I absolutely HATED that car, even with less than half the miles that my 3G has. It was heavy, it handled like a barge, and working on the brakes was completely impossible.

Keep us updated though! The car looks cool, I just can't stand owning one.

damn, you probably need a lesson or ten if you can't work on the brakes :slap:

handles like crap?? dont think so.. this would run circles around my old 3rd gen any day.. and I really had a lot of shit done to my ol 3rd gen.. this thing is 100% stock :slap:

sigh, children..




anyways...here's some pics of the second coat on it..

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b192/gfrg88/DSCI0408.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b192/gfrg88/DSCI0409.jpg

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as you can see, the second coat really covered things up well..

[gfrg88]

here's the third coat. I got really inpatient, more like desperate to just see what it would look like with all the tape off. So it only has three coats and it will stay like that. I am going to do some wetsanding of the whole car today and buff the crap out of everything.

onto the pics..

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b192/gfrg88/DSCI0413.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b192/gfrg88/DSCI0414.jpg

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http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b192/gfrg88/DSCI0418.jpg

I fucked up with masking off the trunk area :( but oh well, with about less then $10 that I spent to do this, it was well worth the fuking time it took me :thumbup:

btw, what do you guys think about lightly tinting the tails?? or completely blacked out? or red/clears?? :dunno:

[evil88accordLX]

get you a roll of pinstripe tape and put it where the black meets the white and it will smooth out the transition for you. ive always thought a small neutral stripe between contrasting colors looks bad ass and helps add to the color change anyhow.

[Civic Accord Honda]

looking good !!
just get like some silver pin stripes :D

[evil88accordLX]

silver is too in between of a color. you wouldn't even hardly notice it. get a color that will stand out AND compliment the other colors. like the blue from the tape. go look at the pics before the tape was pulled off. if it was just a thin stripe it would both set apart the colors as well as compliment them. a gold or darker yellow would look good also.

[MessyHonda]

not too bad:rockon:

[gfrg88]

i was actually thinking of a red pinstripe.. what do you guys think??

[Civic Accord Honda]

i was actually thinking of a red pinstripe.. what do you guys think??

that would look good aswell :D

[2oodoor]

didn't you say you were going to paint the Nissan beater truck?
looks not so bad, what type/grade of roller?

[AccordB20A]

looks not too bad i reCkon

[Dr_Snooz]

Looks pretty good. You gonna polish & buff out now?

[gfrg88]

didn't you say you were going to paint the Nissan beater truck?
looks not so bad, what type/grade of roller?

i did.. its got two coats on it right now. I am going to finish off this week.

[gfrg88]

Looks pretty good. You gonna polish & buff out now?

yup. I just wet sanded yesterday and now I am going to go buy a cheap buffer to make it shine :)

[Civic Accord Honda]

yup. I just wet sanded yesterday and now I am going to go buy a cheap buffer to make it shine :)
u can get a decent one for $ 10 at walmart i used one after i spray painted my car ..only got the door and fender done but man did it make a difference! it was shiny and smooth and the rest was rough and dull lol

[markmdz89hatch]

hmm.... ...interested to see the finished product. As for the tails, I have to lean toward getting yourself a can of candy-apple red, and redding out the entire lens. Then, get a 1/4" thick deep red pinstripe and stripe the transition to hide everything and create the break that a few have already mentioned.

Other then that, the only criticism I could give is where you made your line. I see how you picked the topline of the trunk, and hood, but I (for me personally) think it looks kinda funky on the sides being that it doesn't follow any side-lines, and is just a lil high of the window line. I personally would have picked either the window or body line as the break. Have you considered going with black on the side moldings, and the bumper moldings?

Edit: Not trying to be a prick, (and this one can stay because it's more about the paint then the car), but let's try and keep the Appearance/Pics sections to 3G's, and let the rest hang out in O/T.

[mushroom_toy]

If I was you I would have done about 6-8 coats and just done 1 color.

[gfrg88]

hmm.... ...interested to see the finished product. As for the tails, I have to lean toward getting yourself a can of candy-apple red, and redding out the entire lens. Then, get a 1/4" thick deep red pinstripe and stripe the transition to hide everything and create the break that a few have already mentioned.

Other then that, the only criticism I could give is where you made your line. I see how you picked the topline of the trunk, and hood, but I (for me personally) think it looks kinda funky on the sides being that it doesn't follow any side-lines, and is just a lil high of the window line. I personally would have picked either the window or body line as the break. Have you considered going with black on the side moldings, and the bumper moldings?

Edit: Not trying to be a prick, (and this one can stay because it's more about the paint then the car), but let's try and keep the Appearance/Pics sections to 3G's, and let the rest hang out in O/T.

sorry, i always forget to put all my crap in the OT section.. you can move it, i dont mind...


about the break, thats actually a body line that i followed. i really didnt like that much when i finished it, but it was only $10 and three days worth of work :D

will post more pics once i buff everything :thumbup:

edit: we should really get a "other cars/autos" section for crap things like this... just a thought.....


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[gfrg88]

If I was you I would have done about 6-8 coats and just done 1 color.

im going to eventually re paint the whole car.. same cholor scheme but with about 8 coats.. I always wanted this style since my first car.. dont knw i have always like it like this...

[gfrg88]

u can get a decent one for $ 10 at walmart i used one after i spray painted my car ..only got the door and fender done but man did it make a difference! it was shiny and smooth and the rest was rough and dull lol

thanks for letting me know :thumbup: i will have to stop by there tomorrow after work.. And yes, right now it is pretty rough and dull lol