IS300 rebuild after accident
03-13-09, 07:25 AM
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put the black grills in and ended making my own upper grill for it and painted it black
headlights and bumper and all on :fluffy:
11/6
puting some puddy glaze in to fill the holes and lowspots after i sanded it down
(haha, joe, when did you take this, i didn't even notice lol)
pre-masked
headlights and bumper and all on :fluffy:
11/6
puting some puddy glaze in to fill the holes and lowspots after i sanded it down
(haha, joe, when did you take this, i didn't even notice lol)
pre-masked
03-13-09, 07:25 AM
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masked up
i painted the front bumper and as soon as i started painting the passenger side i ran outta paint :rant:
first few base coats
unmasked after clear, still needs to be buffed and all but it looks 100x's better than before
hood masked
bumper cleared
hood cleared
car back in the other garage
i painted the front bumper and as soon as i started painting the passenger side i ran outta paint :rant:
first few base coats
unmasked after clear, still needs to be buffed and all but it looks 100x's better than before
hood masked
bumper cleared
hood cleared
car back in the other garage
03-13-09, 07:28 AM
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11/23/08
well the paint didn't match the factory paint at all. seemed like the metalic in the paint was backwards cause when the front was light, the back was dark and when the back was light, the front was dark....
so tuesday night, i pulled it back in the garage to paint the whole car up. i got single stage so it would be cheaper but you have to do a bunch of coats for the clear to come through, and i was running out so i stopped. i'm gonna clear it next week but now its kinda like a matte silver and it looks pretty cool lol. but def gonna clear it once i get some money. my dad said he could spot me so i can get it done but i already un-masked it so i might just wait.
proof that the color does match, but this time the back is darker instead of the front like in the pics i posted from capital
pulled tails out and started masking everything up
some coats laid
i also smoked my 3rd brake light and painted somthing else....
well the paint didn't match the factory paint at all. seemed like the metalic in the paint was backwards cause when the front was light, the back was dark and when the back was light, the front was dark....
so tuesday night, i pulled it back in the garage to paint the whole car up. i got single stage so it would be cheaper but you have to do a bunch of coats for the clear to come through, and i was running out so i stopped. i'm gonna clear it next week but now its kinda like a matte silver and it looks pretty cool lol. but def gonna clear it once i get some money. my dad said he could spot me so i can get it done but i already un-masked it so i might just wait.
proof that the color does match, but this time the back is darker instead of the front like in the pics i posted from capital
pulled tails out and started masking everything up
some coats laid
i also smoked my 3rd brake light and painted somthing else....
03-13-09, 08:03 AM
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Nice work. Looks like you took every safeguard necesary to get it close to perfect. So, what you are telling us is you are volunteering to be the new MD local body man. LOL!
Alot of blood, sweat and tears went into that project I'm sure! It's got the be a great feeling to rebuild it yourself! Congrats!
Very nice work bro. If you ever want to practice painting on another Lexus. I can buy the paint, beer, ect... 