my cars paint was in bad condition and i didnt want a professional paint job until i get a hood and a highrise spoiler so i went ahead and rattlecanned it. i filled in the front emblem and sides. heres some pics.

 

that was the basic coat and only the fender and fron end heres a better one.

 

last one dont be to mean. i'm only 18 and work at jack in the box so anythign expensive takes awhile to get.

 

its nice that you are putting 91+ gfx on there. It will look awesome with the spoiler too. U should get a 91+ front bumper too

 

thanks im glad you noticed when i got the car 3 years ago my dad had bought those for me as a birthday present. asides from the cheap rims that was one of the first things done to the car besides rebuilding engine.

 

Just remember, its not how much u can afford.

Its how creative and ingenious you can be and still keep the project moving forward..

Long as it keeps moving forward, you get closer to the lite at the end of the tunnel :-)

later
Jeremy

 

You might get some trouble from the law for painting over your side marker lens.

 

Looks like you painted over all the lights! Or is it just that the masking is still on there?

But yeah, welcome to the rattle-can club, lol...

 

man i am in the same boat.. i am 18 and am a pizza delievery guy..well..i am about to work at golds gym ( delievery put to muchwear on my bird.) haha..for my paint i did all the body work and took my time and bought the primer and reducer first. now i am saving up for the paint. then when i buy that im going to a friend hhouse with a booth and doin the whole car. but in the mean time im sanding it down but not to bare metal. so i am just taking baby steps so i can afford it all.. but hey man. do the best you can with what you got.

 

Just keep it in good condition till you can do it right, a bunch of temp fixes will only make things worse when you're ready to do it right.

Man i'd kill for a bacon extreme burger right now, stupid JITB not being in FL

*pokes your bubble* sorry the 91+ bumper is no different.

 

That must be flat black. Why didn't you try the glossy black. It would'ev looked decent.

I painted my bumper glossy black and it looked pretty good. No one could've guessed that it was rattlecan.
If you take your time with it, and try getting even coats on, it will look good.


PS You know you cold've bought a compressor and a decent painting gun for less than 100 bucks. At sears
That way you could'ev saved some money for the real paint and paint it. 200 paint job that you do yourself.
Than later on once you gather some money, do the prep work and get the car ready and you'll have a masterfull free paint job.

Trust me the more you paint the better you get. I could call myself a rattlecan king, but thats no title to brag about.

 

all the lights are masked except the tailights, they've been nightshaded. lol i need to finish up still, so no sense unmasking.

 

So what's with the user name?


I've done that before. A couple buddies of mine did that to his 85 TA years ago. Looked pretty good too. We spent some time sanding and priming and even cleared it. Would've looked real nice if we wet sanded more...

 

 

lol sorry about the name my friends and i found the site and didnt knwo much about it. it was a joke. sorry i plan on getting a new name as soon as im not lazy. lol

 

What part of washington are you from?

 

its bderline university place and tacoma. off of 56th str.

 

Dude. I'm in gig harbor. I go to TCC. (well, until finals are over then I get a bit of a break)

Do you drive the car? I'm suprised I haven't seen it.

 

no the transmission has gone out so it doesnt move much at the moment

 

There are a few other thirdgen guys in tacoma as well. We all should meet up and BS.

Check out http://cascadecrew.org/phpBB2/index.php

 

sounds cool, i already met one person who lives near me. it would be cool to get a bunch of third gen drivers together.

 

that looks decent

 

omg!!! i meant anti-RS style front bumper...damnit

 

do you mean the grill?

 

Let me tell ya somethign about a rattlecan paint job.. Paint is paint.. doesn't really matter HOW you get it on the car.. it's all in the finish work.. most of the GOOD paint jobs still need to be wet sanded when done. Here is what I had to spray-bomb not too long ago.




Once the paint was put on in good even coats, I jst spent some time with some wet sanding paper and later, I buffer.. and my neighbor could not tell the difference.

 

with the car parked over that ledge like that.. it looks like its getting ready to mow the lawn..

kinda looks like a John Deer camaro riding lawn mower

 

i wish at least if it was a lawn mower it would do something besides sit atm. lol its been sittin there since beginning of summer so the grass doesnt even grow underneath ti anymore.kinda sad

 

Let me show you what you can do with a rattle can and some elbow grease.. these are before and after shots of my TA.. 90% of this side is rattle can work due to previous owner's REALLY bad paint skills.. left in sander scratches, fisheyes, uugh.. it was horrible..

here's the before shot...







And here's what you can end up with if you get a buffer and wetsand with 1500 grit paper. I've been using a small bottle of the 3M rubbing/buffing compound.



Let me know if you want some further guidance.

 

wow, looks great

 

wow amazing, i plan to go out and eventually buy a nice spray gun and compressor but for now money's tight. i have to save up for a new transmission and exhaust because i cant drive with out either. (wont pass emissions thatys why exhaust). but after that im going to work on mostly the engine, dont want to spend to much money on the outside making it look mean when it cant beat anything.

 

Hi

The 91-92 Gfx looks great. If I were you I would get an 87 88 89 style spoiler with the third brake light and a hood with the louvers/fins on it. If you get a 91 92 style hood keep in mind that on the twin cowls there is a bit of a dip at the back and when it rains water will just sit in there. After a while it will rust and it looks like ****. I love what you did to the nose [filling in emblem spot] it looks really good. By the way you painted over your side reflector. I would either take it out and fill it in like what you did to your nose or get a new one because a painted over one just screams cheap crapy paint job because they didn't tape over it.

Good luck with your ride

Speedmachine

 

thanks for all the comments, ill have more recent pictures up soon i just painted stripes

 

get a Z28 style front end with foglamps

 

i like how you filled in the front bumper and side markers. if its a new grill your looking for instead of the visor ones, i have one of an 87 iroc with the word camaro raised up on it. i plan on getting the bowtie one instead. i like it more. you could have it if you just covered shipping. reply to this post or pm me. good job....projects take time...

 

can i join your guys boat?


Im 17 i have an rs, it needs allot of work, and i just got fired, so no money whatsoever.


good luck to you guys on your cars

 

oops

 

 

Get a job at discount tire, they start you out at around 13 bucks an hour. Well, at least here in Denver they do!

Other than that, make sure you have friends in high places, or perfect your bj skills.