well, my engine needs to be replaced but while I get the money and locate a NICE engine I wanna start installing some of the stuff that I have for the car.

5th gen mirrors
side skirts ( coming )
raiser blocks


they are like ready to paint but, what do I have to do to paint them my self ?
sand them out ( with ??? 500 ? 1000 ? 2000 ? sand paper
sandable primer and sand them out again # ?

ready to paint ?

guys I need to know what to do, what order and if you have a brand to you think would work better, tell me that too.

I was afraid to mess up the look by doing it myself but if I don't start trying I won't learn so if something comes bad lookingl, I'll start over and redo it again. I can get most of the stuff for free so tell me what I need so I can entertain myself till my celi get ready to roll again.

thanks

How are you going to drive your GF around this weekend!!!!

~snap

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I still have my other car 1987 celica GT, plus she's coming on june 30th two weekends from now, so hopefully my engine will be in and running by next weekend and everything else it's just accesories that if I can't get them done for some reason won't be an issue; but remember we love our cars so we always want them to look like what they ar THE BEST OF THE BEST

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I hear you! -- btw, what kind of engine?

~snap

^^^ a humble 7AFE.

Back on topic...

You'll want to scuff up the surface before shooting it with primer. Wetsanding with 320 or 400 grit sandpaper will work well. Then you'll want to sand the primer down so that it's smooth with something like 400 grit sandpaper and then paint.

cool !
I'm gonna start with the raiser blocks, let's see how I do on those if everything goes ok I'll get ready for the other parts.