Well, I'm not a fan of non-OEM bodykits, so I'll keep my opinion on that to myself. The paint however, looks pretty damn good. When I first read your sideskirt posts, I have to admit I facepalmed quite a bit. The finished product is still not my personal taste, but the individual pieces together (body kit + side skirts) do flow well together, so I congratulate you.

Looks good, as a lot of people say that body kit isn't my personnel favorite style, but overall the whole car does flow very well and the paint looks really good actually, I had my doubt about orange (Candy Orange at that!) but it came out quite nice, kudos for the good job

Yeh, again, what she said......Like the color, it'll look nice once you get a chance to wax/polish it, and shoot on a sunny day (noticed it seemed a bit overcast). Props on the molding, looks nice from the photos. I like how the hood and mirrors match up, but the wheels seem to get lost. Over all I commend you DIY effort, again, the molding looks good, and the color will really pop with some shine. Post pics when that happens (1-3 months).

I like it, not my style, but I can still admire it. Great job!

THANKS to everyone! I couldnt have done it with out the support and everyone in the community Its an awesome feeling know I did it, and it turned out to be good through many different peoples perspectives. And I knew from the start the kit and whatnot would not be anyones fav, but thanks for supporting it

And yeah I did alot! of research, but no hands on painting experience until this job Just took my time and trusted in my self, honestly I think most anyone could do a normal basecoat clear coat, it was the candy that was the hard part!

I buffed it a little bit tonight with a guy I know but he said it was good, and its a little shinier. He used to paint cars for years and when I pulled up to his house (he was in the back with his kid by the pool, he came out and said "DAMN! who sprayed your car!?" haha and thats from someone who has done countless jobs

I knew I had to wait a while to wax it, is that how long like 1-3 months? I wasnt planning on it anytime soon cause I knew I couldnt. JW

And I am going to my friends in boston before the CSP meet, and he took alot of photography classes so Ill get some good pics there, and of course at the CSP meet !!!! where I am sure ill stick out like a sore thumb but thats what i want:)


.....>>annnd>> guess who got pulled over today? yupp me! not for anything I have a feeling that will be happening alot more often (already used to get pulled over once a month at least! And the guy who pulled me over came up to my car, i know him from being pulled over lol. and he asked if if i got a new car? and I explained to him how I painted it and he was impressed, and said he could respect all the hard work. And gave me no ticket, but also told me I have to change my... registration? maybe, i dont remember but from Red to Orange (not why he pulled me over, we talked for like 15 mins lol) And he told me I was a good kid, and if I got in a trouble to talk to him

you did a great job on it man. i respect that.

looking good man! major props for doing it yourself.
cant wait to see it @ CSP!

Holy moley that looks niiiiice! When I paint my car, I'm going to paint it a color other than black so I can keep the rear license plate bezel black. I don't know why, but it looks really good to me, but I digress. all the molding came out awesome! Nice work!

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Yep i read your fender and side skirt post and saw all the hate but look at the mouths dropping now i like that fender vent its something diffirent and for that i applaud you!

Great job!!! Excellent first paint job. I'm even more impressed how evenly the candy coat came out, you really did a hell of a good job.

haha thanks! i knew all the ideas would come with some hate, beacause i know its not nearly everyones style. But i couldnt have done it with out the support of some key members

A HUGE thanks again to everyone Went on vaca and it was nice to come back to some love for the celi lol

And I cant wait till CSP!

the candy was absolutely the hardest part! but as long as you take your time and are able to envision it per say (and trust yourself, panicking is the worst thing!) it will come out good.

It is... textured? kinda with the paint system I used for people that may look into it, its smooth but not like single stage, idk how to explain it exactly but it looks awesome and I am in love with my celi even more Just hope the cops back off! lol

Looks good bro, I applaud you for DIY for sure. Your taste and mine sure are different lol. But it lookss good, molding and paint. Just make it shine and post some pics on a sunny day and i bet it will look 10x better

I am going to give you 9/10 for this project.

Of which
4 points go to putting up with us annoying people
3 points for doing it yourself
1 for picking the same color as my car
1 point for picking a good body kit unlike those stock looking chumps.

haha! yeah i dont like the stock look, never had, but nothin against peoples clean celi's
9/10! haha ill take it! for a first time

I am painting my friends car before the end of fall, an obnoxious candy green lol ill post it up when im done

6gc demands close up photos in sunlight!

haha I know! I had it in a parking lot tonight and the silver base coat made a crazzzzzzzzy effect under the light! I wont have good pics unfortunately until thurs or friday because I only have my phone cam, but my friend has a good one and ill be visiting him this wknd
I will get them up asap though

your car looks amazingg! and i am a fan of the supra SS because they came out outstanding.
but to the whole thing where the cop pulled you over, you do have to get your registration changed because they could think your plates belong to a different celica

thanks! glad everyone likes the results

Yeah thats what the cop told me, I am going to go and try to change it tomorrow, hopefully it doesnt cost me any money...cause im all out lmao

New good pics will be here friday

Can you come to Nebraska and paint my car????? I'll pay you with beer! Looks great bro... keep it up!

haha why?! ur 3L2 looks awesome! haha always gotta have a beer when ur workin on the car
you could paint urs man, its not! hard, its rlly not, hardest thing is prep then just practice on the spoiler for ur first spray and as long as you have a place to do it, you can do it for 400 bucks
and thanks

i was thinking about painting my car myself, but then i decided i was going to leave it to a pro. (not anytime soon) you did a nice job, post up some more pics when you start buffing/polishing it.

thanks I am getting pics this wknd with my friend and the CSP meet

But with me, i dont work that often so money is tight, and i wanted the candy effect which would have been a 3k+ paint job .... so after some research i found it was pretty simple and cheap!

Not sure what you do and how the money situation is, but doing a basecoat-clearcoat. Can be done with $400, including the gun and sander and its a good experience. But nothing beats a pro job

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very nice job!!!!!!!!!!!!! ur car looks awesome, i love the body kit ( i have the same one ). just one thing i need to ask, how much paint did u used??? and once again, very nice job!!!!!

thanks the invader is an awsome style if you like agressive loks
and i used 3 quarts of each (primer,base,candy,clear) but i didnt paint my hood and cut it real close with the amount of paint. i reccommned a gallon of each to be safe

turned out pretty nice. nice work!