presure2

#1

for those of ya who havent followed dustin and steffs build thread, they aquired a 95 GT over the winter, and beams swapped it.

a good buddy of mine, mike, gave me a hand, and did most of the bodywork, i deleted the sidemarkers, and antenna hole, and mike helped me block out the car after i primed it.

here are some pics.

deleting sidemarkers



all primed





you can see the antenna delete in this pic



and now the good stuff, the car was painted with an OEM lexus color, its a tri-stage paint job, meaning, you put down a solid basecoat color (in this case a medium/dark red), then a transparent midcoat (like a candy color paint job) with all the pearl ect in it, then clearcoat over that:









this last pic is of the license plate surround, close up with the flash on, it shows the pearl midcoat off really well.



lots more pics tommorow after work!

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Tigawoods

#2

i want

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rave2n

#3

Wow, thats looking real good

richee3

#4

Wish I could see that in person.

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hurley97

#5

I can't wait to see it in person tomorrow!! We will definitely get some more pics with the car a little more together and in the sunlight!

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Batman722

#6

teasers.
Wash and quick pics tomorrow

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Defgeph

#7

wow that looks amazing!

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vincent_doggy

#8

Manny, u should fly over to HK and paint mine...
I am still debating on
076 Heirloom Prl
OR
077 Starfire Prl

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presure2

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QUOTE (vincent_doggy @ Jul 20, 2010 - 4:07 PM)

>Manny, u should fly over to HK and paint mine...
I am still debating on
076 Heirloom Prl
OR
077 Starfire Prl

lol no problem, vince, fly me and the family over, and i'd be glad to!

both those colors are tri-stage paint jobs, just like the color that is on this car.

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hurley97

#10

It's hard to capture the color well, to really enjoy it you have to actually walk around the car in person. It really is phenomenal.

The last few days the weather has been a little crazy so all in one day we got some pics in overcast, cloudy, sunny, dark, and florescent lighting. Starting with some of my pics yesterday morning and at the end of the day when we finished putting it together.

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Batman722

#11

more when there is actually a bright sunny day.
Everytime I went to take a pic, clouds just come out of no where...

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Lenny

#12

that is friggin clean!

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Ted95

#13

words cant describe what i feel when i look at this car... so sick, everything about it.. is just so sick

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SwissFerdi

#14

I really, really like it. Know what would've been awesome touch? Painting the BEAMS valve cover (and whatever else is OEM red in that area) to match.

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lagos

#15

Manny really outdid himself on that one! Is this already wet sanded and buffed?
Only thing I would add is some nice and wide spacers to complete the smokin hot look.
Can't wait for more pics!

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malpaso

#16

Wow, WOW! That looks awesome!

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bhawk94

#17

I LOVE it! The night shots are my favorite! Super job.

The white wheels really pop with the dark red. The paint is sooo nice and shinny that the splitters look really dull.

How many layers of clear coat did you spray?

This post has been edited by bhawk94: Jul 21, 2010 - 12:50 PM

Johnnyny

#18

that color is amazing great job many looks awesome

presure2

#19

nice pics D!!!
its not wetsanded yet.
there are a few heavy coats of clear on the car, i made sure to put pleanty of clear on, since we plan on cutting and buffing it out.

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CelicaZR

#20

Manny That is Friggin Beautiful
Great work!
Dustin & Steph - Great Car Great Build

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hurley97

#21

I brought the car in to work today, everyone said it looked beautiful, three people didn't believe it was the same car, and a sales customer wanted to buy it.

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njccmd2002

#22

beautifu; car...

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Johnnyny

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QUOTE (hurley97 @ Jul 21, 2010 - 7:16 PM)

>I brought the car in to work today, everyone said it looked beautiful, three people didn't believe it was the same car, and a sales customer wanted to buy it.

how much did they offer

Bigblock

#24

You folks did a GREAT job!!!

Dustin & Steph--
Congrats on a VERY SWEET Celica!!

hurley97

#25

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QUOTE (Johnnyny @ Jul 21, 2010 - 7:36 PM)

>how much did they offer

It didn't even get that far. Not for sale. The end.



Thanks everyone for all the nice comments. We've had the car for almost a year (in sept) and we have all put a lot of time and work into it since then. I'm so happy its finally all paid off and the car looks unbelievable. I'm so used to seeing our little pos instead of this completely different car so it really does amaze me every time I see it now.

Oh and Manny, everyone's been asking me all day and I've been telling them it was painted at Maaco by my greenhorn friend, makes for a good reaction

This post has been edited by hurley97: Jul 21, 2010 - 7:50 PM

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presure2

#26

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>Oh and Manny, everyone's been asking me all day and I've been telling them it was painted at Maaco by my greenhorn friend, makes for a good reaction

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KAOS

#27

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QUOTE (hurley97 @ Jul 21, 2010 - 6:49 PM)

>Oh and Manny, everyone's been asking me all day and I've been telling them it was painted at Maaco by my greenhorn friend, makes for a good reaction

Well that explains it then. No wonder it turned out so nice...

I totally wish I were on that side of the continent... Manny you and _Jim_ would get a lot of business from me.

... my wife would probably leave me, and all my cash would be direct deposit into your accounts, but at least my car would finally be done.

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flyinglizard

#28

Beautiful.
I just don't care for the offset of the 7th gen gts wheels. Throw some spacers on!

easternpiro1

#29

"Please reference steff/dustins recently painted beams swap on how a car should look these days.
Clean, subtle and classy!"

i swear this to you... that guy lagos' word is GOLDEN!


NICE JOB GUYS!!!!!!!! (ive got that night pic saved under "porn" in a hidden file on my computer)

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m0dd3d1

#30

That is a beautiful paintjob man!

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