My brother and I started the prep work for the painting of my Z this was it before i started

This is the dent i got from a kid a school that couldn't see my car haha

I decided to remove the front and rear bumper and the covers ready for the new body kit im going to get

I also chose to debadge it and take that nasty trim off the sides

 

Stripped the doors


Painted the Door Jams



Prepping the rear


My brother was doing some primer around the car in some bad spots and the metal glaze spots




Heres my favorite dent on the whole car from the previous owner

but nothing a bit of work couldn't fix




And more to come in a week

 

A lotta work. Nice job on the RR quarter panel. I'm looking forward to seeing the progress.

 

nice body work....be careful on overspray...hate to see that 350 get some primer >_<

 

Very nice work! Did you repair the front fender that was hit yet? I didnt see any pics of it after. Nothing like spending some time working on a project with the bro.

 

Its alot of work but its going to be well worth it
The fender was replaced with one i found in a junkyard but it was a aftermarket one( kind of pissed me off thought) and doesn't fit the best so it took a bit to get it to fit properly but looks pretty good for what i paid for it
I might look for another one later on to see if i can find an original one that fits better

 

wow, I wish I had the patience for bodywork... lol what color are you going to paint it?

 

You see the 350z in the background its the same color as that

 

I'd like to do that but I have to remove all the paint off of my Z. its flaking all the way down to the metal. That, and I dont have a painting booth.

 

I barely had any spots of flaking which was good but we took a DA to the whole car to find bad spots. And reprimed the bad spots. Yeah its good having a brother that is a professional painter at a Dodge dealership also a paint booth at our house

 

My ZX is in the paint booth right now and the clear coat will be done in a little bit but heres a few more pictures















This is just the base which looks pretty good but a few dents have popped up like hail size but oh well

 

Brother just finished the clear but since we didn't have enough patience to finish the booth off by putting doors up with filters we got a few bits of dirt in the clear, but will soon be buffed out
Here it is, for the age of the car and the price i paid for the paint and supplies(about 300 dollars) i think its a dang good job

 

om nom nom nom

 

Wow, that clear hides some severe sins..... It's amazing how the clear laid down and the color didn't.

 

Nice work! Man I wish I could start stripping down my '82. Hopefully sometime in the near future. Good job, and I don't particulary care for 2 + 2's. But kudos to you and your brother. Keep up the good work! Looks nice!

 

very nice but why didnt you paint the hatch at the same time?

 

so yo can paint the jams and the underside of the hatch normally


why not pull the doors and get the jams too?



lookin good tho

 

Looks really nice great job

 

We did get the door jams and the inside of the doors we did that first

 

ahhhh, sweet

its lookin good

 

Makes me want to paint my Z! I got a lot of body work to do first @.@ Pulled out a bad seam and braze then bondo it, Media blast 90% of the car fix the frame rails, rust spots, replace a fender. Lotta work. To lazy to fix all that hence why my Z is multi colored XD

 

nice tag




see you guys at DNI?

 

A little update

Out of the booth and getting it put back together finally ha and new door weatherstriping, new hatch weatherstriping and tail light weatherstriping being installed. It still needs a good wax and some 5% tint on the rear windows and hatch and 10 or 15% on the front windows

Now all i need to get is get a job and buy a MSA body kit for it

 

Mine next? lol
Nice job BTW!

 

Impressive DIY paint job!!!! Great work!!!