Body work

[black180sx]

Almost done with the body work on my car.


Removed front emblem and liscence plate holes


removed factory spoiler and rear wiper


driver side door dings


passenger side door dings

[matlock]

Looking good, I like to see people that do their own work.....THe bumper looks cool without those holes, but I am all about the emblem

[element240]

nice dude... are you going to repaint the 240?

[DRFT]

nice work...what color are you planning on painting it?

[brokenben]

nice. if i dont sell my car.. i think im gonna start on mine. how tough was it? do you have any past experience with it?

[black180sx]

thanks, i juss learned how do body work this year and i plan on repainting the car beryllium 16

[phrozen]

nice work for diy, i need to do that too when it gets a lil warmer, soo many lil freakin dings(stupid people and shopping carts)

[twitchy]

shave your door handles to go with that clean look

love to see when its done

[brokenben]

Originally Posted by twitchy

shave your door handles to go with that clean look

love to see when its done

ok.. so this will sound stupid.. but how do you open the doors then? do you install a kit to have them pop open?

[twitchy]

yeah they sell a kit...some cables and a solenoid thinghy and you use a remote to make the doors pop open, not all the way but just past the catch so you can stick your hand in and pull them open...check out www.mypushcart.com

more on this tomorrow....ive been mixing drinks for 8 hours and im pooped! night

[DRFT]

shaving door handles = stupidity, what happens when the solenoid goes bad?

plus there is no point in shaving door handles anyways

anyways...black180sx cant wait to see your work when its done, will there be a aero kit to accomidate the new paint job? and are you painting it your self or having someone else do it?

[daredevildoug]

im gonna start my body work soon.... what did you use to cover small holes...and what kind of sand paper did you go through on the body work to get the smooth result. let me know.. i dont want to mess up my car just yet!
thanks

[Advan]

I hate shaved door handles. Every car I see with shave door handles no matter if it's a supra or whatever, that automatically turns me off. Although it may have a clean look to them, but imo, it makes the car look gay.
Daredevildoug...."Bondo" will be your bestfriend

[Dousan_PG]

fuck shaved door handles, who let that guy on zilvia damn!
shave that 3rd brake light. that's hotness

[brokenben]

Originally Posted by Dousan_PG

fuck shaved door handles, who let that guy on zilvia damn!
shave that 3rd brake light. that's hotness

it is? do you have a pic or anything?

[Ghettokracker71]

good work ! ....I know it aint easy...I attempted the body work on my chevelle....

[black180sx]

Originally Posted by DRFT

shaving door handles = stupidity, what happens when the solenoid goes bad?

plus there is no point in shaving door handles anyways

anyways...black180sx cant wait to see your work when its done, will there be a aero kit to accomidate the new paint job? and are you painting it your self or having someone else do it?

i have sideskirts and a zenki lip and i'll be repainting it myself.

[brokenben]

Originally Posted by black180sx

i have sideskirts and a zenki lip and i'll be repainting it myself.

wat does beryllium 16 look like? is it a factory color on anything? ..and also.. where are you taking the class? im interested in taking one, but not sure where to look...

[daredevildoug]

most likely im going to be using fiber glass bondo. its sronger and easier to work with from past experiance. good job on the body work. keep us updated!

[black180sx]

Originally Posted by brokenben

wat does beryllium 16 look like? is it a factory color on anything? ..and also.. where are you taking the class? im interested in taking one, but not sure where to look...

class is in norcal

[Dousan_PG]

shaved 3rd brake light

[nightwalker]

eh, I likey the third brake light.

[black180sx]

it looks good without it but it looks fine with it

[vudoodrifter03]

i agree with dousan, no 3rd brake light is the sex.
shaving wiper, spoiler, emblems and plate holes looks hot
shaving anythig else is wrong
-A

[brokenben]

Originally Posted by Dousan_PG

shaved 3rd brake light

oh that does look nice.. maybe ill add that to my list when i finally learn how to do bodywork..

[ridebmx]

i had to do alot of body work when i did my car... a guy i know did the paint and body stuff, i had to take almost everything off besides the motor. It pretty nice when u have to pull the trans just to change the damn clutch fork, come on u engineers, make it easier to work on cars/replace parts.





Some of you older members might remeber the pictures... black sucks as body work and paint have to be perfect, also you should take a surplus of pictures, i wish i would have taken more...too late for that, maybe for the next paint job, i just dont like black that much anymore, for those of you wanting to do your own body work. It is alot of work, and alot of sanding. It takes along time to be able to do nice body/paint jobs. your paint job will only be as good as the body work under it. SAND SAND SAND. I guess it all depends how picky you are. I would suggest doing body work on something you really dont care about, learn with that, maybe have someone with alot of experience help you, but dont let them do all the work, you will never learn...Im sure alot of you have had the friend that was like "will you help me do such and such" your "help" is doing everything for them, and in return they learned nothing. So just a heads up, mistakes will cost you money. Supplys can get expensive.

edit* ha, you should have seen me driving it down the road to the guys shop, 4 donuts, half the glass out, no bumpers, no lights, etc, when i pulled up, man he was laffin.

[Powashiftin]

whats up with that rear quarter panel?

[ridebmx]

i had to replace it, too bad i dont have the orginal picture from that side. but needless to say, the car was totally hammered, but as u can see, you cant even tell, and straight as an arrow