The definitive paint thread. Nuff said.

[hOngsterr]

just a bumper should be at least a pint of paint.

[Lovely Idol Inc.]

Dont paint thick coats first of all, second of all since a pint of paint is the smallest you can actually buy yes get a pint. That being said, I have used a pint to spray two hoods, a pair of fenders and a front bumper but I will say it DOES matter what color you use.


So basically, get a quart of primer, quart of clear, a pint of whatever color you need and use the basic guns you can get at harbor freight.


Harbor Freight guns are by no means shitty, but they have NOTHING on my $1100 spray gun. Night and day difference, harbor freight gun will allow you to apply coats evenly and come out decent, however my sata spray gun pretty much ensures no buffing, no variation, nothing other than perfect spray every time.

[godrifttoday]

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not necessary with sata guns, they do help the inexperience though!!!! Noob maybe gets to close when he shoots or what not.... I spraid cars for people that have harbor freight guns and if u get to close u get sick orange peel, but with those I just raise up the pressure and spray farther away. And it doesn't come out to bad for using the gun.... But for sure u will need some color sanding

[Lovely Idol Inc.]

If you use a harbor freight gun, just practice the gun control previous to actually spraying the bumper and you'll be fine.

But no, if you don't have a nice spray gun it won't turn out perfect.

[s14fbs]

Originally Posted by piranhamatt

I just looked at every page on the thread, hoping to find this car.

Anyone know what color/paint code it is?

the colors have been played with in that pic

[Lovely Idol Inc.]

I was going to say, I thought that car was red haha

[NINJASPY]

I am planning on painting my bumper black.
Anyone have experience with the 23dollar dupont pints at kragen/pepboys etc?
Someone help me choose out a gun from harbor frieight? I know I need hplv, but what kind of spray pattern etc? Do I need to thin out the paint before spray?

singlestage or two stage??

thanks again guys.

[Lovely Idol Inc.]

The paint works, its not a nice material or anything but it doesnt look like total crap and its cheap.


Single stage won't look as good, ever. No matter what anyone here tries to tell you, a 2 stage paint will ALWAYS turn out better, last longer, better finish, and pretty much not look like a pile of shit. IF you plan breaking this bumper a lot, then yeah, you can single stage it since it will be painted repeatedly.



As far as guns, just get one that works, spray pattern doesnt matter. I don't even think non adjustable guns have been made for years now.

[airhead]

i need paint code asap!!!

[n240sxfnatic]

Originally Posted by airhead

i need paint code asap!!!

Looks just like stock Misty Blue Metallic LH1

[airhead]

i was comparing them but it looks different??

[airhead]

this one has more a blue. the other has more a lighter silver to it

[n240sxfnatic]

Originally Posted by airhead

this one has more a blue. the other has more a lighter silver to it

Its just the pic, it changes from a blue to silver, I know bc thats my car.

[SWAT Team S14]

Originally Posted by VAs13

my buddy who has the paint can was just shipped out to boot camp so i wasnt able to go get it. ill see if i can find the receipt

EDIT: cant find the receipt, but i am going out to the paint shop tomorrow so i will just get it then.

??????? Come on man, you've told me twice you were gonna get the paint code for me. I appreciate the help, but if you can't get/find it, stop telling me you're going to.

[airhead]

i had a misty blue silver too but i keep on looking at the other picture it just has more of a nice light silver...

[n240sxfnatic]

That pic you showed has a lot of blue in it. Its LH1, here a pic in different lighting so you can see how it changes depending on the light

[irax]

here is my "misty blue"
it does look very blue silver in certain lighting but rarely does it look purplish

[airhead]

looks nice im stuck between black and misty blue :/

[Slidin' Sam]

There are several things I have been able to pull out of this thread so far:

1) Auto/Paint manufacturers come up with some pretty wild names for colors.

2) Colors that were OEM on certain vehicles look WAY better on other manufacturer's vehicles IMO.

3) Everyone seems to love the flat/matte colors, and GREEN!

I'm just observing...

[DDB240sx]

Does anyone know the paint code for the red that's on the valve cover of the sr20det redtops?

[Lovely Idol Inc.]

The powdercoat or the people who paint them a similar color?

[rbs14kouki]

is there a paint code for the yashio factory PINK ???

i looked around in the last 12 pages but havent found nothing !!!

[DDB240sx]

Either or, whatever's the closest.

[Lovely Idol Inc.]

Try AH3, its pretty close, can be tinted slightly with more red or more black to get the desired color.



I am looking right now for something I found a long time ago that was very close to yashio's color

[Lovely Idol Inc.]

Paint code is FM3, I believe its a Dodge color

You will have to add pink and possibly like a fuchsia liquid pink pearl to it

[Lovely Idol Inc.]

Also, understand that unless you order your products from japan, the color will be near impossible to match

[Slidin' Sam]

You can try to e-mail Andy at poweredvehicles.com and see if he knows the code. Him and his gf own the old yahsio factorykouki s14.

[rbs14kouki]

thanks guys !!!

[driftsilvias13]

Freshly painted m3 Alpine White. Needs to be wet sanded..

[s14fbs]

my car