87starcar Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 (edited) well finally painted my civic. its the first car ive ever painted. it came out good. a few runs and some dust. i'll sand and polish the whole car. the color does not look right in the pictures. it looks similar to the red on starions. i still need to paint the tops of the bumper from the trim up black. and the side trim will be blacki changed a quarter panel on this car and did alottt of body work in other sreas aswell. it was a good learning expierience for me heres some pictureshttp://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa282/jammincrtracer/levief8.jpghttp://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa282/jammincrtracer/levief6.jpghttp://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa282/jammincrtracer/levief5.jpghttp://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa282/jammincrtracer/levief4.jpghttp://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa282/jammincrtracer/levief3.jpghttp://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa282/jammincrtracer/levief.jpghttp://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa282/jammincrtracer/levief7.jpghttp://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa282/jammincrtracer/levief9.jpg Edited February 12, 2011 by 87starcar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMeyerhoff Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 About how long did it take you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87starcar Posted February 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 well ive had the car for almost a year. i have around 85 hours into it. ive had to keep track because its for my senior project to graduate highschool. the sealer base and clear itself was done in a day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danmanTSI Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 Looks NICE man What are your plans for the interior? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87starcar Posted February 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 i have the full interior for it i just stripped it before i painted it. its all in decent shape minus the door panels. they are cracked on the top edges. so other than finding door panels and maybe some integra or si seats it pretty much just needs put back together Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighterpilot Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 Way to go!!!! It's great to see someone your age learning to do things with your hands and brain. It's especially good to read that you acknowledge that in some areas you could have done better and you are going to go back and correct these imperfections. Once again my hat is off to you. For What It's Worth. KEN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87starcar Posted February 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 thanks alot! and my signature is big right now im working on making it smaller lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komeuppance Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 "I love my hawnduh..." That's what I think of every time I hear someone talk about their hawnduh, haha. -Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC_99 Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 Nice job man, I'll look forward to seeing your finished product. Im not a honda fan, but to each his own. You obviously enjoy working on the car, and are doing some quality work, so I say attaboy to you. BC_99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniSRT4 Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 There is two problems with this thread, its about a civic and its a b-series going in. jk man! Looks good. I wish I had the patience to paint. But I guess I am learning how come warmer weather cause we are painting my beast and my friend is insisting I paint some of it. ps, swap a k24 in that thing! I always wanted to swap one in that body style hatch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87starcar Posted February 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 (edited) Komeuppance: thanks for the kind words... hah JdM 4 LiFe yU A1R3aDy Kn0 BC_99: thanks, i'll make a new thread when its all put together and running. MiniSRT4: painting is really pretty easy. speed overlap and distance lol. i have learned alot in the auto body class i take for half of my school day. and no k series for me. i bought a whole integra that needed a tranny for $550. it had the motor the shift linkage axles harness ecu everything i needed. then i bought a tranny for $150. a lot cheaper than a k20 or k24 and im still broke. there is a k20 crx where i live though Edited February 12, 2011 by 87starcar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmmy Posted February 13, 2011 Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 any before pics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87B71Brad Posted February 13, 2011 Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 nice job sir. What clear did you use? Oh and nice downdraft!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taquito Posted February 13, 2011 Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 so how much faster is it going to be now?http://www.starquestclub.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif i kid, i kid, hehehehe...... looking a lil red but all good. Wish I knew how to do that kind of stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinx Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 looks goodwhat paint, clearcoat and paint gun & tip did you use ? did you put up any pictures of your "cut & buffed" black starquest in your sig ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burton Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 Looks good. I'd also be interested in what materials and gun you used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasQuest Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 Nice work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuze Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 Nice High School project you have there! Good work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniSRT4 Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 Komeuppance: thanks for the kind words... hah JdM 4 LiFe yU A1R3aDy Kn0 BC_99: thanks, i'll make a new thread when its all put together and running. MiniSRT4: painting is really pretty easy. speed overlap and distance lol. i have learned alot in the auto body class i take for half of my school day. and no k series for me. i bought a whole integra that needed a tranny for $550. it had the motor the shift linkage axles harness ecu everything i needed. then i bought a tranny for $150. a lot cheaper than a k20 or k24 and im still broke. there is a k20 crx where i live though k24 swapped crx with an all motor build and ITB's would be a nasty ride, Kid around here a few years ago had a sick build like that in his type-r integra. What b-series is that? Just a b18b? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmx152 Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 build that motor and boost it!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87B71Brad Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 hey burton have you used the new supernova....its a cadillac. I got it for my clear and I'm awaiting it for the base. Must better that the ole raggity sata jet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burton Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 hey burton have you used the new supernova....its a cadillac. I got it for my clear and I'm awaiting it for the base. Must better that the ole raggity sata jet. I got an Iwata LPH 400 and had thought about trying out a Supernova but 2 different painting friends of mine bought them, used them a few times then sold them and went back to the LPH 400 because they liked it better. I might try one if I ever get the chance to see how it works for me, but until then I'm pretty happy with my LPH 400. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87starcar Posted February 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 sorry guys ive been slackin on here! the car is coming along nicely. the interior is mostly in and all the windows and seals are in. me and a couple friends got the motor in last night. today my friend is going to help me do all the wiring for the swap. (mpfi conversion) the motor is a jdm b18b with around 60k on it. i need to cut the exhaust off my parts integra and use parts of it and mine to put bolt it to the dc header.i also need to cut about two inches off the integra shift linkage and re weld it up. i just used omni paint on this. i wanted to use a little better paint. but thats all i could afford. the gun i used for base and clear was just a cheapish finex gun 1.4 i believe. the spray booth sucks. theres a nice nova verta right next to this "primer prep" room and its full of boxes... theres some dust and quite a bit of orange peel. i'll sand it though so im not really worried.i think texture might be from the spray booth being so hot? it was hard to get it to lay on right. the spray booth was cold when i sprayed the engine bay and its smooth as glass.heres some crappy cell phone pictures, i'll make a new thread with good pictures when its all done. cant seem to get a correct color of the red with my phonehttp://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa282/jammincrtracer/levief11.jpghttp://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa282/jammincrtracer/levils.jpg heres a before picture. the paint was like and inch thick and looked like latex paint or something, thats the quarter panel i changed. idk how bad you can see the damage from the picture.http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa282/jammincrtracer/starionwreck030.jpghttp://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa282/jammincrtracer/levief12.jpghttp://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa282/jammincrtracer/levief13.jpg oh yea the "cut and bufffed" starion paint lol that someone asked for.http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa282/jammincrtracer/starion135.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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