The Wagacy is turning blue! Update 11/18 ITS DONE-ish!!!

[StatGSR]

well as i have said to some, i was guna give the "50 dollar paint job" a shot with my wagon. i went with interlux brightside topside paint in saphire blue. Sprayed on with a HVLP gun and a little 2hp compressor. been doing a lot of body work to get to the painting stage, but the blue is starting the get sprayed on now. its lookin pretty kick ass, so i cant wait to get it finished, also just put my first coat on my bumper and drivers fender yesterday but no pics. im still yet to sand or polish anything yet, but really happy with the amount of orange peel in most places already. full progress can be seen in my album here..
http://s4.photobucket.com/albums/y105/S ... y%20Paint/ (http://s4.photobucket.com/albums/y105/StatGSR/Legacy%20Body%20Paint/)

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[lgt2000]

looks pretty good

[deadlydave]

very nice, can't wait to see the finished product.

[sharky nrk]

awesome - I love these kinda projects, can't wait to see how it turns out

[Huffer]

That's pretty cool. The paint doesn't look very "deep" though, more of a "flat" color.
Any chance it'll improve when its buffed up?

[StatGSR]

^ yea the wetsanding and buffing should help it some i imagine. but even now the pictures dont really do it any justice. but im already stoked on how its turning out.

[SPR]

looks good! i love this paint job haha. after its buffed and waxed it actually starts to shine very well. but it never hurts to get it clear coated then it would really shine. done this one a couple friends cars and it turned out great.

[StatGSR]

^ single stage paint doesnt require clear coat. and i have no intentions or trying to clear coat it.

[SPR]

i realize that, i went to school for painting. but im just saying with this cheap paint job it shines good, but it never hurts to clear it to get a little more shine out of it if thats what your going for. like i said it never hurts, doesnt matter if it needs it or not.

ive done this 3 times now, 2 we just wet sanded buffed and waxed shinned great. one we put some pearl in the first couple layers of cleat coat and it turned out friggin awesome, nice sparkle with great shine.

[phi11]

I can't wait to see it at the ice races! w00t

[grayguy]

Thats sweet! Can't wait to see it in person, and do the motor so it's really the Wagacy Of Doom!!!

[StatGSR]

Update! fenders, bumper, and roof are all painted. hood is wetsanded but only partially buffed, but it looks great. project is taking forever now since i only get to work on it during the afternoon on weekends (weather permiting), but im sure hoping to finish before snow fall haha.

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[Superu264]

I can not wait to see how this turns out.

So far I think it looks great. :smt023

[Plays_with_Toys]

and the first person takes the dive. Looks really good so far. The roof looks dulled (maybe harder to spray?), but the hood and fender really look good.

[d1giPhux]

looks awesome man! amazing what a little bit of paint money, and a lot of elbow grease can do! cant wait to see the final outcome! awesome threat! :cool:

[Plays_with_Toys]

updates?

[Reason]

You should shave the side moldings while you are at it.

[StatGSR]

not really any updates, just got the doors and stuff mostly sanded, havnt been able to crap for about a month because of all the rain we have had up here. but going drive home to work on in next weekend to atleast get primer laid on the side moldings and door handles. then weekend after that i hope to get paint on the rest of everything.

[SPR]

that poor 350z looks outta place back in the trees lmao!

so quick question, what grit sand paper are you using to wet sand?

[StatGSR]

before and between coats = 320

after = 800-2000

[blackgtbeauty]

before and between coats = 320

after = 800-2000

Spot on Mr.Stat.

Looks good so far!

[SPR]

before and between coats = 320

after = 800-2000

well your doing good, it was just looking a little to blurry to me thought maybe u might of been using to low of grit for wet sanding but ur doing great, just get that sucker buffed out!

[blueb3]

sweet! Looking good man! Can't wait to see it all put together.

[StatGSR]

Everything is blue that needs to be blue!!!!! bad news is my camera batteries died. so no pix, but its still not put together anyway. ill have pics after assembly in 2 weeks, when i go home again and pull it out for the winter.


and SPR stuff is blurry because only the hood has even been started on the wetsanding. everything else is just how the paint fell outa the gun.

[StatGSR]

w00t! its done kinda. haha its all blue, hood still needs polishing and so does the drivers side head light, but im lovin it!

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[dplacencia]

It looks good. Put some wheels on and drop that thing and it will look even better. Great job. :grin:

[StatGSR]

^ yea i got 94 tleg 5 spoke 15s going on after i get them either painted or powdercoated gold. and considering some form of drop in the future.

[shizznats]

wow man looks really friggin good. nice work.

[d1giPhux]

+1111111 on the looking good! Damn, cool to see what the '50 dollar paint job' did for someone on or own board! Awesome work man, looks wicked good! :cool:

[SilentRacer]

Looks pretty pro, :smt038

[deadlydave]

good job! It's just begging for gold wheels.

[SammyDaFish]

awesome..... lower it!

[Brockley]

did you delete the roof rails, or not have any?


how do most people delete them? If I delete mine, anyone want them?!?!

[StatGSR]

^ mine was without from the get go. no delete. i imagine the only proper way to delete them would be to take em off, and fill and smooth out the holes...

[SPR]

^ mine was without from the get go. no delete. i imagine the only proper way to delete them would be to take em off, and fill and smooth out the holes...

in my world filling and smoothing your referring to bondo/fiberglass. which is the worst way in the world to go. weld the hole closed and grind it down smooth.

[Reason]

^ mine was without from the get go. no delete. i imagine the only proper way to delete them would be to take em off, and fill and smooth out the holes...

in my world filling and smoothing your referring to bondo/fiberglass. which is the worst way in the world to go. weld the hole closed and grind it down smooth.

+1, I'm trying to acquire a welder for my garage. Bondo can crack, the welds won't.

[StatGSR]

in my world filling and smoothing your referring to bondo/fiberglass. which is the worst way in the world to go. weld the hole closed and grind it down smooth.

i agree, but hey we dont all own welders and are not big fans of metal work. but when i shaved the wholes in my rear hatch of the wagon, a simple alternative is to take a small piece of sheet metal, and jb weld it to the back of the hole, then fill the whole with fiberglass or more jb weld, and then mud it smooth. worked great for me.
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also, i managed to fill a softball size hole in my driver side door with kitty hair fiber glass, and that is holding up amazingly as well. and thats a part that is constantly getting slammed shut. sure its not the proper way, but it can still work if u use decent material and spend some time on it.

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[SPR]

have fun replacing that in the future. and just remember its not if it will crack, its when. because it will. the problem isnt vibrations as much as its expanding rates.

fiberglass does NOT bond with metal no matter what you do. and because they have different expanding rates the fiberglass will break away from the metal aka, crack. body filler on the other hand cracks with vibrations when its applied to thick. cracks for several other reasons too but thats prob one of the biggest. body filler is a pretty big science, the first mistake people make is buying the cheap bondo brand. that stuff is a joke. 2nd they dont mix the two right and get tiny air bubbles in it. and then they dont protect it so it draws in the moisture which can cause rusting under the body filler, and cracking.

when you can get a wire feed electric welder for a cheap as 200 bucks, that would work perfectly good to shave things/fill in holes, i dont think thats too far fetched out of anyones budget. and any moron with a tiny bit of practice first can work a wire feed welder, they arent that hard, so dont be scared because u dont have any experience.

and to me... fixing it the wrong way... paintinng it, having it crack and look like shit, having to rip it out... do it over, repaint.... shit that was well worth the 200 bucks for the welder to do it right the first time.

do it right, not twice.

[StatGSR]

i understand, but i dont give a damn about this car cause its not worth anything of note and i only plan to keep it for another year or two. so its not worth dumping more time and money into an already mangled body, im not building a show car, and more of it is guna rust away anyway. im totally with you if i was working on a car that i truly cared about looking great, but this wagon isnt worth it, and i still belive everything that i did was a great improvement over doing nothing at all.

[Reason]

Ahh the Ironworker creed, "We do it right, because we do it twice"........ Or was it puff puff pass?? hmmm

[Plays_with_Toys]

never saw the finished pics. Outstanding man!

[StatGSR]

^ thanks dude, ill get some new pics up in the next couple weeks when i get the gold tleg wheels tossed on there...

[glee60]

Hey sunshine, got myself a spoiler! How are the wheels coming?

[StatGSR]

^ i hate u!!!!! wheels are done and on

[StatGSR]

here is a pic
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im actually not that upset about the spoiler, i have up on that idea, and have decided i want to get about 8 or so of these the put on the roof.

http://www.buyairtab.com/index.php?main ... 9131f6bf1e (http://www.buyairtab.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=7&zenid=dce43ddd7e86bd9923d81b9131f6bf1e)

vortex generators ftw!!!

[glee60]

Oh dear... I sense electric superchargers in you near future! :wink:

[Wiscon_Mark]

Oh dear... I sense electric superchargers in you near future! :wink:

There is actually science behind those vortex generators, but I doubt those will do anything significant, even if placed correctly.

[StatGSR]

^ they should at least look significantly awesome!!!! haha

[massdrewski]

even tint, color matched spoiler and throw some 5 spoke 05' legacy rims on that boy! (or girl?)

[massdrewski]

so what was the color code of your paint? is it a OEM color?

[StatGSR]

so what was the color code of your paint? is it a OEM color?

Its Boat Paint, see my first post


i went with interlux brightside topside paint in saphire blue.

[massdrewski]

My bad. I painted the bottom side of about 10 boats this year. I gotta say, that stuff sticks.... Came out really nice though.

[Red Baron]

Wow, that looks great. I plan to repaint my Legacy next summer, and I planned to do a $50 dollar paint job as well. Its going to be a real sporty red color with all satin black trip. I can't wait. My driver's side foor is really rusted up like your was. Is it really possible just to weld a new piece of metal in there and have it look flush? People keep telling me I need a new door, and I really don't feel like paying for one.