My Car Respray

testlabmonkey · Post by **testlabmonkey** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 4:01 pm

Hey all. My brother-in-law is putting up photos of my respray on the net so anyone who is interested can take a look at the progress. Colour should be going on late next week....

link

Ben

rock_it · Post by **rock_it** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 4:24 pm

testlabmonkey wrote:Hey all. My brother-in-law is putting up photos of my respray on the net so anyone who is interested can take a look at the progress. Colour should be going on late next week....

link

Ben

Looks nice ... Exactly what I did to my Evo Project... You can't beat a back to bare metal re-spray ....

SILVERFISH · Post by **SILVERFISH** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 6:01 pm

spray it silver... S.A. needs more silver FTO's

Post by **Bennoz** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 11:19 pm

Nice

StewGood · Post by **StewGood** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:13 pm

LOL - NO MORE SILVER FTO'S!

how much is it to respray nowdays?

rock_it · Post by **rock_it** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:17 pm

StewGood wrote:LOL - NO MORE SILVER FTO'S!

how much is it to respray nowdays?

Mine was over 8k as cash in hand ... But this was for a sedan, and it include a fair amount of panel beating, plus the kit...

Sparhawk · Post by **Sparhawk** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 10:06 am

S1LVERFISH wrote:spray it silver... S.A. needs more silver FTO's

It was just coincidence that so many silver FTO's were there on the cruise you came on, normally we have a little more variety lol, although I used to have my location as "Silver FTO capital of Aus"

Not to worry though, I heard he was spraying it HOT Pink...

Ben : Looks good mate. Cant wait to see the finished product. Did you find much about your car with it pulled apart and stripped back ?

TCGPX · Post by **TCGPX** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:39 pm

Looking good Ben.

Brings back fond memories of stripping and respraying my Escort... Or maybe I'm just remembering seeing her rolling after the paint job and forgetting the hours of torture that went into it? It was a while ago...

Look forward to seeing her cruising with us again. As it has been mentioned, there was an extreme lack of color on our last cruise.

Your hot pink car woulda stood out for sure

phantom · Post by **phantom** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 6:30 pm

thats the way take step by step photos until finished project looking good so far.

hey what colour are u respraying it, i might have not read it.

testlabmonkey · Post by **testlabmonkey** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 7:12 pm

Colour has not been disclosed and unfortunately i didnt think of hot pink otherwise that surely would have been the colour of choice.

I will be making sure no colour shots go up on the website until after its first cruise. Depending on the weather will depend on how long till its back on the road.

But I will tell you it aint going to be black, silver, hot pink or green... so keep guessing.

Only 1 panel and the front bar were replaced and a "little" bit of bog was replaced. Rob has done a good job so far though. cant wait to see the colour go on.

Xanetia · Post by **Xanetia** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 5:58 pm

dam not green not even a cool lime green

there go's my bet oh well at least its not another silver fto

im sure it will look awsome ben

hope to see you soon or have you guys lost our address

testlabmonkey · Post by **testlabmonkey** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 7:55 pm

StewGood wrote:LOL - NO MORE SILVER FTO'S!

how much is it to respray nowdays?

The quote to respray my car as a basic respray (no panels removed sand back spray over old paint) was $5K... if you want it done properly you would be going very close to the $10K mark... thank god i dont have to pay that sort of figure.

And yes we remember where you live just things are a bit slow around here with a pregnant wife and all that

.

testlabmonkey · Post by **testlabmonkey** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 8:00 pm

Pics updated.. look one panel is done.... so i lied its going to be silver

Its only cos I wanna be like Sparhawk when I grow up....

Sparhawk · Post by **Sparhawk** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 9:53 pm

testlabmonkey wrote:Pics updated.. look one panel is done.... so i lied its going to be silver

Its only cos I wanna be like Sparhawk when I grow up....

Nice try, we all know that you just replaced a panel. Even got the writing on it still from the wreckers... and you've got a long way to go to be like me...

testlabmonkey · Post by **testlabmonkey** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:13 am

Sparhawk wrote:and you've got a long way to go to be like me...

lol ... yeah your right.... you have got at least 5 years and 8 inches on me.....

height guys....... height

Xanetia · Post by **Xanetia** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 6:50 pm

oh dear boys ummmmm is it yellow ???:)
not that i can change my bet now but its killing me lol

testlabmonkey · Post by **testlabmonkey** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:21 pm

Xanetia wrote:ummmmm is it yellow ???

Sorry I cant rule out ALL the posibilities for you.... youll just have to wait and see.

Ben

Sparhawk · Post by **Sparhawk** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 6:17 pm

Red
White
Silver
Green
Blue
Black
Pink
Purple
Orange
Gold
Baby Sh*t Yellow
Beige

???

Xanetia · Post by **Xanetia** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 8:22 am

sparhawk just pull your finger out and lets do a run then we will all find out

or we will have to wait till the baby is born and then wait tilll ben stops being a gooie dad lol

testlabmonkey · Post by **testlabmonkey** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 4:08 pm

Patience.... hopefully will be up and running soon but maybe not ready until a March cruise. Colour looks f**king hot.... you so wont miss me passing you on the streets

. Trick will be keeping it under wraps (literally) until its first cruise. I can just imagine Xanetia "dropping in" once the car is back in the carport :p.

The car is also getting some nice shinny new 18" rims on it too so wont even look anything like the old car. New stereo, steering wheel and gear stick knob are already sitting in my spare room waiting for the outside to be completed.

Personally I'm just happy i dont have holes in my boot lid anymore

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EDIT: btw dont you just love the baby bonus.... lol (jk)

FTO AUSTRALIA

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