DIY paint job. Anyone here ever tried it?

[MrHandWash]

mpm, noooooo!!! Don't roll paint your Rx7 What if it goes wrong? That's like tearing wings off a baby angel (probably the gayest thing I've ever said in my life) but honestly... just rent a paint booth and have one of the painters help you out. Will make things go soooo much smoother.

I'm currently reading some literature here at my work. Thinking about painting my Rx7 sometime this month. Actually will be interesting, probably going to double coat Imron 6000 black and then clear coat it. I'll have like a rock chip proof paint job, it will be beyond neat ^.^ I'm getting free training from our painters here, this is awesome :xyxthumbs:

 

[mpm]

mpm, noooooo!!! Don't roll paint your Rx7 What if it goes wrong? That's like tearing wings off a baby angel (probably the gayest thing I've ever said in my life) but honestly... just rent a paint booth and have one of the painters help you out. Will make things go soooo much smoother.

I'm currently reading some literature here at my work. Thinking about painting my Rx7 sometime this month. Actually will be interesting, probably going to double coat Imron 6000 black and then clear coat it. I'll have like a rock chip proof paint job, it will be beyond neat ^.^ I'm getting free training from our painters here, this is awesome :xyxthumbs:

That was a pretty gay statement, not that I'm against that type of relationship. To each his own.

The reason I'd consider rolling the paint would be doing everything myself and doing it differently than everybody else. I've always considered the RX-7 to be different so in my mind rolling the paint seems normal. I've rebuilt the engine myself. The car will end up being a track only car so the paint will not need to be show quality, just durable.

 

[MrHandWash]

Ah, neat. Year, model, engine upgrades?

I'm running a 91 FC3C convertible. Looking at putting a JDM 91 single large scroll turbo engine in there, redoing a TII rear end so my drive line can handle up to 450 torque. Sooo much power and 50/50 weight distribution :drool:

Always fun to see what other people are doing to these cars. Not every day you can say your early 90's OEM car handles and corners equal to if not better than most AWD performance cars on the road today for 1/20th the price :xyxthumbs:

Let me know how it turns out, I'll post pics in the future probably next spring with my repainted Vert with a new Soft Top. My vinyl top is tearing at the bases, it's so sad :'(

 

[Eric]

everything you said was spot on until here.

White is the most difficult color of all to match. because even the slightest pigmentation can cause a mis-match. you may think ordering white paint sounds easy. except when you go to do so a good paint shop will ask you if there is a percentage of red, green, blue or any of the other colors. in it. you can get lucky. but adding blue to white makes it brighter in most cases. so ordering plain white might not match.

its a real PITA

Since it's the factory color, shouldn't I just be able to take them the paint code/information and get properly matched paint?

 

[mpm]

Ah, neat. Year, model, engine upgrades?

:'(

1998 GTU with RB swaybars, Tokico blues and Suspension Technique coil springs, some poly bushings. DTS eliminator. Engine is N/A with a mildly ported intake and exhaust port. Running a carb(Weber 48DCOE) from an older Formula Mazda. Long primary header to a Borla can with a supertrapp cap added on the end. Made 185HP to the rear tires when we tuned the carb. Might replace the carbs with some fuel injected throttle bodies.

This is really off topic. Sorry. Should have sent a PM.

 

[DIEZLE]

Give them the paintcode and they will give you the right color. Don't shoot it a panel at a time, it'll take alot more paint. Every time you shoot a panel you will have to mix paint with hardener, all leftover paint you mix will go to waste. With all the extra paint, tape and masking paper it will probably cost you double and it will take you 11 days to get it done, one panel a day. You can't wrap up a freshly painted panel till the next day.

 

[DIEZLE]

everything you said was spot on until here.

White is the most difficult color of all to match. because even the slightest pigmentation can cause a mis-match. you may think ordering white paint sounds easy. except when you go to do so a good paint shop will ask you if there is a percentage of red, green, blue or any of the other colors. in it. you can get lucky. but adding blue to white makes it brighter in most cases. so ordering plain white might not match.

its a real PITA

Pearl white and candy colors are the hardest colors to match!

 

[ANeat]

Ill give another vote for a roll on paint job. Its labor intensive but if money is short and the "labor" is available its a worthy alternative.



Very little masking, no paint booth/compressor/spray gun/etc needed

You can certainly get a lot of wetsanding and buffing experience.

I rolled on a paint job on my old beater truck. Really wasnt destined to ever be in a paint booth

Started out with lots of faded paint and surface rust.