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Originally Posted by ehhhregartless
Sheesh, what's going on in that middle row?
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Im guessing youre talking about the wheels? lol My roommate found some crazy widebody RX7 partout on YAJ and bought them because they were so cheap.
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Originally Posted by Apex Eight
This is awesome. Can't wait for the next episode lol
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Thanks dude!!
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Originally Posted by jerry_beans
Dude I remember seeing justin post pics of your s13(that when I started following you on IG) I never realized it was you with the 4 door!! Holy shit talk about mind fuck! Both cars are bad ass! im definitely subscribing to this build thread!
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I appreciate it! I'll try to keep things awesome in here!
Ok so at Round 1, my good friend Anthony showed up in his JXZ90 like he always does but this time around he had painted the top half of this car black with flake. I was so envious of his car because we had been talking about doing cool stuff like that forever. I knew I wanted to do something like that for my car asap. My roof was pretty faded anyways so even if I messed up, it would be better than what I had before.
Here is what the roof looked like before.
For the R32, I have had this goal of trying to do everything myself. I did a lot of basic stuff on the S13 but it was my first time doing things like swapping a motor and dealing with turbos. I had done a lot of searching for inspiration with the R32 and with everything I found, the Japanese would just do it themselves. What really lead me to keep this spirit was Satsukawa (A Bo Moon) and Shout Rogue. These dudes were doing everything to their cars in their backyard. So to keep with the Japanese inspriration, Im going to do everything on my own. <end rant>
Sanded down the clear coat.
Laid down the new base coat.
And ended with this.
Pretty much it was just lace laid down and shot with black paint then I cleared it with heavy holographic flake. My friend Yokoi does the lace on valve covers and painting lace on things has been an idea of Anthony and I since I got the R32. It was my first time painting with a paint gun so I just went to Harbor Freight to buy the paint gun. I got PPD paint, the silver is a Honda color and the black is the OEM color. It was pretty fun to do something like this. It came out pretty well I think.
So I showed up to Round 2 of TXSL with a sweet new roof to surprise Anthony.
I had installed the roll cage as well so this event would by my first time to tandem and to compete in the series. I lost my first battle but was still cool to drive. I phased myself out because he was drive pretty aggressive and I didnt want to get hit.
Best thing about open face helmets...the face you make when you suck
More tomorrow.