First pics of my project

[goodjuan]

I don't usually post much stuff, but some friends convinced me to take pics of my project s13 coupe. I thought i'd share this time.

They're just pics of my painted bay. I could have done a better job preping the bay, but i'm really happy with how it turned out. What is this? A show car?? =P

Anyway the color was chosen for visibility when working on my car, as i expect to be looking under the hood a lot.

http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4287976689

Thanks yall, just sharing here.
-Ernest

[WhiteNissanS13]

WHOA that thing is super silver like a roll of aluminum foil!

[lbcklik1486]

dear god thats a clean engine bay!!!:eek: Good looking so far man, keep us updated on your car. What engine?

[Zemus]

WOW, did u sand all that down?? Or is that paint...

[tharubberbandman]

damn love the silver thats going to be 1 clean ride

[ca18guy]

Haha I used to paint my model WW2 airplanes that color when I was little, certainly interesting :)

[mellojoe]

great job!

Care to share some of the details of your project?

[-E-]

wow looks good

[Pudula]

Nice to see someone doing something right!

[kuruptR]

sweet jesus, sure beats spray balm black

[No Motiv]

DAM that was clean. im speechless

[proj240sx]

im in shock, thats some good stuff, i wish i would have really cleaned my bay out when the motor was out, oh well :x

[mrmephistopheles]

it's about damned time, Ernest!

[goodjuan]

dear god thats a clean engine bay!!!:eek: Good looking so far man, keep us updated on your car. What engine?

Thanks for all the replies!

I'm putting in an s13 blacktop in. The motor is completely stock.

Blah! Kevin you still gotto stop by sometime.

-Ernest the OverZealousNoob

[JasonNagra]

Very nice!!! I wish I had the time/space/money/resources to do that!!

[boro240]

totally awesome. ive wished i could do something like this, but to the whole car, and replacing parts along the way, and rebuilding an SR to drop in.....etc. etc. etc.

ahh well, one can always dream.

[Fibercus]

Very nice job, that came out much better then mine. Then again I was rushing and did hardly any prep hehe

here's how it looked
http://www.getsideways.com/images/enginebay1.jpg

Mines not as shiny by far :drool:

[Dousan_PG]

hot
i love it
i want another s13 to do the exact same thing. :) soo nice. great work!

[FRpilot]

hot
i love it
i want another s13 to do the exact same thing. :) soo nice. great work!

thats not a rattle can job right? i saw some cans on the side of one photo. but it definitely looks clean and shiny.

[matlock]

Nice job, it looks really nice and it looks really clean.

[wanganwonder]

yeah, wow. i painted a couple models that color too. can't even imagine a whole car like that.

[Andrew Bohan]

holy god damn
i bet it wasn't even that nice lookin in the factory

[goodjuan]

thats not a rattle can job right? i saw some cans on the side of one photo. but it definitely looks clean and shiny.

Actually it is =) I'm not looking for it to last the life of the car. I just want the bay to stop rusting until i can afford to spray it with some real paint. Hopefully by then i'll own a air compressor.

As for the shininess, I hit it with a clearcoat right after i took these pictures and it turned the "aluminum" into a dull grey. So it's not really shiny anymore...but at least I can clean it.

[goodjuan]

yeah, wow. i painted a couple models that color too. can't even imagine a whole car like that.

Nah man. The whole car won't be painted that color, just the bay.

[Enan]

How long did it take you to paint it? Looks good

[goodjuan]

How long did it take you to paint it? Looks good

It took about a day of prep (removing everything from the engine bay (wiring harness, brake booster etc) Grinding away all the rust, sanding the surface with 400grit sandpaper, removing the battery tray)

Then it took another day of doing nothing but fantasizing about stitch welding and riveting the now bare chassis that lay before me. Then Kevin slapped some sense into me and I realized it was both beyond my means at this point, and unnecessary.

Then about an 2 hours of painting(including wiping down the sanded surface with paint thinner, masking, painting, and waiting for coats to dry before applying new coats on top)

It took two cans of "aluminum" paint to get three coats. And it took three cans of clear coat to do two coats.

paint was about 5 dollars per can. clearcoat about 4 dollars. 4 dollars worth of sandpaper....i already had masking tape and masking material...

So around 22 dollars i guess?? LOL We'll see how it lasts though....i'll post later on that.

[focused]

looks good

[DRFT]

looks awesome man! since you said thats not gonna be the same color as the outside, i assume your gonna get it painted at a shop with a different coat of silver of some sort?

[FRpilot]

omg. rattle can job never look soo good

[goodjuan]

looks awesome man! since you said thats not gonna be the same color as the outside, i assume your gonna get it painted at a shop with a different coat of silver of some sort?

Actually, the car will remain the faded/oxidized/scratched/dented champagne color that it is. Noone ever looks twice at me...it's wonderful. =)

But If I do get it painted in the future, i'm sticking with the stock champagne color. You ever seen a champagne car with black wheels? It's looks absolutely hard. But for that to happen i'll have to learn to prep and paint.

[nosegrindR]

nice work that's clean as hell, beautiful

[Red Comet X]

it does look like foil!

[240Degrees]

nice foil job. come by sometime so we can foil my engine bay, door jambs, steering wheel and driveshaft! siiiiiick ;)

[rps13sh]

speechless...

[DoriftoSlut]

That came out super good. I was close to doing the same thing, but to the OUTSIDE of my car. Just to see if it looked decent enough to take the car to the track and touge. And maybe an occasional date if anyone bothered calling. Maybe I will next time I work on my car. Just for shits and giggles to see how it comes out...