My crx went through the final transformation this weekend.
Here is the begining.



The night before getting painted.


The process.



Primer is being applied onto repair surfaces.





After first coat of paint.



The finish product, note the pearls.

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I also painted my LS wheels which will be mounted next weekend.






The paint is from a regular in-a-can, though the clear coat is lelf-over from the car hence the pearls on the lip.

*EDIT* I did not have time to do this by myself, though I have painted several cars before. I had a friend who is a certified bodyshop worker do it, that is him doing all the work in the pictures.
Labor=free
Paint and misc items=360$
No visible rust=Priceless.

 

i'd like to say good job and all that, but i only see a coulple of after pics. the pics of the wheels are not working. props for doing it yourself.

 

mad skillz. Looks nice. should have painted it black though but good job. I can tell you've done this before

 

Hey man, Im looking to paint my crx flat black next week

What exactly do you have to spray it with before paint?

Like sealers and stuff.... or is it just sand/prime/paint

thanks

 

that is definitely a good job for a whole 360, I give it thumbs up. what type, and brand paint did you use.

 

I didnt use sealer and i do not think it is neccessary. All you got to do is primer over repair surfaces, a lot of sanding, base coats then clear coats.
I used PPG primer, Omni base coats and Omni clear. Omni have shitty base coats but cost half as much as PPG or DuPont, but thier clear is really good.

 

nice work. i do my own.

 

looking good, i love the wheels.

 

Ummm exactly what the hell did you do to fix the first picture

 

I swear I'm gonna paint my own car. The only hard parts I could see having never done it before is knowing what primer/base/clear is good, and wet sanding that ----.


Nice work.