As many of you know, rust plagued my cavalier pretty badly for a long time, I took the skirts off last year and the car has been in a pretty sad state for awhile... well, finally got around to painting it...and brought something different to the table...
Here is the rust...
http://www.j-body.org/forums/read.php?f=46&t=415482&a=2
It was far worse than me or my painter expected so after I got back from winter break... I started...
Antenna hole had to get in on the action...
Stripped down, moving over to the rack so I can start on them quarters
HOLY @!#$!
Sectioned the rockers too...
Pile of crap...
POR 15... a great project
Three panels in total including the corners of those structural beams were rusted through... this is a panel I made out of rediculously well fitting pieces of flourescent lamps
pass side rocker, also needed a patch...
First fitting of quarters
Not a bad fit...
Shaved antenna!
Rockers patched, door sills reestablished
Back in the body shop
Previous quarter work...
Cool macro...
more macro... patching one of the holes from the license plate mount
Filler blocked out... Primer sprayed..
Primer blocked out... once...
Second round of primer being blocked out..
Door sills
In the booth!
Wait... thats not white...
Sunburst orange mettalic
Taped off the sunburst... Storm Grey Mettalic going on..
Nissan Winter Frost Pearl
Untaped...
Ready for the shiny stuff!
Clearcoat
Out of the booth!
Closeup of the colors... starting to get a good idea of the pearl... Winter frost pearl, Storm Grey Metallic, and Sunburst orange Metallic
Bumpers. skirts, spoiler, handles, and fuel door...
Almost done!
Got her outside..
Wetsanded... Buffed, Waxed and cleaned...
Enjoy! C&C welcome, Robert Richwine pointed out it looks just like phlatcav's but I promise, painter talked me into pearl, then talked me into the two tone... no infringement meant... also the pinstripe and orange are on the trunklid too as opposed to his.
The grey is a 1/2" pinstripe that divides the orange and pearl white.
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VERY cool. Love the new look man, good job.
love it... nice color combo.
Awesome!!! I wish I had those metal fab skills. I've got some rust on my 95 sunfire that needs some immediate attn. I like the orange/white mix.
What happen to the rust behind the rear bumper/ trunk area? Did it get repainted too?
Yeah it resembles aaron's a lot. but its still your own colors and scheme.
not sure how much i like the little jump up in front of the mirror.
It needs something else.... idk wheels maybe? not real sure...
Overall i like it. love the color combo's for sure. When I saw sunburst, i was like DAMN, another one! haha. but i like how its all tied together.
I like it. lil sceptic over the point by the mirrors but props for the design. I keep thinking of refreshing mine up this winter or spring but need to decide on the colors.
i miss seeing his builds.
i love the color choice looks mint
Well done sir looks great, nice build!
Well done man. Looks great.
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i approve
looking good
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Love it, perfect. Im glad your still rockin the old Razzi sides. I used to have those and loved em.
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I approve the use of lighting fixtures in frame work, mostly because I bet half the people who do body work would have just stuffed that with news paper and bondo;ed over it. Looks great too, maybe could have gone a little more pearly/creamy on the white but still came out real good.
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Very nicely done two tone, excellent patch work, and lovin the new look! Mad props Alex!
looks amazing, man! great job. was always a fan of that scheme on aaron's car. and storm grey, mmmmmmmmm love that color as well.
few things stood out to me, though... when fixing the rust you just por 15'd over some of it on the bottom stitch weld. whats up with that? rust will find a way...
you did ALL that work but didnt remove the windows? hopefully the clear doesnt start receding after a few years by those moldings..
and only thing i dont like about the scheme is what a lot of others have said.. the little droop under the mirrors. ill never understand why people like to "Droop" a two tone line lol but whatever, to each their own!
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Pure win! I love it! New wheels are awesome aswell!
nice work. cant say im a fan of the way the paint was divided, esp the rear....looks crooked...but props on the work anyway
Nice work. That's one hell of a transformation. How did the door jams turn out?
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When I first opened this i thought it was a rust fix and touch up job..
And then BAM! Full paint with a nice 2 tone and dividing stripe.
I'm a fan, well done.
Door Jams unless you had another J next to it you would not be able to tell it was repaired, we just blew in some regular ole white and clear there since the jams get dirty and never really get seen anyway.
I agree on the pearl, kinda wish it would jump out at ya more... But oh well, in the sunlight it really pops around all the curves... So its cherry :-)
The POR 15 was used mostly on top of some surface rust, I cleaned it up as best as possible and even then struggled to find clean metal to weld to, nevertheless every weld joint with the exception of the exterior joints, (like those on the quarters, rockers, and antenna hole) was properly spot welded, then seam sealed using the factory methods to minimize burn back of the coating that I put on the inside of the repair panels.
Thanks for all the kind compliments guys! This has been a long time coming.
Buildin' n' Boostin for 08' - Alex Richards
