painted my super commuter car today
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So you just used the spray cans? My experience with those is that they dry crazy slow. Thinned out roll on dries like 100x faster. Either way, gj on you, looks way better and doesn't have to be perfect. I love the current color of my car but there are spots up close where they didn't do good prep and the paint has flaked off. Nothing like Mineral Grey with sections of Mariner Blue showing.
Its a commuter car, I don't care what it looks like, but now it doesn't look like it belongs on a burrito-lot. Now I need a motor that doesn't have 70% leak, lol. Anyone trying to unload a cheap bottom end or 99 motor? I can get a 0-mile NA head for $300.
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Somehow this is the best picture I can find of my old '92 and it doesn't even have the pillars painted at the point it was taken, the black mirrors/HT set it off though i think.
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Was a carbon hood, not black.
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Was a carbon hood, not black.
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Good job Hustler. I want to paint my car, but keep it white. Perhaps some experience with Brightside and i'll paint Meg's boat too.
But yeah, paint the windshield surround and the side mirrors. Or, in my case, black vinyl.
https://www.miataturbo.net/forum/t19550/#post242346
But yeah, paint the windshield surround and the side mirrors. Or, in my case, black vinyl.
https://www.miataturbo.net/forum/t19550/#post242346
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Nah. It was regular gloss black car with gray stripes, but the stripes were BARELY lighter than the car, so they didn't stick out. Looked great
That one is all flat black. Not a fan of flat black cause it looks like primered, and you can see EVERY LITTLE imperfection. No offense
That one is all flat black. Not a fan of flat black cause it looks like primered, and you can see EVERY LITTLE imperfection. No offense
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