RXtacy's slooow build up

[RXtacy]

Well it was another weekend of long hours and a lot of work. Once again gotta thank Brian for putting in the unnatural hours with me. Going to sleep at 7am is getting old

Started with glaze and sand, glaze and sand, glaze and sand for what seemed like eternity. Brian and Pete inspected/measured/stacked a short block in the time I spent sanding









At the end though the work paid off. Nothing like rubbing your hand (or other appendages ) accross some freshly 400 grit sanded glaze

Once again the paint gun was giving us fits. A fresh rebuild kit seemed to make things worse! A wrong parts diagram, two stripped fasteners, a removed seal, and a lot of cussing later we had a functional gun.

With the gun working as it should Brian laid down some more beautiful paint work. Which turned out to be the biggest cock tease ever. More on that later, let's enjoy it while we can.







So why was the paint a cock tease? Because it's the wrong fucking color
The shop that painted my car specifically told me the color was called Frozen Grey Metallic from BMW. So that's what we got. Unfortunately it is several shades darker than the paint on the car. BMW also has a color called Frozen Silver Metallic which looks lighter and what I'm guessing is the actual color of the car. Soo ~$400 worth of paint wasted. Not to mention the time and effort.

At least there will be much less to prep for the next go around. And silver lining pun intended Brian and I both really like the Frozen Grey Metallic color so it may appear on something in the future

[Pete_89T2]

Originally Posted by RXtacy

So why was the paint a cock tease? Because it's the wrong fucking color
The shop that painted my car specifically told me the color was called Frozen Grey Metallic from BMW. So that's what we got. Unfortunately it is several shades darker than the paint on the car. BMW also has a color called Frozen Silver Metallic which looks lighter and what I'm guessing is the actual color of the car. Soo ~$400 worth of paint wasted. Not to mention the time and effort.

At least there will be much less to prep for the next go around. And silver lining pun intended Brian and I both really like the Frozen Grey Mettalic color so it may appear on something in the future

Damn, for the wrong color that looks great! Maybe you should buy more of that stuff and shoot the rest of the car in that color.

[TitaniumTT]

Originally Posted by RXtacy

Well it was another weekend of long hours and a lot of work. Once again gotta thank Brian for putting in the unnatural hours with me.

Originally Posted by RXtacy

Going to sleep at 7am is getting old

Yeah.... I'm pretty well done with that

Originally Posted by RXtacy

Started with glaze and sand, glaze and sand, glaze and sand for what seemed like eternity. Brian and Pete inspected/measured/stacked a short block in the time I spent sanding

Don't forget porting! Or rather.... trying as hard as I could to make a 4 port engine have 2 port shapes!

Originally Posted by RXtacy

At the end though the work paid off. Nothing like rubbing your hand (or other appendages ) accross some freshly 400 grit sanded glaze

mmmmmmmmm..... that was a pic at what... 1am?

Originally Posted by RXtacy

Once again the paint gun was giving us fits. A fresh rebuild kit seemed to make things worse! A wrong parts diagram, two stripped fasteners, a removed seal, and a lot of cussing later we had a functional gun.

I'm thinking of buying new parts, gotta price them out first though.... shit gets expensive and I wonder what new guns are selling for these days. I certainly got my use out of that gun in the last 14 years. Three cars, two boats.... and I'm sure I'm forgetting alot of shit... but motherfucking Kyle....

Originally Posted by RXtacy

With the gun working as it should Brian laid down some more beautiful paint work. Which turned out to be the biggest cock tease ever. More on that later, let's enjoy it while we can.

Originally Posted by RXtacy

So why was the paint a cock tease? Because it's the wrong fucking color
The shop that painted my car specifically told me the color was called Frozen Grey Metallic from BMW. So that's what we got. Unfortunately it is several shades darker than the paint on the car. BMW also has a color called Frozen Silver Metallic which looks lighter and what I'm guessing is the actual color of the car. Soo ~$400 worth of paint wasted. Not to mention the time and effort.

I'm saying this to make you feel better and help you avoid an ass raping in three weeks..... it was a waste from the color onward. Everything else needed to be done.
Having said that, we started with the color at 4am?

Originally Posted by RXtacy

At least there will be much less to prep for the next go around. And silver lining pun intended Brian and I both really like the Frozen Grey Metallic color so it may appear on something in the future

Seeing it in one color though.... we can see a few low areas on the passenger side well that we can address now

Originally Posted by Pete_89T2

Damn, for the wrong color that looks great! Maybe you should buy more of that stuff and shoot the rest of the car in that color.

YOU SHUT YOUR WHORE MOUTH!!!!!!!

[FC Zach]

Originally Posted by Pete_89T2

Damn, for the wrong color that looks great! Maybe you should buy more of that stuff and shoot the rest of the car in that color.

Yeah, looks good!