Shiny New Dimes
Shiny New Dimes
Here's my "shiny like a new dime" entrant. I just got it back home Saturday and I'm very happy with it. Its hard to be sure about a color until you see it on the car, and I'm very pleased about this shade of white. It's a BMW Mini color called pepper white, code 850.
Freshly Painted 'birds
Add your freshly painted shells, cars, projects here.
Feel free to add a link to your personal project topic, to keep comments and questions to a minimum.
Lets try to make this less chit chat, more pictures, and more inspirational!
Feel free to add a link to your personal project topic, to keep comments and questions to a minimum.
Lets try to make this less chit chat, more pictures, and more inspirational!
richard norrish
'68 'goon resto / '71 ice racer / '72 'goon project / '70 4-door rust pile / '67 520 project
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'68 'goon resto / '71 ice racer / '72 'goon project / '70 4-door rust pile / '67 520 project
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shardik wrote: My swap will be made of solid gold and it will run on puppy farts.
RE: Freshly Painted
Cool. Here's a link to my photo gallery.
http://www.the510realm.com/index.php?se ... php&page=1
There's a few more photos of the new paint on page 4.
In the original "shiny" thread, there were several pictures of beautiful paint jobs, I hope they'll find their way to this thread. They are inspirational.
http://www.the510realm.com/index.php?se ... php&page=1
There's a few more photos of the new paint on page 4.
In the original "shiny" thread, there were several pictures of beautiful paint jobs, I hope they'll find their way to this thread. They are inspirational.
- RWD_NissanMan
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OK, here's mine from a couple of years ago. Doesn't look quite this good any more, a couple of wrinkles here and there now.
1969 Datsun 510 4-door (donor shell for below)
1973 Datsun 510 SR20DET (sort of broken right now)
1998 Suzuki Escudo (JDM Sidekick Sport) 2.0TD 4x4 (daily driver)
2006 Ford Explorer 4.6 V8 3V 4x2 (wife's ride)
2005 & 2006 Targa Newfoundland Entrant
1973 Datsun 510 SR20DET (sort of broken right now)
1998 Suzuki Escudo (JDM Sidekick Sport) 2.0TD 4x4 (daily driver)
2006 Ford Explorer 4.6 V8 3V 4x2 (wife's ride)
2005 & 2006 Targa Newfoundland Entrant
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- TomTomTuning
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Re: Shiny New Dimes
Amazing..
Ive been thinking about body work, once i get mine.
I just need to find a good shop around here.
Ive been thinking about body work, once i get mine.
I just need to find a good shop around here.
Re: Shiny New Dimes
did you powdercoat the whole car? how much did it cost?Here is my new car after powdercoating
Re: Shiny New Dimes
I did everything except the outside of the body. If I remember right it cost about $1,200. It was not that easy to find a place that had an oven that was big enough though
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Re: Shiny New Dimes
I've been waiting 18 years to do this (34 - 16 = 18)
The entire shell was taken down to bare metal, the floor pan was coated inside and out, then the life was put back into it with a VW blue. The cage is a Audi metallic grey/silver. Its very nerve racking to choose a color from a sample painting on a small portion of a deck lid, then wait to see the entire car finished with doubt and anxiety floating through out your head until it shows up in the drive way. I couldnt be any happier with the way it turned out. It's as close to perfect as it could get for me.
You can follow the process of piecing it back together here;
http://www.the510realm.com/phpBB3/viewt ... f=3&t=9090
Cheers
The entire shell was taken down to bare metal, the floor pan was coated inside and out, then the life was put back into it with a VW blue. The cage is a Audi metallic grey/silver. Its very nerve racking to choose a color from a sample painting on a small portion of a deck lid, then wait to see the entire car finished with doubt and anxiety floating through out your head until it shows up in the drive way. I couldnt be any happier with the way it turned out. It's as close to perfect as it could get for me.
You can follow the process of piecing it back together here;
http://www.the510realm.com/phpBB3/viewt ... f=3&t=9090
Cheers
Last edited by old510ballz on 07 Aug 2008 19:51, edited 2 times in total.
Re: Shiny New Dimes
Here are few pic's of my 510
I waited 4 year for this one (17 - 13 = 4) well took forever but whatever it was worth it.
I waited 4 year for this one (17 - 13 = 4) well took forever but whatever it was worth it.