well I got some paint and painted under my hood Saturday. The pictures really do not show the true beauty of the color. It has white and blue pearl in the paint that really gives it a nice look.

here are some pics sorry some are blury but I dont have real steady hands when it comes to taking pics.

Yeah my filter is rusted...getting a CAI as soon as I finish spending money on the paint stuff.

this one is when it was still taped up.





these are in the shade under my carport with the morning light coming in from the side.

and these are in the direct sun light.








I hope to do the door jams and under the trunk by this weekend.

Looks awesome!

That looks amazing! Your talent never ceases to amaze me. Nice color too.

Makes me think twice about doing that BMW silver.......

WOW! You just masked the engine off??! That is a great job for not lifting the engine!!! You're very brave to do it that way. I'm going to black soon... I think I'll do it that way too now! I was afraid but after seeing yours from white to blue, white to black in the engine bay doesn't seem as scary! Great job!

wow.

Yeah its not too bad. A lot of stuff has to come off. I took all the stuff off of the sides here is a pic of the left when it was taped up notice all the junk that had to come off on that side...

There are a few spots that were hard to spray even with a touch up gun but those spots arent noticable now much less when the hood is on.

Black will definately be easier because you dont have to worry about taping up the hoses and stuff as much as you do with a different color because if you get black on the hose its no big deal really.

all in all I am very pleased with it but it would have been nicer if I could have pulled the motor if for no other reason to know that everything (even the stuff you cant see) would be blue.



Thanks everyone for the comments so far...I am starting to really get excited that my car is going to be finished before you know it.

all i can say is daaayyummm!! love the blue... once its all done it's gonna be super nice... try to get some shots of the pearl in it

well its not like Chris' and N34JZ's where the pearl is added to the clear. It is actually part of the mix that makes up the paint and is mostly to give it a different look with light...notice on some curves that it looks really light blue but in other areas its dark. In person you can see the pearl in it but I think it would be impossable to really capture it on camera. If I see it really come out in a certain light I will get a pic though.

Man that looks awesome. What do you do for a living? You've got skills.

dayum son you certainly are always doing things to your car........and they all are thingz that i like...........means ya have good taste! lol! Keep it up ...

Very nice Michael can't wait to see it done.

That looks amazing. I can't wait to see the finished product. I am definately drooling over that color too.

I have admit, ur a GOD!!! Can't wait to see the result when u r done!

thanks, actually I am just a customer service engineer (glorified title for a computer, large systems, network, and printer repair man lol.) dont know why the title is engineer since I dont design anything...I guess it should actually be Technician but thats the title they gave me

but I helped a friend out at his body shop for a few years out of high school many years ago.

damn that's gonna look sweet when it's done want to do mine? jk

wicked start..pearl probly looks betta in person..did u clear that???

yeah its a base coat/clear coat paint. 3 coats of clear...probably more than needed to be done in the engine bay but what can I say I enjoyed painting lol.

yeah the paint really looks beautiful in person.

I guess I should clear one thing up though. Basically the paint looks like a metal flake but instead of metal it is pearl and that is what gives it a different hue at certain angles...its really not pearl like you would think...like Chris' and N34JZ's cars (examples I used earlier) but if you look close at it in the sunlight you can pick out the blue and white pearl...especially the white pearl.


Thanks for all the comments guys and hopefully the car will be primed (PPG K36 rules) this week and I will paint the door jams and the bottom part of the car this weekend.

I am painting the bottom of the car so I can go ahead and put the kit back on and not have to worry about painting it off of the car and scratching it up putting it back on. I know it will probably be a little different shade than the rest of the car but figure I wouldnt take the kit off unless its to sell the car and probably not even then. If I do take the kit off then I can just paint the lower part charcoal like it is from the factory if it doesnt match anyway.


I still have some body mods I am working on so it will still be a bit before the car is finished but I hope to have it done in a month or 2.

holy bish mother that is gonna b sweet...cant wait 2 c the finished project ...that is the cleanest engine ive ever seen! (or maybe its just that mine is so nasty lol

she stays! good to see you painting her up. im still a ways to go, so it seems like youre going to beat me! hmmmmmm, may be worth taking a trip down to you and getting my car done too. in all seriousness, it looks great mike. keep us posted

It will still be a while because I have a few body mods to complete. If everything goes perfect I would say I will be finished at the end of July but we know things usually dont go perfect so I am shooting for the end of August.

lookin good!!

He strikes again! Once that thing is done, I nominate it MOTM

Good job, its to my liking and thats is very good indeed. Maybe u can do mine next ;/ hehe

michael any info on paint color info etc I would pay a prettypenny to have my car painted that color. I think that is one of the dopest colors out there. ive always wanted a nice blue car. http://www.geocities.com/azmalu/bluemax.jpg

Well I prefer not to give my paint code out but the paint code of the car you linked to is TK3 and is the factory Nissan color. Mine is just a little brighter than that.

make my blue look like shiet

Thanks, I will just be happy if it turns out as nice as I picture it in my mind.


and thanks everyone for the comments. I have been doing some more work this week and hopefully I will have some new pics up the first of the week next week...then again it depends on how busy I get and if I am able to do much on it.

no way man I love the factory blue and would have painted mine that color but wanted to be different so no one else would have the same color.

that is the thing. you have a beautiful color. What is everyone going blue all of a sudden

painting it blue was my plan all along (started about a year and a half ago...cant believe its been that long) I even emailed Jacob when I first got the car and asked what his factory paint code was. I just wasnt sure if I wanted to go through the trouble. I finally decided I wouldnt be happy if I didnt paint it blue so I went for it.

i am glad you did, hrrm do i hear a blue ve 5spd club on its way

hes not 5sp

he could if he wanted to