Drove my maxima to work today and decided to start on it finally. I bought it beat up then had someone back into me and was just waiting for some warmer weather to start on it. Had to go get my 240sx tagged today but i'm HOPING to have it completed by friday..

Ordered a new hood, both fenders, and bumper cover
removed the original hood, fenders, bumper cover, and headlights
removed all window trim, door panels, and handles
started on pulling and fixing dents, just a small one there on the right quarter
started sanding when i got sick of pulling dents

I will be painting pretty much the entire car besides the decklid and side skirts which are in pretty good shape.

It's going to be tough for me to part with after i spend all the time fixing it and having all new paint but I'm going to sell it quick so i can pick up an identical 03 TE BUT with a 6MT later on this month at auction.

Well here's the pics, i figured some of you guys would like this. I will post a few more pictures later on in the week.





Before, on the right


Most recent pic

 

Okay you can do mine next!

 

Wowza

 

looking good.. gl

 

if you dont mind me asking what happened in the 1st place? maybe i missed it.

 

Well i didn't get as much time to work on it today as i was hoping to but I started filling dents, i'll prob post some pictures on here later, keeps me motivated.

Not sure what happened to the car but i'm guessing it went through a fence. Needs both fenders, both headlights, front and rear cover, and lots of TLC on the sides and quarters. Put a windshield in it and fixed the right mirror when i got it so i could drive it. The quarter was pretty smashed but it pulled out easy so i'm hoping it turns out alright.

It's an 03, 95k miles, autotragic, black on black, meridian package, titanium package, engine hasn't burn't a drop of oil after 4k miles and it runs great. Unlike my last VQ35. Perfect car except for the auto. I really hate to sell it but i NEED the 6MT! haha

Anyone wants theirs painted I'll do it. just bring it on down! They're fairly easy to disassemble for paint.

 

woww looks like alot of work ahead good luck , wish i had skills to do nice body work.

 

Well since it won't let me update the first thread here's some pictures from today, nothing too exciting.


Tuesday

 

i love this threads!! lol..

subscribed .. wanna see how it turns out!

 

looking good so far

 

update for today, got it filled and primed. Not sure how happy i'm going to be with the results since i got in a hurry. Painting the hood fenders and front bumper right now and hopefully get everything else blocked tomorrow and ready for paint early friday. might have to bake it so i can take a 3hr roadtrip with it saturday.

 

Just finished painting the fenders, bumper cover, and hood. Well the hood is just edged actually.

Now since i've already painted these I'm going to be pist if i don't get the 6 speed because if i was going to keep this one i wanted to do a black pearl like the new challenger or something similar. If anyone has any black variances let me know of them! I want to do the next one with a slight pearl or Maybe a metallic.

 

Lookin' good! Can't wait to see it all back in one piece!

 

That does look good, get that mug back together so we can see some pics of it. Preferably out in the sun if its shining!

 

Damn...thats shiney

 

btw...you should totally drive down the road with the car like it is right now. LOL

 

Is that legal....lol.

 

Why not just sand down and repaint the whole thing? Looks like you got 75% already done. Aren't you afraid of the new paint not matching up?

 

More pics from today. Got the hood painted and got a lot of the car blocked and sanded. still going to TRY to get it sprayed tomorrow so it'll be ready on saturday. I rushed a few spots and need to go back and fix them, go figure. Luckily i've found some string to put under the back glass modling so now i don't have to cut it out.

VQ- I will be painting pretty much the whole car. Only thing i'm not painting is the decklid, sideskirts, and door handles, why not? because i'm crunched for time and getting burnt out already! And they'll polish. OH and also because it will be for sale soon. The auction for the 6MT got bumped up to a week from today.

 

this picture reminds me of how many "finished" civics look like.. lol..

 

For the record, Nissan Super Black really is SUPER Black. A lot of other blacks i mix up have a bit of yellow, white, blue, and/or green in them. Nissan's has only 3 grams of a really dark blue to 100 grams of deep black and that's it. Using Sherwin Williams Ultra7000 base

Makes it cheap and super easy to mix up when i need more. Perfect!


AAAnd since i don't want to get back to work yet. Here's some pics of the 6MT i'm HOPEFULLY picking up next week.
Thought it looked like a good car and then when i saw the shifter i just about shat myself. A fixable 6 speed with the options i want doesn't come up very often.

 

Sic rides you are buying and where are you at for the paint jobs me I'm in Cali, San Diego let me know if you are near by need a paint job real soon

 

Won't let me update my first post again so here's an update.

Update 5-7 Around 5:00
Finished preping, masked, sealed and painted today and will hopefully get it put back together tomorrow morning for the drive to KC around noon. I'm fairly happy with it. missed a couple little dents but other than that i think it turned out good. Especially for as fast as i got it done.

PICS

masked

sealed

based and cleared

 

looks dam good. glad you took it all appart to paint it.

 

Wow, thats a lot of work! Great paint job.

 

wheres this guy at lol i need some paint work done

 

Thanks guys, It was a lot of work but it should look good when i finish putting it together tomorrow morning. Got a lot of it put together tonight, just got home actually. The quarter was what i was most worried about but that ended up turning out pretty damn good. Here's a pic of what the quarter looked like when i bought it.

Just have to find the time to wetsand and polish it now.. . ugh...

 

wow amazing work.. following the thread

 

Here's an outside halfway put together pic (fender isn't fitted)

 

Coming along very nicely man.Can't wait to see the finished product.

 

man if you only lived nearby haha need some paint job done also ...the car looks Great so far keep it uppppp

 

Thanks guys, I'm back at the shop hoping to wrap it up before 11 or so. the 3am night out and hangover might just get the best of me. we shall see.

 

hope today went well.. wanna see this put together!!

 

Nothing like working through a hangover...not that I have experience or anything...

 

quick pic after the 3 hr drive, just need a headlight now.

 

ok that one sucked. here's a better one.

Not detailed or polished yet and just parked it from driving 3 hours back, even drove through a little rain too. Gotta love how a brand new paint job beads up water.

 

thats amazing you got skills

 

looks great man!!

 

You live in KC area?

 

Dude that looks real good, are you planning on blacking out the tails?