82 sx4

[Amc1320]

Out of paint booth, now a lot of reassembly

Hope I can remember where I put all those peices and where they go?

[eaglefreek]

I'm sure you know, but If you're going to do any wet sanding and buffing, now would be the best time before you start bolting the trim back on.

[Amc1320]

We have the sx4 now mostly put back together, this morning parked it by the spirit for comparison. It's a LOT taller!

[Prafeston]

Looks awesome!

[Mernsy]

Looks awesome!

Sure does!!

 

[eaglefreek]

Wow, what a difference of what it looked like when you got it.

[Nightpath]

With all the painting experience, and now that it's white...it's time for the AMC logo on the power bulge of the hood!

OMFG That would look so awesome.

                                          

[rollguy]

I don't know why I had not looked at this thread yet, but I am impressed!  Nice job.  I like the color choice.  The black pieces sure look great against the white.....Rich

[Amc1320]

I have to give my son credit for the color choice, he wanted the white with everything  else blacked out, the wheels and bumpers were powder coated . The flares have that line x coating, so they are kinda bumpy feeling and look really cool. Everything else he painted satin black. It's really came out nice, very tough looking

[rollguy]

The early bumper caps on an SX4 is the way to go. Finding decent ones to paint and make look nice is hard.  Also, not having the chrome trim on the bumpers and sides of the car make it look better too.  I was planning to go with satin black on the trim on my sedan project, and seeing your car, I think I am going to really like it!

[Amc1320]

The end caps came off a Spirit, Concord ones will work too, still not easy to find but it widens the search a little bit.

[priya]

All that work for plain old white?  Just kidding, can't wait to see the finished product.

I was gonna go with pink but didn't.

Awww.    Shoulda gone with this, House of Colour hot pink pearl::




I decided I'm going to paint my Corvette this colour.

[Amc1320]

Ok, we wet sanded and buffed it out . Today it got its first good coat of wax. My son has been driving it every day, he really loves it. Runs really good, I think in finally got the timing and carb dialed in.

I've been out of town a lot for work and he has been doing a lot of work, it's been and awesome father son project.

It's funny how much better the sx4 rides and drives than the spirit, for being the same car the SX is much better, maybe it's the extra weight, not sure?

We still have to get the radio installed  and working, and of course some little stuff, but it's mostly complete and has sure come a long way for a car that sat in the woods for a decade.







PS - special thanks to Mom who purchased the Sx4 decals!

[Prafeston]

It sure looks great! I wonder how it would look with black on the lower portion from the lines on the fenders and quarter panels down. Also shouldn't the door bottoms also be black from the fender flare notch at the front of the door back to the rear fender flare? I'm just jealous you have a working running Eagle that you can drive daily! 

[Amc1320]

Yes Rafe, it was originally dark blue around the bottom

However we decided not to go back with that look and went this direction and didn't do the black band around the bottom.

We also didn't put the  rubber peice around either. I think it looks cleaner, however we just have to be real careful of door dings in parking lots