82 sx4

[Amc1320]

Progress!  Still lots to do, my son will be grinding off old paint for hours and hours...

[Amc1320]

[eaglefreek]

Wow, you guys got that torn apart!

[Amc1320]

Update, we've been working on it a lot, Im just behind on pics

hours and hours of sanding (now I know why body shops charge so much, they need too!!)



layer #1 of primer



Also ditched the cobbled up mess that passed as linkage and installed a new cable, works MUCH better



Not much body work to do really once we replaced the rockers, just a few door dings






Re primer for 3rd time, wet sanded, and smooth as a babys bottom, we have the paint all in, going with white. All the crome is flat black. Wheels and bumpers flat black too powder coated. My son wanted to see how the wheels and tired would look, they don't rub but have about 1 millimeter clearance!



Waiting on my friends paint booth to be available, should be in a few days and then we can spray it and start re assembly

Still need to figure out some electrical bugs but it starts and runs excellent

Will keep you all posted, my son is so excited he cant stand it, truth be told I am too. We have wanted an SX for years, they are just so dang cool

[IowaEagle]

Looking good.  I need to get mine at that point too.

[MudPuppy]

Nice work! She's gonna look good. Can't wait to see it.

P.S.
Y'all are fast workers, wish I was at least 1/2 that fast.

[Prafeston]

Great work guys!

[vangremlin]

Nice job!

[Amc1320]

Update!

My freinds paint booth finally had a little availability and I took the SX there today! Luckily I live in a small town and nobody gave me any static about driving it across town in its current condition.

Got it taped off today, spaying it tomorrow, I'm super excited. This is my first time to paint a car, luckily I'm getting some good advise and training from one of the best there is. He does $100,0000 custom rat rods that go all over the country, he even had one on a tv show recently. So far he hasn't been too critical of my body work.

Let's hope I can not have too many runs tomorrow! Wish me luck, I"ll take more pics . That's my dad helping me mask.

[eaglefreek]

Update!

 Luckily I live in a small town and nobody gave me any static about driving it across town in its current condition.

That's because your a celebrity there.  Good to see progress being made.

[HornetRWB]

nice project & progress.  Looking forward to seeing it painted! 

[Amc1320]

Spray day!

I'm gonna say again, I've never painted a car, so I'm learnig a lot kinda as I go. Went pretty good, used single stage urethane paint.

Sealer primer first then 4 coats of white. Got two runs and a little orange peel, but I'm pretty sure I can get most of it out. I do have a lot of experience fixing really bad paint jobs!

It's curently drying as I type this, tomorrow we will get it back to the shop and begin re assembly.

[eaglefreek]

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

[Prafeston]

Nice work!

[Amc1320]

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.

All the trim, bumpers, wheels etc are powder coated flat black or coated in flat black. I think it will come out pretty cool, we'll see.

Plus there's a saying in body work I have learned, if it ain't right, paint it white!

And most of my body work sure ain't right....