i finnaly painted my car!

[FOXBMX]

shes getting close to being road worthy.

ill have a timeline of pics in a minute

[FOXBMX]

background info:
bought this a while back, its a 1980 MGB LE. the last year of this model and this company. it was rolled over at 44k miles. had no engine(but i had an engine identical to the one that belongs in this that im dropping in) i also had a hardtop and rollbar off the same partscar the engine came from(both rare factory options). basicly a rustfree car from the start(needed like 3 small and easy patches) and i got a great deal on it.


first 5 pics:

when i first got it

yes, the right rear quarter is folded over, basicly flat

somewhat straightened right rear

fit up the fenders and hood.

straightened, bondoed and ready for primer

[Quen]

fun. did you do the work? or did those guys in the background do it? that will be a fun car to constantly preform maintenance on :wink:

[FOXBMX]

in primer, just needs final sanding.

me throwing down some clearcoat on the hood

deck lid all painted up!

car painted

car painted from rear



thats all for now...thru out the week itll get wetsanded and buffed...and next weekend itll start to get reassembled, nad then ill have more pics :)

[Rugbylife]

hey if i gave you some cash would you paint my frame teal

[FOXBMX]

me and my dad did alot of work to it, but one of his employees also did a good amount of work to it. im still learning, so i still dont know how to do alot of it(hammering dents out of body panels, and bondo) but i did a bunch of sanding, and painting

[FOXBMX]

hey if i gave you some cash would you paint my frame teal

lol, i would...but automotive paint is very expensive, and so is the clearcoat...but i have paintstripper, and a sandblasting cabinet as well...so if you want to, and have enough money i can probably do it for you.

[Rugbylife]

lol, i would...but automotive paint is very expensive, and so is the clearcoat...but i have paintstripper, and a sandblasting cabinet as well...so if you want to, and have enough money i can probably do it for you.

i just want it stripped not sand blasted and then painted and clearcoated

[FOXBMX]

i could probably do it, but like i said, materials are expensive as all hell

[Naismith53]

i can get mine painted for 30 dollars base clear sanding supplies and all and i do the work myself in my automotive class.

[maras91]

its looking nice, cant wait until its finished

[itsallinthemix]

very nice resto!!! :)

[KyleW]

looks great cant wait to see it finished : )

[Jamie]

Looks really nice, done a brilliant job their!

[marks86]

looks sick dude

[fluorescent]

Looks really nice, can't wait to see it finished.

[FOXBMX]

today my dad wetsanded and buffed most of it, the fenders are ready for paint, and the hood is at the airbrush artist's(inside the racing stripe on the hood theres going to be a picture of my car and my dad's car sliding a corner on a dirt road :)) it should look sick. one of the doors is on, the decklid is on, the roolbar is about ready ot get mounted. over the weekend im putting on the other door, the fenders, the bumpers, and the lights. ill get pics then :)

and thanks for the compliments every one :)!

[FOXBMX]

update!!!! fenders are painted!!! which means everything is painted with the exception of the front spoiler. pic of it more together:


and a pic of my dad in his car from today...dounuts in the parking lot!

[fluorescent]

Nice... gonna be a super sick machine!

[sam8madness]

sick job man

rep for you

[Quen]

you should put an ls7 in it:wink: lol i couldn't imagine that...

[Dirt Method]

crazy shit dude, rep

[AaronBMX]

sick looking car dude!

[FOXBMX]

threw on the taillights and reverse lights.quarter panels buffed, windsheild, licenceplate holder&lights, headlights, both bumpers, all 4 side marker lights, front valance, and grill should be on by next weekend. more pics then...

[bmxkills]

Looks pretty sick!

[Vaipa]

Car = Too good
Alex = Jelous :(

[Ranch]

Wow... cant wait to see it finished :)

[Ajlal24]

Nice black paint job. I work at a body shop too and i know that painting black it a PITA. Looks sweet. Can't wait to see it finished. What paint did you use, PPG, DuPont?

[iwantaninertia]

make it an amphibius car it would be sexy as hell LOL

[iwantaninertia]

a 250 horse power boat engine in the bumper yeay

[FOXBMX]

actually, ajlal, we recently switched over and started using a pait manufactured by sherwin williams. we still use some ppg and dupont, but my car is sherwin williams, which is sold by napa

[JustinCarter]

Sick car man!

[Ajlal24]

There's a Sherwin Williams like 2 miles from me, I thought they only specialized in House Paints...I'll check em out if I have som time...

[FOXBMX]

they do specialize in house paints and such at their stores, but napa distributes their automotive paint. im not sure if they actually stock their automotive paint at their stores.

[ryry702]

looks good man. me and my dad got an 1976 MG midget. its british get used to things going wrong on it lol

[FOXBMX]

^ yep, i know all about things going wrong on british cars :) my dad has had them since i was little, and he owns a shop that specializes in them :). "why dont britis people make computers?"...."because they have no oil to leak" ....i think i heard that at a british car show once...


and rep to you for having an mg too

[ATP]

I hate the car, but I am not into vintage NON American Muscle haha. Good job though. Lucky to have a shop to work in...I'm stuck in the driveway, I dont even have a garage :roll:

[crackkillz]

^^^
lol i think its tight. get some nos lol

[FOXBMX]

^ if i could afford a new engine everytime i sprayed a bottle, i would get nos. im not a fan of blown engines.

4 cyl 1800 cc motor isnt gonna hold up wiht a spray of nos

[JustinE]

^ if i could afford a new engine everytime i sprayed a bottle, i would get nos. im not a fan of blown engines.

4 cyl 180 cc motor isnt gonna hold up wiht a spray of nos

Lol...you couldn't even run a 20 shot.....unless it was built with hi-compression stuff.


I've ran a 80 shot in a Vr6 VW.....it's decent....but eventually it will start pinging; especially if you run regular.


Nitrous=garbage. I would rather just stick with my turbo.

[FOXBMX]

oops...not 180 cc...1800. i fixed it now

[JustinE]

oops...not 180 cc...1800. i fixed it now

Lol, isn't that what the dual port Vw engines have? Older ones...in the Beetles, and Super Beetle.

[Ranch]

More pics yet? :)

[FOXBMX]

^ i have one of the airbrushing on the hood...just got it back yesterday:)



my car and my dads car in a corner on a race track...its inside the racing stripe, and fades outof the picture into checkerd flag, then back into the silver

it looks nicer in person...keep in mind its a cellphone pic with a huge glare o flight

[Ranch]

^ i have one of the airbrushing on the hood...just got it back yesterday:)



my car and my dads car in a corner on a race track...its inside the racing stripe, and fades outof the picture into checkerd flag, then back into the silver

it looks nicer in person...keep in mind its a cellphone pic with a huge glare o flight

Nice. Interesting how the artist put 07' in, it's almost 08' :eek:

[sam8madness]

well 07 is the year he painted it, he's not painting in the future!

[FOXBMX]

^ lol


i got some pics with alot of the exterior chrome on, the windsheild on, a vent window on, door handles, and side marker lights on....ill put em up later

[FOXBMX]

more work done, some new pics

[Quen]

why does it look like it's super high in the air? slam that bitch and get some watanabe's under there. that would be badass.

just immagine it's a badass mg instead:

[FOXBMX]

im more than likely going to lower it 1.5 inches eventually(closer to the height of the older mgbs before the us decided to require a higher headlight height)...and thats not to make it look cool like the kids you see with the dropped civics, its to make it handle better

besides that, i dont know what you mean my Watanabes... im not much into tuners anyway...