New to site, Pics of my ride

[Lowpros24]

My 3.4L 99' alero

http://i56.tinypic.com/4rca5j.jpg

http://i52.tinypic.com/2hoxydw.jpg

My little man car
http://i52.tinypic.com/2cqe7t1.jpg

All out, from here i was able to do all my underbody light wiring
same with putting lights in vents, and all other wire running that needed
to be done such as in dash tv ect...
http://i54.tinypic.com/2emzsiu.jpg

fitting in the new carpet, wasnt finished yet, but is now
http://i54.tinypic.com/21mzw5c.jpg

Replaced tan headliner with black sued
http://i53.tinypic.com/2ilcv3s.jpg

Dash before
http://i54.tinypic.com/5ea9mu.jpg

Dash after, I had to use atlest 5-6 coats of high built primer
and alot of sanding to get the piano smooth look finish, mirror like almost
for the dash had to add some flex to paint since dash has soft material to prevent any cracking.
http://i54.tinypic.com/juitk5.jpg

engine dessing before
http://i52.tinypic.com/amtizt.jpg

engine dressing after
http://i52.tinypic.com/2hf6f5f.jpg


well those are all i have for now, ill will take new one's and show what else is done, My interior is all done beside fabracting new back seats and finishing the door panels, rest of panels are kaisaki green same finish as dash ill post pics of them soon, I also like that i seen on this site differnt taillights and such, im looking forward to be geeting some new stuff from here or at least guided in the right path, cause parts for this car is hard to find

[heineck]

u didnt use fg on the dash? just primer???

[[ion] C2]

i'd like to see some higher res pictures of the dash after paint. interesting method

[Lowpros24]

u didnt use fg on the dash? just primer???

nope dont even know what fg is mby in a different term, just did some surface sanding very gently since material may shred so primer would stick alot better,
use high build primer with flex to fill in the textured detail then wet sand for the smooth finish, then sprayed with high gloss black with a coat of clear with flex added so it wont crack when being pressed on

[kwhauck]

the car looks clean, but i am definately not a fan of the Kawi green!!

[Lowpros24]

C2;564489']i'd like to see some higher res pictures of the dash after paint. interesting method

yea pics came out small, so i blew them up a bit but so the res sucks
ill get more new ones in there

[Lowpros24]

the car looks clean, but i am definately not a fan of the Kawi green!!

deffinity dosent fit in to well with the body paint, but im looking to go with new paint soon, or get it wrapped. i took on some minor body damage due to road conditions so i may ned to replace body kit if its to expensive to just repair when i go in for new paint or wrapping. i was thinking black paint with kawi green accent, powder coat rims black and leave the lip kawi green, idk yet, i have alot of idea's before it goes in

[Ttop191]

did billy get reincarnated?

[wrestlingandrunning]

did billy get reincarnated?

lmao

[Lowpros24]

did billy get reincarnated?

? you sure that was for the right thread,
Am I missing something lol

[wrestlingandrunning]

Yes you are missing something.

[Ttop191]

dw bout it dude...billy painted everything and i mean EVERYTHING in his car smurf shit blue...similar to what you have with the green, dw about it dude you'll find people around here like to joke a lot ;)

[Lowpros24]

dw bout it dude...billy painted everything and i mean EVERYTHING in his car smurf shit blue...similar to what you have with the green, dw about it dude you'll find people around here like to joke a lot ;)

LOL gotch ya, yea its all painted, but not a shitty job though, took me a month or so, didnt stick to one color either if thats what billy did, cant do to much of one color, with me filling in the texture and making it smooth really came out 100% better than leaving it with the texture on it, not just the dash but all the plastic peices in the car as well, the dash and center concole are high gloss black, everything else such as vents in dash inserts are all kawi green, the doors are the only thing i have left to finish, ill post finished pics soon as i take em.

[03Sleepr]

I like the dash concept. everything else is just to rice for me (thank God there isn't a park bench on the back)

[lord2heart]

looks great! but its to green for me lol

[pimpalero2003]

So you just sanded the vinyl and primer or took vinyl off then built up the plastic?

[Lowpros24]

So you just sanded the vinyl and primer or took vinyl off then built up the plastic?

For the dash? yes I left the vinyl on, I very lightly wet sanded it for primer to stick better, I used a high build primer with flex added to be able to flex with the vinyl, About 5-6 coats in between sanding or to the disired smoothness you would like, my preference was getting a mirror like finish after paint.

[clutch1]

Lol that's a weird technique.

[Lowpros24]

Lol that's a weird technique.

its a technique that works. Nothing really weird to what i did to get the results. Its very effeciant as well to for the cost of only paint and time. only other way to do it is to wrap it or put new vinyl on witch would be impossible to do without proper stiching to eliminate any creases, dash has to many odd curves to wrap it without stiching.. taking off the vinyl is a bad idea for the fact thats the inserts and such are fitted to fit with the vinyl. so if you plan on taking vinyl off, then be ready to do some filling for proper fitting. Later down the road when i get some experiance i wanna mold a new dash with fiberglass. This was my first project doing what i did to my car, it took awile to get the painting down and the finish i wanted but i practiced enough to get it perfected and thats how my results were, flawless.

[JLw7123]

car look nice welcome to the site.

[Redog]

Respect for the work, but not a fan.

Why didn't you just get headers?

[hok666]

looks fine dude, as always on here your going to get opposition... Personally I dont think decals belong, but the rest look good..

[TdotAlero]

Interesting, very interesting.
As long as you're happy with the result.. you drive it after all..

[Ttop191]

X2 on that, long as ur happy

[clutch1]

its a technique that works. Nothing really weird to what i did to get the results. Its very effeciant as well to for the cost of only paint and time. only other way to do it is to wrap it or put new vinyl on witch would be impossible to do without proper stiching to eliminate any creases, dash has to many odd curves to wrap it without stiching.. taking off the vinyl is a bad idea for the fact thats the inserts and such are fitted to fit with the vinyl. so if you plan on taking vinyl off, then be ready to do some filling for proper fitting. Later down the road when i get some experiance i wanna mold a new dash with fiberglass. This was my first project doing what i did to my car, it took awile to get the painting down and the finish i wanted but i practiced enough to get it perfected and thats how my results were, flawless.

Well as long as it works! Fiberglass is def a better way, I forsee that way cracking eventually. But if it doesn't, even better!

[Lowpros24]

thanks fellas for the feed back,
yea taking decals off when i finally go for paint, as for headers, havent found any for this motor, i seen a set that somebody was making on this site awile back, but cant find post.
im not to worried about the cracking on dash cause there is enough flex in paint to prevent that from happening. only thing im really worried about is when it get hot inside that the paint's gonna bubble up, but it hasnt happend yet and its reached over 90 some days. but you never know. but yea i want to fiberglass it, was actually thinking of buying just a dash for an alero, and practice molding a dash. would rather do it myself to get experiance in it like i did with the interior painting. it keeps me busy its fun, and it saves money.

[03Sleepr]

but yea i want to fiberglass it, was actually thinking of buying just a dash for an alero, and practice molding a dash. would rather do it myself to get experiance in it like i did with the interior painting. it keeps me busy its fun, and it saves money.


:haha: good luck, I remember learning to use glass, I never want to touch it again..but I assume it would be a good little project

[Shiwnath]

Welcome to the site, respect for putting a lot of work into your car to making it your car. Looking forward to seeing more pics.

[hok666]

cant wait as well nice job

[clutch1]

Glass is great minus the sanding and the cutting... those are so dusty and itchy it's terrible. The layup is always cool though.

[Stickybuddz420]

Looks good, looks like bright ass green lights around your vents,waaaay to distracting for me lol. Props tho, has more to it than mine XD

[Gr1m]

i think we are all going to be disappointed if/when he posts up higher res pics.

[Ttop191]

I'm disappointed before high res :/

[pimpalero2003]

Thought you had to use special paint for leather/vinyl? Otherwise stayed sticky/cracked peeled off