nice work Billy, will be really interested ot see how it comes up ! Kayne how does this color compare to the one on your ute ?

much, much different.. his is very dark, almost a cherry black

he hasnt actualy seen it, but its not a candy nor is it a bright flat/solid color the paint he saw was dul and was just the bit i did the fingerpainting on lol. it is like a lighter cherry black, but violett, at night time itl look black with a SLIGHT tinge of purple until its under light, during the day itl be a very very dark purple and again under sun or light will have the lighter metallic show through i might do some test painting with a mates compressor just so we get a better idea of how itl turn out i use these pics to give an example of the paint, mine might not be quite this black and of course the color in the sun will be violett/dark purple, but very similar, depends on what base coat i go with. my paint - Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

i want updates. gimme updates . just read the whole thread, good to see your project isnt very slow, your actually getting sh*t done. good work man. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

haha cheers man its pretty slow atm! i have owned the car for 2 years also atm the car is pretty much all rubbed back ready for the respray, but its not going to the panel shop until mid-late june will be receiving full smoothed bay, boxed rails, sheet metal rad support etc. still unsure bout door handles, but will have shaved locks, fuel flap and aerial. but at this stage wont be back from the panel shop until around august so basically nothing but some panel work done most of this year lol Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Quote: Originally Posted by misk haha cheers man its pretty slow atm! i have owned the car for 2 years also atm the car is pretty much all rubbed back ready for the respray, but its not going to the panel shop until mid-late june will be receiving full smoothed bay, boxed rails, sheet metal rad support etc. still unsure bout door handles, but will have shaved locks, fuel flap and aerial. but at this stage wont be back from the panel shop until around august so basically nothing but some panel work done most of this year lol are you gonna get deano to paint it? Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

and so it begins! Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

2J no **** Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

2j fuck yeah Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

oi **** are you getting deano to paint it

still unsure man, i cant afford to do it through the shop, so if he cant do it at home then we'll paint it in my mates shed. i would prefer dean to paint it though lol im going to hire a welder in a month or so and attack the bay finally, so that will save alot in terms of labour. but im sick of letting myself and other ppl down, so im taking it as it comes, when im ready for it to be painted, then ill organise **** more solidly.

yeh too easy, the shop price is ****ing cheap still man, and if you **** around too long you'll have to pay his shop price cos they're buying the joint out next year lol

Quote: Originally Posted by misk 2j fuck yeah Are you going to build it misk or just smash a couple turbo's on the side and see how she goes ? Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

lol yeah i know it was cheap. but just something i couldn't afford at the time, all the cash i had saved up got eaten up by some nice debt that popped up that i didnt know about. ill have another chat to him and see how hes going with the project he was working on. Quote: Originally Posted by SXC - 747 Are you going to build it misk or just smash a couple turbo's on the side and see how she goes ? im going to drop compression to 9:1 with a thicker head gasket, possibly get the ports cleaned up and will get the cams reground to something similar to 264 or 272 hks cams. i plan to run water injection and around 20psi, which should see around 350-400rwkw, which is all im really hoping for! but its stuff that i can do over a period of time, so should be ok. the bottom end will be sweet for 400rwkw apparently. time will tell Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Yeah 2JZ's are tuff as man. Stock engine with 3" exhaust, FMIC, pod they make about 300rwkw @ 18psi with stock turbo's, they love it Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

LOL see if he can squeeze you in, at the moment he just finished the pontiac.. he's doing some flares for GOTPWR, a ski boat, then he's gotta do a HQ ute, then a hilux so he can sell it... lol

lol fk hes always so busy! i might see if he will just do the paint for me in my mates shed, body work and primer we can handle, i just wanna make sure the paint and clear goes on nice!

yeh he'll prob be a bit sketchy on that because painters usually are. it can bite them on the ass because all the result is in the prep. he should be able to squeeze you in, ill word him up this weekend he's helping me move house

yeah i can understand that. *** just need to get it painted! lol once its painted everything else would seem like a walk in the park.

n/a 2J?