2 coats of sealer, 4 base and 3 clear. 

 

Edited December 10, 20195 yr by five&dime

Looks amazing !  Congrats. 
 

 

Hood/fenders and headlight covers looking like liquid gold. The rear bumper is finally done and was easily the 3rd most difficult part. It's intended to look like a shortened and shaved 87-89. But it's the 86 that has been sectioned into 7 pieces, shortened 2-3" and shaved. Everything is finally wrapping up now and all that is left for paint/body is to finish making the front carbon JDM front spoiler fit tighter and then paint the front/rear bumper, side skirts and rear mud guards safari gold. Then all of the trim in the OE satin platinum gunmetal. He will cut/polish the entire car and then will reinstall the trim,  and door/ T top rubber before it comes home to have the engine fit, crossmember built for the transmission, all wiring done and then I will reassemble the rest and put the interior back in. Lastly, Freed engineering will take the car for exhaust and finally, tuning. I had used the black friday sale at Techno Toy Tuning to order their stellar adjustable control arms, torsion bars, tie rods and the Brembo BBK since it will fit the watanabe's so hopefully those items will finally ship by the time it leaves paint. They were backordered for 8-12 weeks. 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 5, 20205 yr by five&dime

Amazing. I am such an amateur at painting and drool at these pics. This is going to be an incredible car when done. Congrats!

 

Rear bumper came out amazing. So much work into the design but looks stock. Fenders are on now so that he can final fit the front spoiler. Once that is done he can paint the front/rear bumpers, side skirts and rear skirts. Really close now. Also got the techo toy tuning front control arms, tension rods, tie rod ends and big brake kit which should clear the Watanabe's!

It looks really good! Was all the sectioning of the rear bumper done with a plastic welder?

I don't think he was able to because of the OEM material. I know it was the second biggest challenge next to the engine bay though. 

Front bumper is on and the final major item is getting proper fitment of the JDM style front spoiler which fit terribly out of the box. Next is the underside getting sprayed all black, final assembly of the car, cut and polish then painting and installing the trim. So close!!

 

Those Watanabe’s are going to look so good on all that color!!! Beautiful.

Spoiler is finished. Undercoat is also done. Now just finish buffing and paint/install the trim and rubber door/t top seals and she comes home. I would imagine 7-10 days. He also notched the frame rails and welded in some metal to box it in so that the control arms can have full clearance just in case I ever wanted it to almost lay frame. Not that I ever will but I wouldn't ever want to have to go back in and have it done. 

The engine bay is being wetsanded and buffed now and it's looking incredible. The rear subframe is cleaned up and installed and the front subframe will go in tomorrow. All that is left is the body to be wetsanded/buffed, the cargo bay will sprayed in the safari gold, the tail panel to be sprayed the trim color and the body panels/door rubber and T top seals to be installed. I am hoping it will be towed to my friends house on Sunday but might be a stretch.