Leone Turbo
- Suby Wan Kenobi
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A few months ago some one side swiped my suby when it was parked (and then parked next to me, like nothing had happened!). After getting a quote for the fix I was very surprised at the cost to fix such a minor bump. In fact it was easily enough to fix and paint the whole car, so I (as in my panel beater mate) did. Got the money out of the insurance company instead of getting them to fix it. Also the car was looking pretty poor from other bingles and scratches, so just a good chance to fix most of it up.
Car stripped down and prep'd for painting inside boot and doors. Parking incident damage fixed.
Painted boot and doors
Car stripped down and prep'd for painting inside boot and doors. Parking incident damage fixed.
Painted boot and doors
Rust under windscreen fixed, no more leaks:D ! Also new windscreen to go in.
Painted around engine bay and grill
Out in the sun very happy with the effect
Paint around windscreen
Few more pics to come once I upload them. Also whole car had just finished being painted this weekend. But had poor weather this weekend so no chance yet to take pics out in the sun.
hey mate lookn bonza! what colour / finish are you using?
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VER7 STI (FOR SALE) & RIP EJ22 AWD LEONE
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- tim_81coupe
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- Location: Perth
Yes, yes you do… and with this kinda work they are going to be around for a while to come as wellSuby Wan Kenobi wrote:Gotto love the RX looks like a nice unit
Toyota 105 Series LandCruiser (that nobody on here wants to really hear about).
RX Touring Wagon - fitted out for 4WDing (currently collecting dust).
RX Project - will be road only at this stage (and currently taking way to long to finish).
RX Touring Wagon - fitted out for 4WDing (currently collecting dust).
RX Project - will be road only at this stage (and currently taking way to long to finish).
The base colour is a Subaru Dark Micra Green. Then 1 coat (becuase we ran out:( ) of gold zerelic or zyrelic or zeralic or somthing like that, supposed to be like a pearl but not, just did it becuase me mate had some left over and we decided what the hell for a bit of fun. Then clear coat.'[4MUFF wrote:]hey mate lookn bonza! what colour / finish are you using?
It cost me nothing in labour because I did the menial work and a mate did all the work requiring skill. Still its cost me about $500-600 so far in products (primer, paint, clear, sandpaper, booth hire, etc...).theclick wrote:how much did the spray cost? Always been interested in getting my beaten and sprayed but wasnt sure about the fiscal possibilities
To get a whole car sorted out and painted professionally could be easy 3-5 grand, with removal of engine and wot not to paint properly.
If you want to do it on the cheap, people have done it with just spray cans with good results considering they used spray cans. Just prep the car really well and the finished product won't be to bad, e.g.
http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/sho ... hp?t=72112
Final preperations on the car, sanding, cleaning etc. Before taking it to the booth.
Touch up of areas that where sanded to bare metal or thin areas. Then more sanding/cleaning of that. At some giddy early hour of the morning we were discussing how 'cool' it would be to add a few more splotches of colour and leave it like this, just clear coat it:rolleyes: . I am glad we did not.........
Mostly painted in the booth, just a couple of clear coats and she's done.
I'll try take some pics of her today out in the sun. There is still a fair bit to do with putting all the plastic spats and trims back on, mud flaps, windscreen trim, and then cut and buff the car. I hope I don't mind getting it dirty after all this.
looks great mate!!! id love to get those paint codes of you!! what paint system did you use?
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VER7 STI (FOR SALE) & RIP EJ22 AWD LEONE
PIX @ www.webshots.com/user/4muff
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- cruzingbrumby
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- Location: NSW
- subarursliberty
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