after 3 years of owning my car, i got fed up with it looking like ***. i got a good price got all the parts i need and sent it in for paint this morning.

today was pretty much a tear down. i had to swap over one of the doors since it was beyond repair. we pulled off all the trim, moldings lights and anything else that would unbolt.

here's the pics i took tonight. because of my work schedule i won't be able to get anymore untill i go back so we can put it back together. the the guy doing my paint said he'll take pics of the progress and give them to me on a CD

here's the first batch of pics probably won't have anymore till after the car is done.

 

Damn Mark....thats alot of rust in that one pic!

I can't wait until it's completely finished

 

i like seeing posts like this. can't wait to see the finished product.

 

there's more where that came from. he said he's doing as much metal replacement as he can. he hates bondo

 

that is key. i hate it when shops do a chop job and just slather on bondo. if you're going to do it, might as well do it right the first time around.
can't wait to see the finished product

 

finally! it's going to look so damn hot when it comes out!

 

nice man cant wait to seeit , our cars can match, well not in colour but in shinyness

 

Fresh red paint + Gold = hot sex. Cant wait to see it done Mark.

 

Autox'ers don't need fresh paint

 

nice man. can't wait till it's finished.

 

very nice man !

what shop is doing the work ?

 

finally!!! can't wait to see it done, it's gonna look so hot

 

nice mark..
hopefully it'll be done for the meet on sunday!!

 

i thnk you need to get a big 'hHeyyy" written on the door panels

:hay:

 

hey man, ur whip is gonna look like the first day it was born again

 

ey man another fellow g2er gettin his car back to the day it came out of the showroom. Its gonna look really clean. cant wait to c it finished. when im in hamilton and HAVE my car well do a photshoot.

 

Woot your getting fresh paint and bodywork done too.

Yes they do :finger:

 

all i gotta say is.. no more peeling, should look good.. now you can go invest in some waxes, polishes and keep it clean!

 

no more sun fucked red yO!

 

hey mark will it be ready by sunday?

 

Looks like good progress so far....I saw it when you came to pick up the shifter, Im interested to see what it looks like after. BTW, did the shifter fix the rattle?

 

mark, what color red?

 

It is really nice to see a Canadian weather tortured G2 get massaged back to life. I am am beyond jealous! Cant wait to see the results.

 

i'm hoping to have it saturday night. if show up with it on sunday it might not be all put back together. the guy doing my paint has been putting in alot of hours in my car. he's not doing any other work till mines done. i called him friday at around 4 and he sounded really worn out. i've known him for years and it's the first time i've heard him like that. he told me it should be in the booth saturday morning. we're only day behind schedule so far. i told him i'd come down and help with what ever i can and he said all i'll i need to do is help him reassemble it.

haven't installed the shifter yet. need the time, might wait till i do my exhaust since i'll have to be under there.

going with stock Rio Red. had to face a last min desicion. i was a ---- hair away from picking milano red but i didn't want my engine bay a different colour.....besides, Rio Red is an Old Skool colour

this car is my prize posession (i don't own much) but i've grown really attached to it. it knows me and i know it. it's not the same when i hop into another teg. i actually got depressed when i had to get it towed to daves when i thought i popped my motor. keeping it alive adds a bounce in my step and puts a smile on my face. maybe i'll finally be able to pick up chicks with it

 

don't be jealous dude, you'll get yours painted soon. i had to wait 3+ years.

 

update: won't have the car finished this weekend. he just called me and told me that he somehow hurt his shoulder at the shop so it's slowing him down and some of the patches he's welding is getting really tricky. he gotta replace a section of one of the rocker panels LivinLow and I had done last year. so i gotta go back to my parts car and cut out my other rocker for the metal. they weren't able to salvage the winshield. i gotta get the one from my parts car and it's gonna cost me more money......money i don't have.

 

^ah ---- that sucks, but atleast your not without your car for 3+ weeks the way Trenell and i were. it's wierd to see your car go through so much of a change huh? it'll seem like a totaly new car once it's done and you'll find yourself staring at your car for no aparant reason. don't worry about this weekend, i'll pick jOO up.

 

what ive learned from the body shop guys is that no matter how nice they seem, they will always take somewhat longer then expected!!

 

i agree trust me my body guy has had my car for 2 months. always acts so nice to me.

 

booooooooooooooo give him a massage, get it done lol

 

wow.. can't wait to see pics of the final product. *jealous*

one of these days i'm gonna import fresh metal from california and have it welded on all the typical rust spots..

my db1 is my prized possession as well and i will never part with it.
post more pics!

 

OKAY!!! these were taken in the first stages of the welding and/or bodywork

 

Glad to see a nice progressive work! Can't wait to see it done!

 

in the 1st and 2nd picture, where did you get those rust free pieces from was it off your other red shell? do you know if the metal on the car was flanged or did he just butt weld and the bare metal pieces used for the b-pillar by the window and the rearmost quarter, are those all hand fabricated pieces?

your guy does some nice metal work....

 

wow mark i never thought u'r car was that rusty, I only thought it was the faded paint with a little rust.

 

the wheel arches and drivers door were off my parts car. the arches are butt welded to my car (inner and outer) the seams where the inner and outer were spot welded together from the factory were completely rust free they had the rubber trim coverings on them when i cut them off the car. it's funny to see the colour difference between the new metal and my car, considering both were Rio Red from the factory. any other patches that had to be replaced were hand fabricated such as what's in the pics and there's 2 more that i don't have pics of which is the right rear corner of the trunk and the right rocker panel.

 

Sweet - post the outcome

 

will do. should be done tomorrow. i think i'm gonna have to call in sick so i can pick her up.

i'll call my work and say i can't come in because my car isn't done and have no ride.....or should i say i'm suffering from a servere case of the runs.

 

hahaha, i know how you feel. you prolly won't get enough sleep tonight from all the excitment.

as i said before can't wait to see how it ends up.

 

tell them you got crabs from a barton street hooker