Paint a 928 racer, step by step (LOTS of pictures)
04-11-2007, 02:32 AM
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Benton's 928 Racer, "Lucy" (dormant, awaiting transplant)
10/25/11:
HEY! Thanks for checking in. A little info: this build was completed in the summer of '08, the beast was thrashed on the track for two years, then the original 32V '86 motor with 140k+ finally bit the bullet. Currently in development for phase 2, but sitting dormant at the moment while we work on our new website. Check out TheLooseNut.com for updates on Ms. Lucy.
ORIGINAL POST FROM 4/11/07:
The car is 99% done, and it will be ready to roll next Monday for its first outing on the track. I might shed a tear the first time she turns a lap after the hundreds and hundreds of hours I have put into it. It won't have a few detail pieces on it (door trim, door handles, bla bla), but other than that, it is DONE. I thought I would make this thread to document the paint and body work in a very small nutshell.
Most of the paint is Southern Polyurethanes, and I can't say enough about the quality of the products, prices, and customer service. The website is www.southernpolyurethanes.com. The white is Valspar (purchased before SPI made white), and the gray is titanium something from Alsa corp (awesome color, I'll take a better picture later). The red is SPI Flame red, and the blue is SPI Viper Blue.
1) Start out with a $4000 basket case
2) Yummy
3) Mangle the interior
4) Install roll cage
5) Sand exterior
6) Replace roof with non-sunroof skin
7) Flare rear fenders
8) Plug holes, modify fenders
9) Prep interior
10) Prime car, paint interior, wait 6 months to work on again
11) Install interior
12) Torture your lungs with bondo
13) Realize you aren't perfect at hammer/dolly work
14) Epoxy prime the whole car after resanding, because your previous prime job 6 months ago has sat too long.
15) Admire the curves
to be continued....
HEY! Thanks for checking in. A little info: this build was completed in the summer of '08, the beast was thrashed on the track for two years, then the original 32V '86 motor with 140k+ finally bit the bullet. Currently in development for phase 2, but sitting dormant at the moment while we work on our new website. Check out TheLooseNut.com for updates on Ms. Lucy.
ORIGINAL POST FROM 4/11/07:
The car is 99% done, and it will be ready to roll next Monday for its first outing on the track. I might shed a tear the first time she turns a lap after the hundreds and hundreds of hours I have put into it. It won't have a few detail pieces on it (door trim, door handles, bla bla), but other than that, it is DONE. I thought I would make this thread to document the paint and body work in a very small nutshell.
Most of the paint is Southern Polyurethanes, and I can't say enough about the quality of the products, prices, and customer service. The website is www.southernpolyurethanes.com. The white is Valspar (purchased before SPI made white), and the gray is titanium something from Alsa corp (awesome color, I'll take a better picture later). The red is SPI Flame red, and the blue is SPI Viper Blue.
1) Start out with a $4000 basket case
2) Yummy
3) Mangle the interior
4) Install roll cage
5) Sand exterior
6) Replace roof with non-sunroof skin
7) Flare rear fenders
8) Plug holes, modify fenders
9) Prep interior
10) Prime car, paint interior, wait 6 months to work on again
11) Install interior
12) Torture your lungs with bondo
13) Realize you aren't perfect at hammer/dolly work
14) Epoxy prime the whole car after resanding, because your previous prime job 6 months ago has sat too long.
15) Admire the curves
to be continued....
Last edited by Benton; 10-25-2011 at 04:17 PM.
04-11-2007, 02:41 AM
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I didn't take any pictures while the car was in 2k primer (gray surfacing primer). The black wheels are just rollers; the white wheels seen on the 996 are the wheels to be on the 928 next week.
I plugged the bumper turn signals, headlight washers, windshield washers, door locks, front and rear marker lights, rear wiper, mirror holes (jacquemond mirrors are painted and ready to install) and I'm using a Euro rear bumper. The splitter, wing, and mounts will be painted white in the coming weeks. Also, the car still needs to be leveled out; the front is sitting too low.
I drew up two paint schemes and thought, hell, why not just paint it asymmetrically? I can't wait to see it with the white wheels.
The last pictures are blurry because my camera picks up extremely small movements in low light. I'll take some better pictures for my final thread when the car is 100% finished.
16) After red, white, and charcoal, masking for the blue
17) Paint booth, huge PITA (interior was painted in a real booth)
18) After clearcoat
19) Viper Blue
20) Plugged bumper
21) !!!! Paint done!!!! DS
22) PS
23) Graphics
It feels so incredible to have done this by myself. I mean, 100%, no help from nobody by myself. It is also a great relief to be almost done, as I have been busting my nuts lately trying to get ready for my test day on the 16th, and I've been pretty stressed. Thanks to all for all of the help and support, and your compliments mean the world to me. I'll add more later, but I'm tired of typing.
I plugged the bumper turn signals, headlight washers, windshield washers, door locks, front and rear marker lights, rear wiper, mirror holes (jacquemond mirrors are painted and ready to install) and I'm using a Euro rear bumper. The splitter, wing, and mounts will be painted white in the coming weeks. Also, the car still needs to be leveled out; the front is sitting too low.
I drew up two paint schemes and thought, hell, why not just paint it asymmetrically? I can't wait to see it with the white wheels.
The last pictures are blurry because my camera picks up extremely small movements in low light. I'll take some better pictures for my final thread when the car is 100% finished.
16) After red, white, and charcoal, masking for the blue
17) Paint booth, huge PITA (interior was painted in a real booth)
18) After clearcoat
19) Viper Blue
20) Plugged bumper
21) !!!! Paint done!!!! DS
22) PS
23) Graphics
It feels so incredible to have done this by myself. I mean, 100%, no help from nobody by myself. It is also a great relief to be almost done, as I have been busting my nuts lately trying to get ready for my test day on the 16th, and I've been pretty stressed. Thanks to all for all of the help and support, and your compliments mean the world to me. I'll add more later, but I'm tired of typing.
04-11-2007, 02:50 AM
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It's a race car that wants to be a street car. I'll drive it on the street until I get hassled. It has plates and insurance, and the lights above the headlights are turn signals. I'm a designer; I can't let well enough alone. If I'm going to do something, I go all out.
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04-11-2007, 03:07 AM
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Wow! What a great job Mark.
Starting out I never would have guessed or expected to turn out the way it did. Quite the transition Buisnessman GT to Serious Road Warrior. I'm impressed.
Kind of a kin to going from a herringbone sport coat & penny loafers, to a DuPont Nomex racing suit.
But Bronto's right about Kalifornia - you'd draw cops like flys from miles around if you tried to street that car.
Starting out I never would have guessed or expected to turn out the way it did. Quite the transition Buisnessman GT to Serious Road Warrior. I'm impressed.
Kind of a kin to going from a herringbone sport coat & penny loafers, to a DuPont Nomex racing suit.
But Bronto's right about Kalifornia - you'd draw cops like flys from miles around if you tried to street that car.
04-11-2007, 05:44 AM
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Fantastic
That is so impressive,
both the speed building the car and the quality seems to be fantastic and it just looks great.
Hope you will enjoy the car on the track
&/Peter
both the speed building the car and the quality seems to be fantastic and it just looks great.
Hope you will enjoy the car on the track
&/Peter
04-11-2007, 08:02 AM
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Hi Mark,
The car looks fantastic! Very nice work and I'm sure you feel like a proud parent right about now. Can't wait to see it completed and hear about it's first test drive. When I drove mine after it's initial weight loss I was amazed how good it felt, much stronger and the stock S4 brakes seemed to get bigger. Then after transformation #2 being the 5 speed conversion it felt again different.
Keep us posted on your progress and I am interested to see what you are going to do with the glass areas, Lexan? What did you do to the inner doors?
Constantine
The car looks fantastic! Very nice work and I'm sure you feel like a proud parent right about now. Can't wait to see it completed and hear about it's first test drive. When I drove mine after it's initial weight loss I was amazed how good it felt, much stronger and the stock S4 brakes seemed to get bigger. Then after transformation #2 being the 5 speed conversion it felt again different.
Keep us posted on your progress and I am interested to see what you are going to do with the glass areas, Lexan? What did you do to the inner doors?
Constantine