Painted RSX - Page 2

Bad Company · #16 10-21-2003, 03:23 PM

Nice work. Thanks for the tips on removing the lenses. A plus for when I paint mine.

Tekisui · #17 10-21-2003, 03:49 PM

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Thanks for the tips on removing the lenses. A plus for when I paint mine.

No Problem, lord knows you've helped out enough people on this site, including myself. Hopefully more people will start doing body mods.

ONE MORE QUESTION:
Are you guys feeling the carbon fiber hood? I also have the stock hood painted white to match. Any opinions??

MadeInUSA · #18 10-21-2003, 09:36 PM

Thanks Tekisui very helpful funny thing is I have gotten all my friends into the Xmods and yes we all drive real Imports too so its funny we all pull up to the tennis court jump out of the rides just to play with these anyways back to the topic I was flying slammed to the ground with the bodykit on the rsx hit this bump the car did a complete flip landed back on its chasis both headlights went flying off and I lost a black piece to the front bumper I thought it was funny though so now both lenses are off going to get the marker tomorrow you have been very helpful thanks.

Tekisui · #19 10-21-2003, 09:55 PM

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Thanks Tekisui very helpful funny thing is I have gotten all my friends into the Xmods and yes we all drive real Imports too so its funny we all pull up to the tennis court jump out of the rides just to play with these anyways back to the topic I was flying slammed to the ground with the bodykit on the rsx hit this bump the car did a complete flip landed back on its chasis both headlights went flying off and I lost a black piece to the front bumper I thought it was funny though so now both lenses are off going to get the marker tomorrow you have been very helpful thanks.

ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEM! I'm glad to be able to contribute something. With the marker, make sure you give it a while to dry, it's easy to smear onto the orange part. Also, it's not a bad idea to do a little clearcoat over them, especially if you don't have the lenses. What do you drive? I picked up an '03 Altima V6 about three months ago. Absolutely love it, my first "not a piece of crap" car. And my first huge pile of debt. Let me know if I can do anything else.

MadeInUSA · #20 10-21-2003, 09:58 PM

Sense you are replying so fast tell me if I should do this or not I have a Sharpie Fine Point here and it keeps looking at me I will put the lenses back on they are fixable I believe just need superglue. The altimas are nice heres my car. 2000 Hyundai Tiburon

Tekisui · #21 10-21-2003, 10:21 PM

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Sense you are replying so fast...

Hehe..I'm at work waiting for the game to end. I work at a news station and we can't do our show until the game is over. Lots of time to kill. If you want to try the sharpie, I say go for it. My only concern would be going too far into the circular silver part of the headlight. Just take your time. If you happen to mess up, you can usually wipe it off before it dries. But I understand, I'm an impatient person too. I want it now, I just had the micron on my desk. But I say go for it! Post some pics when you're done.

That is a sick Tiburon! You've got a lot invested in that ride. Good job. I'm still trying to make my payments, so no mods on mine yet. Hopefully a CAI and mabey an exhaust if I get enough baseball overtime. Well it looks like there may be a second rain delay, so if you have any more questions let me know. Good luck and lets see the results soon! Peace

Tekisui

MadeInUSA · #22 10-21-2003, 10:48 PM

Cool thanks for the fast replys. I was watching the game too but they kept playing stupid videos because of the delay so I turned it off. Well heres the problem I am having some problems with it coming to close to the cicular silver part but no mess ups yet I am going to tape it here in a sec to be extra safe but heres the big prob sense I broke the piece that comes out of the other light hope you know what I mean it helps hold it to the car well I lost the little plastic stick so now all I have is that body plastic piece that help hold it to the car you think super glue on that bodom piece will hold it?

Tekisui · #23 10-21-2003, 11:05 PM

I think you'll be alright. The cat that installed two lights in the Rsx's headlights did the same thing. He said he just used the smaller peg and a dot of glue on the bottom of the lens. Just make sure you have everything done before you glue it on <obviously>. You could also try to find some other "stick" that fits in the hole and try to glue that to the lens. But just glueing the lens would be a lot easier. Glad to see someone else is trying this. Are you planning on painting the body? Be sure to let us know how it turns out. Hit me up if you have any more questions. Peace

Teki

PS... I love the rims on your Tiberon.

MadeInUSA · #24 10-21-2003, 11:12 PM

Well I wanted to wait to paint the body untill new shells came out for the Xmods I thought they would be like Zip Zaps and you could buy other shells for them but I found out today each car is specific for each car like my friends supra didnt fit neither did the gtr so yes I will eventually paint this one just dont want to mess up on it. You are very brave cool thing is sense there only 50 bucks if I mess this one up it can be my racer and I can get another one to just look pretty lol. I busted out the testors black enaml paint cause I couldnt get close enough with the marker hope it turns out good ill let ya know in a bit. I need to find a way to post pics whats a good site to host pics on.

Tekisui · #25 10-21-2003, 11:24 PM

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I will eventually paint this one just dont want to mess up on it.

Don't be afraid, the only real place to mess up is on the windows but you can just blackout any mistakes you make. Just do thin layers so you don't lose too much detail.

I was wondering about extra bodies, so they're not selling just bodies? As far as the pics, I don't think you need to host them. Use the attachment button on the bottom of the reply screen, at least thats what I did. Just make sure they are the right size. Hopefully you'll have them up when I get out of work. Getting into those little headlight circles is a pain. You can always touch up with silver if you go too far. Still got to finish the ninth inning, so I'll be around until then and after our show is over. Can't wait to see the results!

MadeInUSA · #26 10-21-2003, 11:38 PM

well the only digital camera I got is a sprint cell phone and I dont know why but my home computer will not go to my account on there web site so when I go to work tomrrow I will try to attach the pics so be looking for them. Thanks for all the help. I am done just got to let the paint dry and put the lense on tomrrow. Check sometime tomrrow afternoon. Thanks again.

Tekisui · #27 10-22-2003, 01:07 AM

No problem. Glad I could be of service. Looking forward to seeing how it turned out.

ZipRC · #28 10-22-2003, 08:27 PM

did you have trouble masking the grill? I think i would be having a hard time getting a knife into those corners, although i woudl like to exercise my airbrush

Tekisui · #29 10-23-2003, 02:03 AM

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did you have trouble masking the grill? I think i would be having a hard time getting a knife into those corners, although i woudl like to exercise my airbrush

I didn't mask the grill actually. I just blacked it out, good old Micron .005 again. See, I told you they where useful. Just have to go over it a couple of times. You should try to fit some screen in there and make a custom mesh grill.

ZipRC · #30 10-23-2003, 09:01 PM

yummy tip, very helpful...im going to pick up one of those markers tomorrow. shibby on you, i wanted to paint my rsx white and have the grey/black carbon fiber hood too, but i'll use the wild bodykit then to vary it, and maybe slap on some decals. Airbrush where are you! get out of my closet!