well my car is finally done, if you did not see my prior post quick recap

car was behind salt truck and had about $8,400 in damages, paid some additional out of pocket and got the whole car fixed and resprayed and black on top red on bottom.

got one of it finished so far, but waiting to get GF together and go out on a shoot with it

first here is the first photoshop we did of my car



and here is the final product sorry for pic but will be adding more


i love it and am very happy with results, the red flake in the black is barly noticable unless in direct sunlight

 

That looks cool.

 

I'm not really a fan of that paint job. It's a little over done.

However, that doesn't mean I don't think it looks good! Maybe you could powder coat your rims black, to really make it stand out? Too much color going on, IMHO.

Otherwise, congrats on your "new" 8!

 

+1 on two tone paint job being overdone.

definitely not the direction i would go...

imo, needs more mods to support over the top paint job.

just my $.02

 

well in the long run im hoping someone with some great black rims has an eye for R3 stock rims for a trade,

but i am going to see what a small gunmetal pin stripe right below the black looks like to break up the line and also match the rims, but agree rims should be black, just i had to get paint job done if i wanted it now as i only paying like $500 out of pocket for the full job so that is why i jumped on it right away. and i have plans to get alot more stuff done aswell

 

Looks great! Kinda reminds me of the viper acr.

 

Yeh really like that mate.

Thought about it myself on mine but the taxis round Leeds are black and white so i dont think i will go there!!!!

 

your headlight housings need to be black...it would make it look 1000x better. i like it though its decent

 

thanks all glad that others like it besides me, =)

 

Send me your rims and get black ones that will make the car pop.

 

if i find the right rims i will sell or trade my r3's just fyi, really like the volks / works etc, 5 thick spoke that flares in with a lip lol

 

I see that you got the Mazda emblem removed of the front bumper too. What do you think it would cost to get the front bumper debadged cleanly with a bit of touch up paint?

 

I smell a troll, the second pic still looks like a chop to me. Removing the front emblem on an s2 is a bit tricky, I doubt anyone would do all that and paint it for $500.00. If it is real then I'm sorry because you ruined a beautiful VR.

 

I was under the impression that his insurance covered some of the costs that why it was only $500. I'm still really interested in seeing a clean SII debadge.

 

yes you are absolutly right insurance paint $8400, total job came to about $11,000
but being i am the appraiser and wrote my own repair order and my work discounts only cost me $139 out of pocket

also the front emblem is very easy to get on and off on a series 2 if you have a clue what you are doing , and it is back on the car atm,

 

^^ Sounds like a come up to me! Props.

 

funny how you come here, without reading or anything and spouting that im a troll when thats all you are doing, which is funny imo

 

Not reading?


The second pic looks chopped to me. You can't see any detail at all and the black seems to over run in some places making it look like a chop to me. I can't see the bulge in the front bumper cover even though the emblem is missing. Mod Edit: comment removed it's just my opinion. If you care what I think so much post some decent pics instead of a photshop and a crappy cell pic at night.

 

for 8400$ I hope they sanded the whole car back to metal and went from there.

 

That is an insane price for a pretty basic paint job. Should be about half that at most.

 

all i can do is laugh

 

well there was some damage done, also replaced headlamps and oil coolers (roughly $2000 of the bill)

but every panel and bumpers where all sanded down and any nicks dents etc were all removed from the whole car. if you have any experience with auto body you would understand that a good full proper paint job is a hell of a lot more and looks a hell of a lot better than a $2000 macco job

 

hes not trolling https://www.rx8club.com/ne-rx-8-forum-29/new-user-looking-local-meets-reading-pa-223915/page2/ check out post #38 and #42

oh and heero when are we having another meet i still need to see the two tone in person

 

im good for a meet whenever lol, but on thursdays we meet at cabelas, mostly a v dub crew but all kinds of people show up

 

Geesh, was posting a proper pic so damn hard? Not digging the bulge where the emblem was. And that price is insane. I definitely think a line of color to break up the black and red would look good.