Dear Zax,

I am not sure that powder coating could be applied to plastic parts as the process requires the part to be heated in an oven for the powder coating to melt and spread. Would suggest that you talk to professionals about this.

For local powder coating shops, use Canada411 search engine for Montreal and d a category search on Metal Finisher.

Best regards

frenchnew

 

that's one bad ass looking car, love the whole set up.

 

Its official, this is one of the most "Love it or hate it" rides on the boards. Like I said before, I love it, and some may share the same feeling, but I doubt anybody is on the fence about it. So at least you have a unique conversation sparking ride that you love.

 

hehe. Ron, I knew doing the all black wheel and car thing would be controversial, but I didn't know how much people would dislike it. The good thing is we all customize our cars to our taste because we're the ones who drive them. I will obviously be driving this car 'til it's dead as selling it in its current state would be very difficult! In any case, I love it and thanks everyone for your comments: good, bad or otherwise!

Ron: are you still working on a grill? A nice black grill would solve my front piece painting woes.

 

I'm usually not a big fan of black wheels on anything except black or white cars, but you pull it off really well. You have done a wonderful job with the entire car. Sorry to hear about those mud stains. Keep up the good work.


Also, what problems are you running into with the emblems that you painted?

 

Thanks subinf!

Well, on the emblems and the bumper trim pieces I used special car plastic trim paint which I thought would be more resistant to chipping. But even after just two or three weeks, I have a lot of chips. So I need to find a way to protect the paint better. I tried doing a combo paint/clearcoat job, but the paint starting bubbling when I applied clearcoat to it.

But if Ron comes out with the grills he has pictures up there, I'll just buy one of those and it'll solve my problem.

P.S. Ron, I just noticed today that one of my RJ center caps from the 1pfs either fell off or was stolen , can I buy maybe another 4 from you in case this happens again? Maybe I should glue them on somehow?

 

I hope you peeled the paper off the back of the center cap emblems, there is adhesive that will keep them stuck in permanently. otherwise they just fall off which is what prolly happened.

email me your address, I have to ship you the miniemblems, better late then never.

 

Funny....thats exactly what Valerie said too when I showed em to her....I was saying....check this car out man....its cool as hell and she dogged the wheels out and said the exact same thing....that they look like spares.

Personally...I think they look really authentic give it a real professional racey look. Chrome lips are for those looking to keep the "I have a sports car but it still is a luxury car" fence-walker thing......yours goes further into the authentic race look if you ask me. I really like it. Thinking something similar would look good on WDP teamed with a carbon fiber hood!!

 

Looks very good, I would prefer a polished lip on those wheels though..

 

The more I look at it, I do like the wheels, however you should tint your side markers and taillights darker, almost the same shade of the black as the wheels, it will blend with your headlights and if you can tint those windows dark as well

 

I'm not feeling the all black wheels or NASCAR look.

 

Lokius,

I did tint the rear side markers but not the front... The rear sides were tough to do. I have the film from Rockblocker though, so I might attempt it one day.

I might try a darker tint on the windows too... I'm just scared of the law. But I guess the car is technically already illegal in that I have non-street mods on a street car.

 

wow..... looks awesome man

 

i agree with loki, polished rim would have been siiiick. But overall, I didn't like the all black rims at first but it's actually starting to grow on me.

 

Ill trade ya. I have a 05 NonNavi MT. You seem to love modding your car. Look at it as way to start the process all over again and have some fun. Nice Job all the around.

 

hehehe. The non-navi to navi conversion is definitely a tough one, but I don't think I'd be down with that now. I need to focus on other things. Well, first I'm going to redo the sound system in there. But then it's over!

 

Zax, i believe i saw your car going 15 south about ayear ago. Haha, how do i still remember this? The 2 screens caught my girls attention "Hey look it's your car but it has more navi stuff" heh

Great ride btw, the stance is perfect!

 

No way, that's awesome! She looks very different now (as you can see) and you'd probably recognize her.

"More navi stuff" is classic!

 

Yeah quite a change, i dont recall you having the ronjon (looks so hot) nor the whells

Question zax, where did you get your headlights cleared? Or did you do them yourself? Im looking to clear my lights (been looking for awhile now) but dont know of any local shop that does them. Im too weak to do it myself knowing ill mess something up heh

 

Yeah, I did that myself. Pretty much do everything on the car myself. I've found that it gets done properly that way. And if not, it's your own fault.

It's not too hard to do. I could coach you through it. If you are mechanically inclined, you can do it. I would say the "risky" part is taking off your bumper.

Then you stick the headlights in the oven and off you go...

 

The thought alone scares me wild - haha.
We should get together someday and maybe we can do it together id love to learn the in's and out's. And to say im mechanically inclined is an understatement lol

 

Sounds to me like it might be an overstatement.

I might be up to helping you out one day. Life is crazy hectic these days... and I've ordered most of the parts for my sound system, so that's gonna occupy my time for a while. But this is of course very off-topic.

 

Zax, whats the details on the sound system you're planning?

 

I purchased most of it today actually

Parts:

Boston Acoustics Pro60 6.5" components front and rear
Boston Acoustics S45 4" coaxial for center channel
Boston Acoustics G510 10" subwoofer
Boston Acoustics GT22 2-channel amp (bridged for sub)
JL Audio e6450 6-channel amp for components and center
David Navone line-converters

I've gotta buy the fabric from Joann's now.