96 MX-3 GS (K8) Body Work - In Progress

[JDMChris]

When i bought the car, it was in pretty good shape.. Just been doing little things to it ever since.
The motor runs great (K8) and it had very little rust (rear wheel wells, and door)

The car is painted in "Rage Red"
I Started off by Painting the mirrors, front lip, front mud guards, rear wing, and rims glossy black.

It looks pretty good.

just started on the body work..
Here is a pic showing a bit of the passenger side before the work started.


Here are some pics of the work..





I used short strand fiberglass body filler... imo, it works better than bondo. To finish it off, used some fine finishing putty. The picture above is it all done with a cote of sandable primer. I have the color matched, just waiting to get some clear.



I plan on finishing the body work this week as i leave for vacation on friday.
Starting the Driver side tomorrow and then the back bumber the next day.. finishing with he hood on Tuesday

[_-Night-Shade-_]

I'm not expert but it looks great! You've got some talent.

[JDMChris]

Finished wet sanding the primer on the passenger side with 800 grit paper. Put on 2 coats of the base coat..


It still needs another 2 coats of base and some clear to get the shine back. Looks pretty good.

I also started on the front hood... there was a pretty nice dent from a rock or something. i also took off the badge.. gunna hang it from my rear view mirror.





Tomorrow, im going to start on the other side... hopefully. I only have 3 hours a day to work on it.

[pox]

Looking great man. Wish I had skills like that.

[Sisko182]

Wow. You're doing an awesome job. It looks like it was done professionally. Wanna come do mine for me? haha. jk.

Look forward to seeing the rest of the finished product.

[mitmaks]

It's probably not most professional way but it beats taking it to Maaco. You're saving lots of money by doing it yourself and learning along the way.

[Evo_Spec]

that looks fantastic, great work

[lowflyinmx3]

Great work. I wish I had the patience and skill to try that on my car. Whats the other car in the garage? An Opel?

[Ryan]

Great work man. I'm doing my black car currently, I wish it were as small a project as yours... I've never done body work before this, and I'm fabricating panels... rockers, wheel arches, etc... I never thought to take pictures.

[JDMChris]

Great work. I wish I had the patience and skill to try that on my car. Whats the other car in the garage? An Opel?

The car in the garage is a '75 Corvette Stingray. L82 350 SB - Project Car - Runs Great

[SgtLynch]

How are you doing the paint? With a gun spraybombs?

[JDMChris]

How are you doing the paint? With a gun spraybombs?

Base Coat + Clear Coat.
Sprayed by a Gun off my compressor.

[mikeinaus]

any pics of the finished product after clear coat? just wondering how it turned out with the old paint job. is it noticeable going from the old clear to the new?