Got bored at home waiting for my car to get back from the paint shop. Decided to paint the new emblem I got.



I had hoped the red would be a little bit better, but I made the mistake of thinking satin would turn out the same as matte. Also the color is more orange than red I think. Does anyone know where I can find a matte red for cheap? I'm going to sand, and repaint this weekend.

I think once it's finished with the correct colors it'll look pretty awesome on back of the Z!

 

hey thats a pretty cool idea!
i think it looks great....

 

Not feeling the red Z. I think I would make it all black.

 

I don't think it looks good in that color, and satin finish. But once its the correct deep red, in a matte finish I think it will look extremely good on my new white paint. I'll update the thread once I get the car back.

 

I went to autozone and bought the red automotive paint for my XBox case and it was a 2 step process of red base and clear coat and the red base was a good matte. It'll probably work for you, but I don't really like the 2 colors though IMO

 

suscribed for originality

 

Thanks for the tip. Looking at the picture honestly I don't really like it either, but from what I originally picture in my head I have to atleast go through with it to see the out come. Anyways thanks for the tip... I guess I'll try autozone or something this weekend!

It's going to be a couple of weeks. Body shop said 2-3 weeks.

 

time has taught me patience

 

looks good so far. sub'd for finished look.

 

Nice if you like it that's all that counts. I remember that i got a fairlady symbol when i got the car and ppl on here attacked me because my car isn't JDM RHD and bla bla bla...

i just took them off and put the burgers in the black pearl looks good on 05' silver.

 

Stopped by the paint shop. Car is 95% complete. Needs to be reassembled, and cut and buffed. Snapped a quick photo! Installed emblem pic this weekend!


By inirealized at 2011-03-17

 

Do you have red wheels going on the car? or anything else red?

 

According to the pic...it dosen't look like it!

 

Red/taillights?

 

 

Looks interesting, need to see it on the car. Where is Dada DoEE? I didn't know other places other than the states have Autozone, or did you somehow get a Fairlady Z into the states?

 

No red wheels. Not trying to color match match my whole car, that's a bit much. Just wanted a subtle touch on the car. Got the car back last night. Post a quick pic later when I have computer access.

 

 

Don't like it,

It reminds me of those civic SI emblem

+1 for originality

 

Thank you. To be honest I'm kind of having doubts myself. It looks sort of cheap to me. I'm just scared to ruin my paint at this point when removing...