BoostinBen Posted August 27, 2012 Report Share Posted August 27, 2012 Well the Datsun has been under the knife a lot this year, so after i recently dropped the motor off at the machine shop I thought why not take advantage of the time off the road to give the dime some much needed cosmetic attention.. I have been through every inch of the drivetrain, interior, electronics and wiring .. but have always left the body work for "another time" .. that time is now. Here is how it looks up until now, the body is straight but the PO must have been wasted or in a huge hurry when they did the body work before spraying it flat black.. The whole car needs a good block sanding to flatten everything out . The taillight panel suffered a similar treatment from whoever put in the bluebird tails definetly the worst section of the car by far... i almost picked up a replacement panel but after having our friend scott over at fleet autobody check it out he gave it the green light for an easy fix without replacement.. its a shame really that someone had such disregaurd for the car when doing some of the work.. Rear dismantle I dont have a huge number of pics from the teardown .. But basically i pulled the whole interior, gutted the doors, pulled all the glass pulled the fuel system out of the trunk removed all trim, bumpers, lights, all the weatherstripping completely gutted the engine bay and pulled all the wiring back into the cab. And this it how it sits now... I have a few more things to do before bringing it into the paintshop, the plan is to have it in their capable hands by this time next week. As far as color goes, I have always wanted to paint it white, in fact the car was originally white .. (not sure the paint code) but I would like to paint it an off white or ivory. If i can keep the paint an original datsun color I will def go that route but am not going tie myself down to those being my only choices... if the car was 100% original id be more worried about it... I have found Mfg Paint # 502 "ivory white" which came on early roadsters that is similar to what im shooting for.. but I havent been able to find a lot of pictures of that color.. id really like to be able to see the color i choose in person on a car.. 1 Quote Link to comment
sedition88 Posted August 27, 2012 Report Share Posted August 27, 2012 This car is pretty cool. I like the orange engine bay with the black body. I've got a friend with the Ivory White colour on his roadster. You'd have to come to Utah to see it in person, but I could find and post some pictures for you when I get home later on today. Quote Link to comment
BoostinBen Posted August 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 Thanks man .. Dont think ill be in Utah any time soon but if you got any pics I wouldnt mind seeing them.. Old Rubbers ... Time to hit up DatsunLandSocal .... Quote Link to comment
sedition88 Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 Meh, it really doesn't do it justice for ya, but the pearl white colour is a pretty nice colour Quote Link to comment
BoostinBen Posted August 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 Nice Roadster .. thanks for the pics.. Does that paint have Pearl in it then? is it the Datsun factory Ivory white paint code? Quote Link to comment
sedition88 Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 It does have the pearl in it, and I'm sure it's the original paint. I'll get ahold of him and get the code from him Quote Link to comment
sedition88 Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 Alright, here it is. Base: 3908 Pearl: 4175 He's pretty sure the clear colour code reads 2051 Quote Link to comment
SR20DETdatsun510 Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 Painting it white huh? Cool. Quote Link to comment
BoostinBen Posted September 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 (edited) You painting it WHITE?? Yup going white.... Think I'm gonna steer clear of any pearl or metallic just a straight off white or Cream ... Thanks for the paint codes though... I'm gonna check out that base color... Edited September 1, 2012 by BoostinBen Quote Link to comment
sedition88 Posted September 1, 2012 Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 Yeah no problem Quote Link to comment
BoostinBen Posted September 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 Went into the paint shop this morning... Quote Link to comment
Colbino Posted September 10, 2012 Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 Our cars are going to be too similar - Just had mine painted OEM Ivory white 904. Quote Link to comment
BoostinBen Posted September 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 Wow, Looks great Colbino... Indeed they are going to look similar, Although im not 100% on 904 yet .. its in the list of paint colors I provided to the shop.. but we are going to meet again before i have them start spraying after all the bodywork is done.. It does look really nice on your dime .. I might go with something a bit more off white, creme-ish .. like pepper white. still undecided. Quote Link to comment
BoostinBen Posted September 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 Had some time this afternoon so I decided to repaint my valvecover.. more out of boredom than anything else .. i think it came out pretty cool.. Started by stripping it and recoating it semi gloss black slapped a bunch of blu808 stickers on it randomly Then hit it with Bronze Clearcoated it Satin, I used High temp engine paint on everything.. 1 Quote Link to comment
SR20DETdatsun510 Posted September 10, 2012 Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 Dude, that is cool! Also, you need to save me a Blu808 sticker mang!! It's the only one I don't have. I have Jeffs sticker but Luke never gave me one... Quote Link to comment
sedition88 Posted September 10, 2012 Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 Just do matte white haha. I've thought about re-doing my 200SX SE-R in a flat white or a dark smoke gray. The valve cover is badass! Quote Link to comment
BoostinBen Posted September 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 Dude, that is cool! Also, you need to save me a Blu808 sticker mang!! It's the only one I don't have. I have Jeffs sticker but Luke never gave me one... Thanks! I got an endless supply of blu808 stickers... I get you some next time we meet .. I also got the vector graphic and a vinyl cutter.. thats what i used on the valve cover.. so can pretty much make any size.. Quote Link to comment
BoostinBen Posted September 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2012 Just do matte white haha. I've thought about re-doing my 200SX SE-R in a flat white or a dark smoke gray. The valve cover is badass! I have thought about Matte as well .. they look cool but i hear the maintenance is a pain on satin finishes.. and white.. I can only assume that makes it that much more of a pain.... Quote Link to comment
SR20DETdatsun510 Posted September 11, 2012 Report Share Posted September 11, 2012 Thanks! I got an endless supply of blu808 stickers... I get you some next time we meet .. I also got the vector graphic and a vinyl cutter.. thats what i used on the valve cover.. so can pretty much make any size.. So you can make pretty much any logo you want as long as you have the right file? What file does it take? Quote Link to comment
Colbino Posted September 11, 2012 Report Share Posted September 11, 2012 The pepper white was another option I was toying with as well. Good luck with your decision - it will look great either way! Quote Link to comment
BoostinBen Posted September 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2012 So you can make pretty much any logo you want as long as you have the right file? What file does it take? Yeah I can make anything up to about 1ft by 2 ft .. my vinyl cutter is a small format desktop type.. If you need anything bigger I have a buddy who can do huge stuff... as far as file type It needs to be a .svg (scalable vector graphic) Quote Link to comment
BoostinBen Posted September 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2012 got a few progress pics of things getting started 1 Quote Link to comment
SR20DETdatsun510 Posted September 13, 2012 Report Share Posted September 13, 2012 Dude, while you are at it, you should put your vents back in! That is one of a 510's Hallmark features!! Seriously, it wouldn't be hard at all! But NOW would be the time to do it before it's painted!!!! If you do decide to do it, I have a set of Metal ones I'd sell you and you can have them rechromed! Quote Link to comment
BoostinBen Posted September 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2012 I had thought about it.. but I think im going to leave the vents shaved.. The shop said they could do it no problem. but instead of paying someone to do it i would have rather done it myself before sending it in. Quote Link to comment
SR20DETdatsun510 Posted September 14, 2012 Report Share Posted September 14, 2012 I had thought about it.. but I think im going to leave the vents shaved.. The shop said they could do it no problem. but instead of paying someone to do it i would have rather done it myself before sending it in. I hear a little lazyness yer voice... hahaha jk White with some nice vents would kill... Quote Link to comment
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