Baby G ~ 2000 Galant ES I4

[beam514]

That ish is so hot. ugh.

And LOL at the rear bumper comment haha

[Ivory8g]

Good to see you back! Oh & thx for calling me back when I called you maybe over a year ago! LOL!

wait what? O_o

[IVORY_G]

wait what? O_o

LOL! I called you a long time ago bcz I had a question and you never called me back! I was just messing with you bro!

[Ivory8g]

LOL! I called you a long time ago bcz I had a question and you never called me back! I was just messing with you bro!

oh shiet! my bad! I dont think i ever got it cause i would have answered for sure!

[IVORY_G]

oh shiet! my bad! I dont think i ever got it cause i would have answered for sure!

LOL! It's all good man!

[4g63lover]

Couple pics from this weekends JDMChicago Season Finale meet.

[4g63lover]

Well, I started round 2 of the wetsanding. When i got the car back the first time, It looked a lot better but it still looked like a Florida orange. I got sick of it so I decided to take matters into my own hands.

I don't let anyone else touch the car so it took a lot of me to drop it off at the detailers to get it wetsanded and buffed. Let's just say I got the car back and the finish looked like this.



Shiny, but still not smooth enough.

When I got the car back the passenger front fender and the trunk lid were flawless. But the doors and the rest of the car looked like that^^^

So I got to work.



I am now suspecting that the rest of the car was only buffed and not wetsanded at all, because even without buffing the sanding marks out this is what the paint looked like after about an hour of wetsanding with 1500 and 2000.









To say the least, it is 100x smoother and the reflections off of the paint is much more clear. I got both sides done and I have the roof and pillars to work on tomorrow before going to work. Hopefully getting it buffed Sunday. If i can't get the detailer who did it before to buff it for free. I am jut going to do it myself. I swear everytime someone else touches the car I get screwed. First the exhaust (another long story) and now this.

[wetamup2k3g]

I'm a big believer that if you want something done right, you gotta do it yourself (if you know how). Although I must say, that shot where the front half of the driver's side was being sanded, it looked like a matte blue and it looked sick! I love that color.

[4g63lover]

Finished round one of buffing the car. Still gotta go over it once more to get the spots I missed, and then I will try the hood. The fact that it's FG is kinda scary. lol

Shitty Android pic.



So much smoother. you can actually see reflection in the paint and there is virtually no peel on the doors.

I also installed new front lower control arms, so an alignment was necessary.



Zero'd out the toe up front and about -3 all around with the front closer to -2.5 than -3. Drives Okay, though it was raining so i couldnt really throw here around like I wanted. Zero'd out the toe because of the simple fact that a set of Bridgestone Potenza RE070's are $1000.

[IVORY_G]

Nice work, looking much better. Thats the reason why when I take my car to get any work done, I always make sure my schedule is clear, so I can sit and watch them do what it is they are supposed to do. Learned that fro my Dad as a kid, and any time I didn't do it, there was an issue. So I make sure Im there.

[4g63lover]

Nice work, looking much better. Thats the reason why when I take my car to get any work done, I always make sure my schedule is clear, so I can sit and watch them do what it is they are supposed to do. Learned that fro my Dad as a kid, and any time I didn't do it, there was an issue. So I make sure Im there.

I didnt watch anyone, I do my alignments myself. Along with EVERYTHING else I've done to the car. It just gets fucked up and I come out disappointed EVERYTIME I let someone else get their hands on her. The wetsand and buff was the last straw.

[IVORY_G]

I didnt watch anyone, I do my alignments myself. Along with EVERYTHING else I've done to the car. It just gets fucked up and I come out disappointed EVERYTIME I let someone else get their hands on her. The wetsand and buff was the last straw.

I was only referring to the wetsand and buff job not the alignment...

[Ivory8g]

same crap with my exhaust on ivory. never again. anywho great job on the paint man if you can see it in pictures i can only imagine in person

[4g63lover]

I was only referring to the wetsand and buff job not the alignment...

OOHHHHHH. lol

[4g63lover]

Got some time today to take some pics of her. Finished round 2 of buffing with the wool pad and compound. Still need to polish it with the foam before I put her away for the cold.

I'd say she came out pretty good.























Going to put the lip spoiler back on as soon as I get some extra cash. $50 for a painted M3 lip shipped? I think so.

[M-Rod]

Nice pictures. The lighting is perfect for showing off how awesome that color really is.

[4g63lover]

Thanks Matt! I have some pics of your beauty to edit yet. I'll post it when I get done.

[M-Rod]

No problem. I cant wait to see your picture coverage from MOD yesterday too.

[Ivory8g]

Jigz! I am so proud of you and Baby G! ^_^ you've both grown

[4g63lover]

No problem. I cant wait to see your picture coverage from MOD yesterday too.

I didnt take that many pictures. A lot of the cars looked identical from each other so I took pics of cars that ACTUALLY caught my attention. I am still thinking of that white 2.1L RS we saw. Still drooling.

Jigz! I am so proud of you and Baby G! ^_^ you've both grown

Thanks you!