mskembo

Viscious panda!

phister

Vicious PANDA MODE lol

After a wash finally

Black chrome grill really helps the flow of the hood



DONT LOOK SO MEAN!!! LOOOOL

phister

now off to muffler shop. hopefully they can make my T pipe, if not I'll go to a welding shop

havoc_vulture

Nice Phi it looks really good
The black vent did help the look

phister

Thanks Mike... what color you painting your calipers? Also on the Metalcast paint, since your calipers arent really metallic/shiny you'll want to get the Metalcast base coat paint. It'll put a metallic layer on the calipers so when you put the paint on it'll really look shiny and anodized.

giannidy

There we go. Looks WAAAAYYYY better with the black vent! Sick phi. Good job.

phister

you know looking at it... if you look at the hood grill, ducts and front grill it looks like a smiley face lol

giannidy

Hahahaha you know what's funny?? I was gonna say that yesterday but I didn't wanna keep clogging this thread with random posts lol

phister

lol thats what personal car threads are for... random posts haha

Crna Mechka

Your ride seems to be improving by the day, great work man

About your post above - I just wanted to clear something up. When you mention to use the Metalcast base coat paint, do you mean, spray a couple of layers of the base coat paint, wait for it to dry, and then finally do a couple of coats of the paint color of preference? Would Dupli-Color be the best choice for this?

phister

Yes you're going to do the base coat like a primer. So you'll do a couple of coats. Wait 10mins between coats. Let it dry for about 30. Then do your metalcast. I used metalcast cause it gives a nice anodized look plus it handles high temps since its made for engine parts. You can use others just make sure it can handle high temps, till say it on the cans on the details.

Crna Mechka

Cool thanks phi, I appreciate the advice!

phister

anytime man! You decide on a color?

Crna Mechka

Ahh you're gonna think I'm lame but I kinda just want to do the standard red. I'm afraid to try anything else...'cept maybe blue?

I'd be open to various options if she was silver/white and not black...IMO its kinda hard to make any other color than red flow with the black paint.

Let me know if you have any ideas though, I'm always open to opinions!

phister

you can always do the orange thats on the 350z

phister

or go crazy like the BBi CLK Black Series... GREEN!!!

Crna Mechka

The 350z - That's an idea, but I feel as if it would throw off the current look of the car because I've totally removed anything amber/orange from it. The only colors seen on the car ATM are black, chrome (grille and trim), and red/white on the taillights. Think I'll try the red for now and if I don't like it, will start experimenting with a yellow and maybe yellow fog lights to match.

EDIT - OK, now that's fresh (The green on the MB) - I might give that a shot...that or the yellow. But I gotta make sure everything will match well in the end. And I guess it would be better if I could get my hands on some black rims because I don't see the neon yellow/green looking too hot with standard silver MB wheels.

Thanks again phi

havoc_vulture

Teal is good as well
My car is black and they will be purple like Phi's

phister

candy teal is the SHIZNITZZZ lol

I wanted Karo to do this color

phister

while at the muffler shop

anthonyy

i gotta give it to you phister, props on all the work
did you ever consider painting the screws that hold in the air ducts black?

Moreira_C230

Ill give it to you man, you have more ***** with that kind of stuff than I ever will. Shes looking mean. Good work!!

phister

Yeah, I'm going to do them the black chrome, I just got on to the hood grill before I did the rivets to see how the black chrome hood grill would make it look. I'll probably do the rivets later today when its not so hot outside. It lets the paint dry faster but damnnn its like a sauna in the garage.

phister

Up next wheelies! But I'm kind of contemplating doing them champagne gold with the lips black chrome, it'll take away my whole panda look lol.. But I think I'll do it anyways and see how it looks. Gotta mix it up right?! Then I'll black chrome all the accents

Midnight Koop

nice pandabenz!

i was on the fence.. but now i'm lovin it... the bolts on the hood vents flow well with the wheels...

i'm glad you did up the hood vent too.. looks great.

only thing i would change is lose all the chrome on the impact strips... but thats just my taste