I left off on the last step with some really nasty orange peel on the clear coat. I really wanted to take care of that, so I ended up sanding the clear FLAT with some 1200-grit sandpaper. That was last night. The shower is a great place for wet sanding.
After the ol’ 9-5, I came home and sprayed the flow coat on.… Read the rest of this now >>
We left off at Part 1 with a really nasty primer coat. Well, not super nasty (it could have been worse) but definitely far from smooth. After that initial coat of primer dried, I sanded it down with some 600-grit sandpaper to leave a nicer surface for the base color coat.… Read the rest of this now >>
My latest project is to paint some of these Subaru body kit parts that one of the guys picked up from Craigslist. Since I really want to get better, I figure this will make some good practice. In total, I have 2 rear valences and one rear wing that needs to be painted silver.… Read the rest of this now >>
Finally finally finally, we got some new Dreamer Soul racing banners. Just in time for this double-header event on the weekend of May 25th too. Atop is Nakioki’s red NA Miata with the new banner, Rau-Welt style. Most of the DS guys were at Streets of Willow doing some counter-clockwise battles, hosted by Extreme Speed.… Read the rest of this now >>
Alright, first of all, you bastards should have gone too. It was a blast as usual, the group (myself and Naki) got our cars nice and dirty while practicing some techniques. For him, it was rally drift / handbrake, and for me, I dunno… I’ve been here a bunch of times already, so it was just practice for me haha.… Read the rest of this now >>
Here’s some footage from our latest event at Chuckwalla Valley Raceway. Video is taken from Soap’s White Subaru STI. Go to 5:00 to watch Migs dodge Lawrence in the cloud of dust hahah.. good times…
Overall, it was a good event – a bit too toasty, but not bad. The cars were definitely getting heated.… Read the rest of this now >>
