1980 Corolla SR5 - Jack of all trades

[UtahSleeper]

Well, here is how the paint turned out. Definitely some issues from my laziness on stripping the old paint and little things, but I am happy that she is now one color and I have painted my first car. Learned alot for my next paint job.






Definately had issues with laying down primer and color in good coats.


Here is where it shines that I should have allotted more time for this project and stripped it all down to metal. The chem stripping I did was not very consistent.




Looks ok in the pic, but pretty sure the sun is going to point out alot of issues.

[hemilove]

Dude its ok man it takes big balls to go out and do it yourself man bc sometimes we want to learn bad ass color bro. Now put that baby together so I can see her fully dressed I will be calling you soon man how have you been

[UtahSleeper]

I have been good, just busy with kids bday and other hobbies and such lol. I have the body pieces assembled, just need to:
- Remove old tint
- Add new tint
- Figure out best solution to reinstall rear glass(gasket is toast and dont want to spend 180 on new rubber)
- Reinstall the rest of the glass
- Assemble the rest of the odds and ends lol.

Hope to get time next week to finish. Planning on removing the rest of the tint this weekend after fixing the woman's car.

[UtahSleeper]

Well, small update for Milla.

I got a good car cover and moved her out of the garage for the up coming winter, so figure I should post some current state pics.

She still runs and drives. I am just slowly working on speaker pods and interior. Nothing special till the day she is fully stripped and given a full overhaul.

[hemilove]

As Borat says "very nice"

[UtahSleeper]

Well, small up date.

She now has a cheap eBay header on. Can't do much till I atleast get a test pipe cause my o2 sensor is only reading fresh air due to position to the end of the header.


And here is the old exhaust. Finally removed the small ass exhaust.

[hemilove]

dude that looks sweet man bummer you cant use it yet but thanks for the update I needed some motivation bro hows everything going man

[UtahSleeper]

dude that looks sweet man bummer you cant use it yet but thanks for the update I needed some motivation bro hows everything going man

Things are going well. Car projects are going slow(saving for wedding), but other then that it is all good. How are things for you?

[hemilove]

dude that looks sweet man bummer you cant use it yet but thanks for the update I needed some motivation bro hows everything going man

Things are going well. Car projects are going slow(saving for wedding), but other then that it is all good. How are things for you?

im merried now and the baby is coming soon so iv been getting all I can out of the way but its great your getting married man.

[UtahSleeper]

Congrats!!!!