General Information
Year
1993
Make
Mazda
Model
MX-6 LS
Brief History:
Back in November my Civic got stolen, so I just needed to get a car that would get me back and forth from school. I looked on Craigslist and the MX-6 met my only requirement... it was drivable (it also looked kind of cool with the Shogun body kit). I got the car for relatively cheap. After finding mx6.com I realized how much potential the car had and how good it could look if I put some time into it.
Problems:
When I bought my car it had three layers of paint on it. The previous owner got the car sprayed and had all the dents "repaired" for only $500 and it certainly showed. Before I began removing the paint and body filler, the paint would chip off at the slightest touch, chunks of bondo were coming off at least an inch and a half thick (especially around the body kit). From what I can tell there was no prep work done what so ever.
My Goal:
Repaint the car electron blue.
My Plan:
(COMPLETE) - Remove all layers of paint with "Savogran SuperStrip"
(COMPLETE) - Remove all Bondo with a "3M Paint & Rust Stripping Wheel"
(COMPLETE) - Remove Shogun body kit
(IN PROGRESS) - Remove Rust with "_________"
(IN COMPLETE) - Pull large dents with a dent puller
(IN COMPLETE) - Fill dents with "Evercoat Rage Extreme" body filler
(IN COMPLETE) - Prime with "_______________" primer (x times)
(IN COMPLETE) - Sand with "_______________"
(IN COMPLETE) - Paint with "_______________" paint (x times)
(IN COMPLETE) - Clear coat with "___________" clear coat (x times)
(IN COMPLETE) - Buff with "________________"
(IN COMPLETE) - Wait x Months
(IN COMPLETE) - Wax with "________________"
Progress:
I have succeeded in removing the body kit (which will be put back on after the painting is done), all the Bondo, and most of the paint while I was at my parents house in Houston. Unfortunately I wasn't able to prime the car before I had to return to school in San Antonio. My apartment does not have any garages or covered parking, so as you can imagine the car rusted like crazy.
Back in November my Civic got stolen, so I just needed to get a car that would get me back and forth from school. I looked on Craigslist and the MX-6 met my only requirement... it was drivable (it also looked kind of cool with the Shogun body kit). I got the car for relatively cheap. After finding mx6.com I realized how much potential the car had and how good it could look if I put some time into it.
Problems:
When I bought my car it had three layers of paint on it. The previous owner got the car sprayed and had all the dents "repaired" for only $500 and it certainly showed. Before I began removing the paint and body filler, the paint would chip off at the slightest touch, chunks of bondo were coming off at least an inch and a half thick (especially around the body kit). From what I can tell there was no prep work done what so ever.
My Goal:
Repaint the car electron blue.
My Plan:
(COMPLETE) - Remove all layers of paint with "Savogran SuperStrip"
(COMPLETE) - Remove all Bondo with a "3M Paint & Rust Stripping Wheel"
(COMPLETE) - Remove Shogun body kit
(IN PROGRESS) - Remove Rust with "_________"
(IN COMPLETE) - Pull large dents with a dent puller
(IN COMPLETE) - Fill dents with "Evercoat Rage Extreme" body filler
(IN COMPLETE) - Prime with "_______________" primer (x times)
(IN COMPLETE) - Sand with "_______________"
(IN COMPLETE) - Paint with "_______________" paint (x times)
(IN COMPLETE) - Clear coat with "___________" clear coat (x times)
(IN COMPLETE) - Buff with "________________"
(IN COMPLETE) - Wait x Months
(IN COMPLETE) - Wax with "________________"
Progress:
I have succeeded in removing the body kit (which will be put back on after the painting is done), all the Bondo, and most of the paint while I was at my parents house in Houston. Unfortunately I wasn't able to prime the car before I had to return to school in San Antonio. My apartment does not have any garages or covered parking, so as you can imagine the car rusted like crazy.
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