Resurrecting a 144k FD by Fd3BOOST

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News flash, 

Running a 3/16" drill bit straight through your finger is no fun!

Here is the entrance wound.

This was the exit wound..

A word to the wise. Don't drill holes in your fingers. It sucks. I'ma professional too, you think I would be able to watch out for this ****!

Okay I am lucky enough that my father who used to own a body shop will still come and help me on occasion. This is my pop helping me sand out the primer. 

A closer look at working in the new bumper. 

Fitting a greddy 2 row front mount IC....

Lining up a legit set of Feed side skirts...

9-3-2013

I spent time today moving this project along. I will post more photos this week.

In sealer, waiting for base color.

More photos of the base color.

9-6-2013

Well I have decided to add a few coats of Cobalt Kandy Blue over top of the Majik blue pearl. I ordered two quarts of Kandy base coat today. I was going to go ahead and shoot the clear coat this Sunday but now i will hold off another week. 

So a few things I wanted to bring up. First, as with any old fd the head light covers rear mounting tabs are broken off. So I figured I would go ahead and try the ones I see on eBay. The shipping took a month because the parts came from China. I was not surprised at what I got to be honest. They look okay fron the top although there are spider cracks in the surface. However the sides are pretty rough and would need alot of work. The mounting tabs are also questionable. I have my doubts that they will actually line up properly so I have opted to paint the originals and just add my own mounting tabs. 

Anyone have any idea what a new set costs from Malloy? 

Stock Vs. Ebay..

Here with a few coats of House of Kolor Majik Blue pearl Shimrin base coat. 

I've already shared most of these photos. The color is really interesting so far. i can't wait to show it off. It pitches from blue to purple. Like I posted I'm going to shoot some Kandy Cobalt blue over this base layer before I clear it to add some extra depth to the paint. 

My shitty iPhone cannot capture the color as it looks in person. It's something to see in person. 

And the last one for tonight. The molded in fender vents. 

What do you guys think? Looks pretty good to me so far.