[chichris]

Just finished this small project today. Haven't done an evo or widebody yet and saw the r2 evo for $20-30 so I thought I'd try it.

I took some pictures through the painting process.

Cut everything out for paint, separated parts by color they were gonna be painted.

IMG_4513 by cjedd, on Flickr

IMG_4511 by cjedd, on Flickr

IMG_4510 by cjedd, on Flickr

IMG_4509 by cjedd, on Flickr

IMG_4508 by cjedd, on Flickr

IMG_4514 by cjedd, on Flickr

Went with the Spazstix Orange/Purple/Teal, always fun using these since you can't really tell what you covered

IMG_4518 by cjedd, on Flickr

IMG_4519 by cjedd, on Flickr

IMG_4520 by cjedd, on Flickr

Mirror chrome on the head/taillights

IMG_4524 by cjedd, on Flickr

after backing everything

IMG_4527 by cjedd, on Flickr

IMG_4528 by cjedd, on Flickr

annnd after 3 backing coats

IMG_4533 by cjedd, on Flickr

IMG_4539 by cjedd, on Flickr

IMG_4540 by cjedd, on Flickr

IMG_4541 by cjedd, on Flickr

Got her all together

evol by cjedd, on Flickr

12 by cjedd, on Flickr

18 by cjedd, on Flickr


Turns out I didn't wait long enough for the paint to fully cure before attaching the widebody. The goo turned the paint black and it didn't look too good. Paint was also cracking off, I may have prepped the body wrong or something. I remember putting on light coats.

I loved the color but I wanted to redo it. I bought the R2 rip off decals from a local automotive tuning shop (Touge Factory) here in IL to use. They did a time attack Evo 9 which I was aiming for now.



and this is how mine came out. I would need to make a custom front/rear diffuser/TE37s/blacked out headlights and etc to make an exact but I'm happy with it.

4 by cjedd, on Flickr

3 by cjedd, on Flickr

2 by cjedd, on Flickr

1 by cjedd, on Flickr

5 by cjedd, on Flickr

Can't wait to bring it to the comp in Michigan this weekend, thanks for scrolling through!

[zombiedrift7]

I can't believe how real that looks!

[DELxJCdriftteam]

Great paint job!!

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[chichris]

I can't believe how real that looks!

haha a couple more parts and it would be a true replica.

Great paint job!!

Thank you!

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[robb41488]

Looks awesome

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[Slidingslade]

Looks brilliant buddy :)

[the drift noob]

That my friend is.... AWSOME. Just get those TE37's on there, it will look stunning


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[DeadLeg]

Really like this shell! Hard to believe this is your first wide body.

[Timmay]

Looks sweet! Does anyone know what wheels those are? the 7-spoke ones. I've looked but i can't find them anywhere