Eta-to-M50: Build thread

[jaywood]

That bed liner looks pretty badass! Do it!

[Dozyproductions]

the smoother bed liner does look nice. My monitor cant show blacks well so im assuming its almost a flat black kind of texture. If so go for it. Seriously Josh, get a bunch of your friends and pay them in beers and have them all help you with the engine bay. I dunno. :(

[motorsports_3]

Wow, that is a real downer, im sorry to see how it came out.

Edit: I just saw you decided to do the bedliner. I hope it comes out nice.

[MR 325]

I'm down with the bedliner but the more textured the better IMHO.

[Jand3rson]

People that don't care for the bedliner... just wait until I get pics.

I just finished the 2nd coat on the passenger side, and it looks amazing. I like it even more than I liked the gloss black paint (before the clear, of course). Very lightly textured, not super-bumpy like the pic above.

[lga714]

Good to hear that you're happy with it, I know how it feels to fuck up with paint.

[MR 325]

Josh, sorry if I missed it but which product are you using?

[ck_taft325is]

Dupli-color.

[Jparkr]

Wow Josh, that sucks! I wouldn't do bed liner in your bay though. I really don't think you are going to be happy with it later on.

[CorvallisBMW]

Damn, bummer luck man! But glad to see you're liking the bed liner. Post up pics so we can see! Personally I was digging the less-textured version in that old V8 picture over the Nissan motor, but to each his own :up:

[Jand3rson]

It's not nearly as textured as that stuff in the Nissan bay, trust me, you are all going to dig it. And I have to side with white325ism something more durable in the engine bay really does make more sense.

[e30nub]

Can't wait to see it Josh! Sounds killer. And I do agree, something very durable makes sense. Especially when you're gonna throw a swap in there! Props and good luck with the rest!

[ck_taft325is]

I keep going and googling the damn bedliner bays. I really am kind of sold on it. I'll hold out and play it safe for the first time ever and wait until I see yours done, Josh ;)

[mikeedler]

not sure if anyone typed this yet, but the problem was, you used a 1 stage paint as a base coat, then sprayed a 2 stage clear over it. if you clear something (2 stages) the first stage (color) should NEVER be glossy-- the clear does that.

best of luck with the bed liner, but you are going to need to prep the area (sand) all of it anway-- or it is going to peel in no time.

the pic of the lifting that white 325is posted comes from a lack of a sealer-- it is the bondo, or old paint bleeding through.

what do you need a more durable paint for in an engine bay?

[Dozyproductions]

not sure if anyone typed this yet, but the problem was, you used a 1 stage paint as a base coat, then sprayed a 2 stage clear over it. if you clear something (2 stages) the first stage (color) should NEVER be glossy-- the clear does that.

best of luck with the bed liner, but you are going to need to prep the area (sand) all of it anway-- or it is going to peel in no time.

the pic of the lifting that white 325is posted comes from a lack of a sealer-- it is the bondo, or old paint bleeding through.

what do you need a more durable paint for in an engine bay?

I missed that, if thats the case, and that would be correct.