Celica Forums General Discussion Exterior Progress pics, Project Royal Sapphire Pearl

ok, so i'm just so peculiar that i've only taken 11 weeks to get it this far. but trust me, it's coming out great the color is just awesome in person. got all the dings out of the car and shaved the antenna and rear wiper while i was at it. bought a bomex body kit, sport m hoodscoop (thanks Tater ), trd action package spoiler, ro_ja formula five 18 inch wheels, tanabe super down df210s, kyb agx struts, jdm doorsills, jdm side markers, and i'm painting my headlights to match the car and tinting all the light lenses to match the jdm sidemarkers. ohhh, btw the color is royal sapphire pearl, we're clearing it one more time to give it a really deep look to the paint and to add a little more protection to the paint itself (so i can just buff out scratches). here's some pics.

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look good..u're doing all this urself or what??

cant wait to see the finished product...and how did you shave your rear wiper? im also intrested in do that...how does it look?

love the color bro

once again - my favorite color... take some pics in better scenery for the finished product -

oh wow! that looks so nice.

what is that grey/silver color called btw way? that also looks nice.

will do sultan, we're putting it back together now so i should be driving it by the weekend. and yes i've done everything on the car myself except the actual spraying of the paint (didn't want any runs). the rear wiper just unbolts and unplugs, after removal, you grind the sides of the decklid around the whole where the wiper was at, then carefully, push in the sides a little with a ball end of a hammer. weld a piece of sheet metal to cover the hole and body fill over the metal. then just prime and paint .

voodoo, that's the gm gunmetal color that i painted my ro_ja wheels. we used that color to give it a matching color scheme, i believe it's DBC4009 from PPG paint co.

That is such an awesome job man! How much did painting all that cost you? Also... is it safe to do outside? with all the wind and dirt around... i wouldnt want anything to ruin your new paint job!

i like your wheels...

yeah is it safe to leave paint out like that?

looks great...cant wait to see the finished product

sweet looking car dude

i love that color ur car is going to looks good

i like the color and the two tone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1


hoy vey!!!!
idk what that means

That's tight!...Seems to me,you have your own outdoor paint shop there!...is that evironmentally safe?

- nice

actually in reguards to the paint shop, it was actually in my friend's body shop, we had just pulled it outside to let the first stage of clear cure out and let all the solvents escape before reclearing the car. and the paint was already dried when it was out there so there wasn't going to be a problem with stuff getting in the paint.

awesome job man

That's a beautifull color for your celi

i like the color

looks clean!!

i just found my 2nd favorite color

wow, almost bust a nut just lookin at it. that color is just fuckin beautiful

that's gonna be a one hell of a sexy beast

Looks a lot like specta blue.

shouldnt you paint + dry it in a dust free area?!

damn you did that yourself?? i bet you saved a bunch of money..

already looks badass

yeah, you should paint and allow it to dry in a dust free area. but the time that this pic was taken, the paint was already dry, not sticky, just sitting outside to allow the reducer to come out of the paint, and the sun helps out a lot better than just letting it sit there. ohhh, and yeah i figured i'd get some people commenting on it looking like spectra blue, i need to get some pics of mine beside a spectra blue one to show the difference with the pearl in it.

holy sheep shit ...your car is nuts...that is my favorite color for a car...you are doing a nice job...keep it up...is this what you pm'ed me for...sorry, but I've been really busy, and have had some family issues...pm me if you are still interested, and we can have it done by monday or tuesday

I luv it

you all should see the headlights, we just got them all sealed up last night. the insides are painted to match the car and the outer lense was tinted to give it the jdm look. the only problems i've encountered so far were that the stock exhaust sits a little high for the bomex rear bumper, and trying to find all my parts to put it back together. lol, i've got to go take more pics.

I can already see the pearl in it. Very nice choice in color. Blues always seem to look good on Celica's.
Gosh that color is nice and the pearl stands out the more you look at it.

sweet - so you painted the headlamps as well... we'll see how it looks however I would have painted the inside black and then tinted like you did. The paint match headlights look a little cheesy on the new celicas - hopefully yours turned out better

... and, after all you've done, *please* get an aftermarket exhaust asap -

looks bad ass and i love that blue. the blue and gray look freakin awesome together.

OMG

That's nice !!!

that's soo hot