Festiva progression thread

[lanemeyer14]

welding on this thin of sheet metal blows. Luckily I work at a place with a lot of tools that I can borrow (Air compressor, welder, etc...)

Yeah, I heard about that too. I plan on getting my license plate area welded up at some point, but luckily a kind FF.com member said he would help me with that when I get to it!

[big_ty2003]

welding on this thin of sheet metal blows. Luckily I work at a place with a lot of tools that I can borrow (Air compressor, welder, etc...)

[lanemeyer14]

Man, I just went back and re read this thread. She's come a long way from the swamp in the floor car in the first pics. Very impressive. I see an FOTM in the making here. Keep at it.

I know it's like 8 pages later, but what made you decide to keep the body line down the sides?

Haha. Well I really wanted to smooth it out as much as possible, I just didn't go about it the right way. I don't have a welder or know anyone that could've helped weld the body lines, so I just filled it with body filler like an idiot. It looked pretty good when I finished, but I knew it wasn't gonna last so I decided to grind it back out. I ended up getting two more doors at the jy that had less dents, so I didn't even bother grinding out the body filler on the original doors. Thanks for the encouraging words too! I really wanted to shoot for October FOTM, but since it isn't complete I'll wait

[batstiva]

Man, I just went back and re read this thread. She's come a long way from the swamp in the floor car in the first pics. Very impressive. I see an FOTM in the making here. Keep at it.

I know it's like 8 pages later, but what made you decide to keep the body line down the sides?

[lanemeyer14]

True that!! Looking really good. You may be restoring my faith in the 50 dollar paint job. :thumbright:

I gotta tell you it's looking like it's definitely worth $50. It's a lot of work, but at least it gives me something to do on my days off! I'm sure if I wasn't in a rush to finish it for FM3 I could make it look like a professional job with zero peel and all that good stuff. I don't really want it perfect though....it's gonna be driven, and things will happen, and I wouldn't want to have to worry about a $1000+ paint job. It's really all up to you and what you want the result to be. I'm happy and feel a great sense of accomplishment knowing I did it myself....and cheap too!

[batstiva]

Looking real nice! keep up the good work!

True that!! Looking really good. You may be restoring my faith in the 50 dollar paint job. :thumbright:

[Festiva_Fred]

Looking real nice! keep up the good work!

[lanemeyer14]

Up to 6 coats of paint....looking pretty good now I think! There is some orange peel and whatnot, but I think I'm gonna be really pleased with it when I'm finished. Got some more wetsanding to do and then 2 more coats and it should be done!

[lanemeyer14]

how the project going bud, did you get a chance to work on it over the weekend?

Been sick with a cold and have had to work....ugh! I'm off tomorrow and thursday so I plan on knocking some more of it out then

[big_ty2003]

how the project going bud, did you get a chance to work on it over the weekend?

[lanemeyer14]

It's turning out really good. Are you going to paint it black around the window pillars?

Yep. The new doors I got had the black trim, so I decided I'd go with that

[91blufestiva]

It's turning out really good. Are you going to paint it black around the window pillars?

[lanemeyer14]

I like how you changed your avatar to match your car... haha... the only thing with that is, the hulk was a lot bigger than a festiva... then again, bugs bunny probably is too...

Haha, yeah. My original avatar went along with my white dd festiva that I wanted to turn into the ghostbuster's ectomobile. I had planned for a while to turn this one into the "Hulkstiva" though, so I figured an avatar change was needed

[doylerl]

I like how you changed your avatar to match your car... haha... the only thing with that is, the hulk was a lot bigger than a festiva... then again, bugs bunny probably is too...

[big_ty2003]

Got rid of my "Wife" problem last year. Now peewee's getting better!!! All ready spent several hundred $ on it this year. Paint should be next. Hopefully

I hope "peewee" is your cars name, lol.