New Zealand Datsun Club

Dropped the ol girl into the panel beaters today to get it ready for paint

Will be getting a thorough job done, engine bay inside boot door jams etc should take around 4 weeks to be done as the guy doing it is doing it after hours from his day job as a panel/painter i will also be giving him a hand with the tedious task of sanding but hey good things take time huh?

Couple of ideas i would like some feedback on are:

Chin spoiler
a. leave black (pictured below)

b. paint it the same colour as the car is going to be ( the factory blue you can see )

Door frames
a. Paint the same colour as car
b. Paint black (pictured below)


Grille
a. To repaint the colours it is at the mo
b. To repaint a different colour scheme, ideas on what?

Will upload pics on work as we do it to keep you all informed of whats going on

Cheers, Damo

i reckon leave the chin spoiler black, the grill like it is ad paint the window frames black. that will help break up the colour of the new paint

+ 1 Leave chin spoiler black. And if you paint door frames black make sure you use a satin black, not a gloss.

Do the whole thing primer with black guide coat, remove bumpers, fit modgies and eagers or some spitties, do entire interior in snow-camo, paint dashboard white and fit dumpy muffler and 12A full-cut monster J-port.

Or not.

mitey1200 wrote:+ 1 Leave chin spoiler black. And if you paint door frames black make sure you use a satin black, not a gloss.

Yeah i think ill go with the black chin spoiler and the black window frames to split up the colour

broke wrote:Do the whole thing primer with black guide coat, remove bumpers, fit modgies and eagers or some spitties, do entire interior in snow-camo, paint dashboard white and fit dumpy muffler and 12A full-cut monster J-port.

Or not.

could never do that to a datsun.. well not in my lifetime

The wheels that are en-route to New Zealand will take around 60-90 days though
14x6.5 +7 Ssr MKII's

cant go wrong with MKIIs man. nice

sweet rims. they will suit perfectly.
were they expensive to import?

also this photo here gives a indication of the colour it will be for those interested

Some progress slowly but finally she's underway


Removing windows this weekend and lots of work should be done in the next few weeks

Also wheels should be arriving in the next few days exciting times