Hi.

[IpoopThere4Iam]

Hi all.

Recently acquired an 89 R32 GTS coupe ( RB20DE, auto ) and decided to sign up to the forum after finding a wealth of good info that has helped me with the few issues I've had to resolve.

I purchased the car mid october and while mechanically sound and reliable, the burgandy paintwork was atrocious and needed to be addressed.

I spent a week preparing the car for a respray and awaiting the ideal weather conditons to apply the paint.

Once content with my preparation ( far from perfect ) and with a warm dry day I tarped up the carport and laid on a black acrylic base-coat, followed by several clear-coats infused with a violet-metallic flake powder, at 5 grams per litre of thinner-diluted clear.

The results aren't immaculate, but I'm pretty happy with them. I still have plenty of polishing to do, and re-coated the bonnet earlier today as I just couldn't get it right the first time.

The car is pretty much standard except for a pod filter ( exposed ) some interior trim, sports wheel & pedals, and the stereo.

I bought it with 224,000km on the clock but it runs fine and feels strong.

The only two issues I've encountered so far were replacing the passenger seatbelt ( from an S13 ) as the original jammed repeatedly, and replacing the power-window assembly in the drivers door.

Looking forward to contributing to the community.

[PranK]

Hey IpoopThere4Iam and welcome to the forums!

Where are you located?

Have you got pics of the spray? I'd love to hear about how you did it? Maybe in the DIY section.

[IpoopThere4Iam]

Thanks for the warm welcome PranK. I'm in western Sydney.

I do have images of the spray, I'll upload some in the DIY forum.

[PranK]

Sweet.

[Burger]

This is one of the more interesting usernames on this forum.