The Unicorn.... The tale of a neverending project....now with more 5 lug.

chuck_chizzle wrote:

i'm not sure what your expectations are but if i am painting something for a customer i demand perfection out of myself and the paint job....perfection isn't cheap.

+1

not contradicting anyone about paint here, but a small jar of flake goes a loooooooong ways. Chuck is correct tony, youll be doing at least 2 coats of clear with flake and then another 2 to of just clear. Then wet sand with a very high grit. If i was you chuck, not saying you dont know what your doing or making a fight. I would spray a base clear(one layer of clear, just clear), then spray 2 layers of clear and flake (your dirty clear), check the amount of flake, then spray 4 coats of regular clear to seal it in. That way with 4 coats, youll have plenty of room to wet sand with no worries.

im just trying to get chuck to paint it for me cuz i dont want to go to a shop and get ass sprayed in layers!

ok chuck fuck it , u want me to do it ! ok ill do it ! what all do i need to spray. gun,psi,materials. all that and ill try and do it!

Uh ladies, this is a build thread. Chuck's build thread.

CHUCK BUILD SOMETHING!

thank you jim......

this is my last reply on this matter.....all others please create a new thread so this shit can be merged into it.

theboy wrote:

not contradicting anyone about paint here, but a small jar of flake goes a loooooooong ways. Chuck is correct tony, youll be doing at least 2 coats of clear with flake and then another 2 to of just clear. Then wet sand with a very high grit. If i was you chuck, not saying you dont know what your doing or making a fight. I would spray a base clear(one layer of clear, just clear), then spray 2 layers of clear and flake (your dirty clear), check the amount of flake, then spray 4 coats of regular clear to seal it in. That way with 4 coats, youll have plenty of room to wet sand with no worries.

I've told him before I have never done something like this that is why i was just giving a rough idea of what would all be entailed. the first coat of straight clear is a good idea though. my car WILL have flake in it but under the hood it wasn't a priority mainly because it is fucking expensive.....i paid $40 for a fucking sample pack of flakes from ALSA.

I was going to make some test panels for my car to see what I liked best before i sprayed it, i just haven't had time. everything i have learned about paint was either through my dad or by just practicing. i WOULD like to go to school for learning how to mend metal but painting is probably the easiest part of body work there is.

the kind of paint job my car will have would easily be like a 5-10k$ paint job at a shop. just sayin.

lssilvia wrote:

CHUCK BUILD SOMETHING!

come watch my niece....she has been home sick with me most of the week...haven't had any time. too cold at night to fire up the wood stove in the shop.

BOAT PAINT YO!!! hella low rider style brah. thats where its at (smart ass) jk

anyway. so i am contemplating selling my arc oil pan and getting a moroso. any opinions on this?

id say u know what ur doing so if u choose to do so its for good reason

I didn't know moroso made a pan for that. What are the differences between the two?

arc is cast, moroso is sheet/welded. i know there was some sealing issues on the first ones but i think they have fixed that by now.

Depending on how low it sits, the moroso may be better because it'll bend, not crack.

yeah. that was kind of my reasoning behind getting it.

I Vote moroso a few buddies have had there pans on various setups they all seem very nice, but you loose mad jdm points for selling ARC one.

LOL

true....my car might pull to the left or only go straight with a moroso pan

Coming from personal experience, The Moroso pan is very nice quality. Never heard anything about them leaking, and have had a bunch of friends running them. Downside tho is they sit kinda low so you need to make sure your motor mounts arent short otherwise youll break the pan. Its also a welded aluminum pan so it doesnt flex/bend as much as people think. Usually if hit they break at the welds. If your looking for an opinion tho, i would go with the tomei pan. Its sheet steel so it will take plenty of abuse if it. And i say if because it sits higher than the moroso, greddy, trust, and ARC pans.

i didn't even know they made a pan. how is the price on it? i plan on running a skid plate of some sort but yeah. also i have kazama mounts.

SKIDS for the win man smart fucking idea for real!

ya they make a very nice pan. It just doesnt hold as much as the others. Basically just doubles the stock capacity. They run anywhere from $300 to $400 depending on the place selling them.

http://www.tomei-p.co.jp/sr20/sr20det-en.html

scroll down and youll see it. I found out about them when a buddy bought a tomei 2.2 stroker crate motor

I believe that frsport sells them for like 350 or so.

http://www.frsport.com/Tomei-11111R520-Oversize-Oil-Pan-Nissan-SR20DE-T--PS13-S14-S15_p_8252.html

I am a huge fan of Tomei parts I have purchased several of their products and have been impressed with the quality of the products everytime. They also make sure that you have all of the necessary hardware and gaskets provided with the parts for install.

that thing looks titties. sorry arc, you're going bye bye LOLZ

theboy wrote:

Coming from personal experience, The Moroso pan is very nice quality. Never heard anything about them leaking,

the very first run the flanges on them were too thin and warped during the weld process and then when mounted they eventually developed sealing issues i guess. that is what i read years ago....like back in 04-05ish.