Mk3 Shaved Moldings; New to Supras

[Sabata]

Hey supra people, I just got my supra a few weeks ago and it is in pretty bad shape. The HG are fine for the minute though, and everything else seems to be working.

However, my Supra is in pretty beat up shape, the moldings were flopping and peeling off so me and my dad decided to do a shaved look and repaint the car. Here is the second day of work.


Welding metal strips sans rubber molding:

The car at the end of the day:

Driverside first layer bondo.

Anyway, I hope to be finished with this project by this next month, bondo'd, sanded, painted and dropped. Greetings to all.

 

[TealMetallicDream]

welcome. GL with your project. Hope it turns out lookin good.

 

[CFSapper]

theres another guy on here thats donw it it look hot

 

[bmoss85]

that looks pretty good. ive been thinking of doing that myself. what thickness metal did you use. do you have any pics of the back?

 

[ToyoHabu]

How do you prevent corrosion?, probably use 16 to 20 guage?

 

[Sabata]

How do you prevent corrosion?, probably use 16 to 20 guage?

Bondo and paint. I dont know what guage my oldman used, it's pretty hefty, about 1/4 a cm

 

[Sabata]

that looks pretty good. ive been thinking of doing that myself. what thickness metal did you use. do you have any pics of the back?

unfortunately you can't weld sheetmetal onto the back, you'd have to keep the rubber piece. The back panel is made of plastic or something and is unweldable.

 

[uglymk3]

If you could get me a small amount of info on materials used and everything that would be great... My car is missing pretty much all the molding and I'd like to go with that kinda look.. Thanks and nice work thus far.. GL with it

 

[bmoss85]

are you gonna try and sand down the molding in the back or just leave it the way it is. id like to see some pics of the back to get and idea of what it looks like. ive seen other cars wirh the molding shaved but have never seen the back of one

 

[thelonerider]

If that is rust I see over the rear wheel, you may want to strip the rear hatch and check for rust on the inside wheel well (under the tar pitch) as this is a common issue with Supras... you may just find that there is a big hole hiding under the panel and pitch in the well. I'm sure you'd hate to have to repaint the car in a year or so after the rust rears its ugly head again.
Then again, you may have already done it!
Good luck with your project.

 

[upgradedsupra]

Looks like you will have your hands full.

GL with the project.

Duane

 

[Sabata]

Updated photo. This was taken a few days ago, now it's looking even better. Should be done by this weekend (painted too!)

 

[shaeff]

the reason i haven't shaved all the molding is because i hate the look without the side markers. if/when i do decide to shave them, i'll keep the markers in place. it just looks weird without them.

lookin' good, though.

-shaeff

 

[LilMissMkIII]

Looking good mate

 

[starscream5000]

This will give you a pretty good idea of what the car will look like finished: http://bicperformance.com/pictures.htm

 

[Sabata]

This will give you a pretty good idea of what the car will look like finished: http://bicperformance.com/pictures.htm

that is the sex.

 

[Burntz]

Indeed, that IS the sex.

 

[Sabata]

Here is a vanity shot of the finished Sup.

A body shot

Full

Assshot

Frontal

 

[JASONA70]

it needs new wheels, and lowered suspension and your set!

 

[empera]

why does it look narrow to me? anyways looks good man, gotto get rid of them sawblades tho.