Mostly DIY... I didn't do any of the spraying, but did almost everything else (Sanding original paint, washing, cleaning, disassembly, sanding the sealer, sanding the clear coat). Sanding is probably 80% of the work anyways.

If I see another piece of sandpaper in my life I'm gonna lose it.

Final tally is about 100+ hours EACH.
Our schedule for the past 3 weeks
8:30AM-5:30PM - Work
6PM until 10PM or 12PM - Sanding
10 or 12 - 8AM Sleep
We were there both days on weekends as well.

Huge thanks to John and Toui's Body Shop

Sanding with 600 grit (we both took part in the work)

Sanded

Partially taken apart

Ready for Sealer

Sealer

Mina hard at work

Painted!


Sanding with 2000 grit for buffing

Buffed


Took me 2 hours to sand the valve cover down




Finished Pics






No 3rd brake light in the pics because I didn't have it. We decided not to put on the BYS spoiler.

New Pics!
We took a 3000+ mile road trip from Texas to Vegas to San Diego to LA, and got some new pics
At the Hoover Dam

In San Diego

At Homecoming 2

Stolen from the HC2 thread (lemme know if you want me to take these pics down)







The color is amazing. It will change colors from a pink in the sun, to magenta in indoor light, to red in lower light.
It's not too girly of a color either. On days that I have to, it wouldn't be too bad being seen in this.

Back story:
Mina's always loved pink. I don't know how many [useless] things we've bought just because it was pink. One of my favorite is a pink calculator that's the size of a 19 inch monitor. She still has never used it to do a calculation.
She bought her car around 3 years ago in 07, and we were going to paint it a few months afterward. We never pulled the trigger because it was a brand new car with a brand new BB paintjob. We couldn't sand down a brand new car!
She'd been wanting to paint her car pink for probably 5 years now, even with her 2G Eclipse Spyder GST. So since Homecoming 2 was coming around, what better time? It'd surely draw some attention to my booth. We started on it about 3 weeks before I had to leave for Homecoming 2. With all the work, we were cutting it close. We intended to leave the night of the 17th, but didn't end up leaving until 2 days later. Sure it cut our vacation short, but she is sure that it's worth it.

 

moar pics!! i hope to see it in person next week!

 

hope it turns out good, my BB is going into the booth pretty soon also, cant wait...

 

in for pics!!! can't wait

 

Good job so far! Can't wait to see how it turns out.

 

props on the hard work..

 

good looking... judging by the sealer its going to be a light color.. at least how that works for ppg

 

OOoOoo I wanna see some updated pics

 

Give us a hint. Is it a Honda color?

 

Not a Honda color. Quite a wild color that will catch attention.