My 85 brumby

Subie Snax · Post by **Subie Snax** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 8:53 pm

Finally finished the paint on my 85 brumby..
Been off the road for a year, after driving around in primer for a year...
Got my best mate who's a spray painter/ panel beater, to paint it, however i did most the prep work and my mate guided me and made me re-do bits that wasn't right.. spent months worth of weekends working on it..

Next stage of the project will be interior and motor,, once the funds allow it..

will put more pics up once internet speed picks up, i breeched my cap

Green_eyed_liberty · Post by **Green_eyed_liberty** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 8:59 pm

bloody hott mate, im about to paint mine. hope it comes out as good as yours

Subie Snax · Post by **Subie Snax** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 9:11 pm

Thanks.. what colour you going.. It took me ages to decide on a colour, i was thinking green, then i was thinking black, or top secert gold, but i thought i would go with a safe colour like the blue.. Im pretty happy with the choice..

Post by **TOONGA** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 9:17 pm

very nice looks good in that blue

and have fun doing the rest of the mods

TOONGA

Green_eyed_liberty · Post by **Green_eyed_liberty** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 9:20 pm

Subie Snax wrote:Thanks.. what colour you going.. It took me ages to decide on a colour, i was thinking green, then i was thinking black, or top secert gold, but i thought i would go with a safe colour like the blue.. Im pretty happy with the choice..

i wish it was your color... but i just got a miss-tint (= cheap $$) its a darker blue.. thinking of throwing in a silver or pearl or gold glitter to lighten the color

D3V1L · Post by **D3V1L** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 9:31 pm

wow!....ill send my brumby over to sa and you can paint mine for me!! then u can send yours over here and ill throw in some new running gear for ya

davo

Subie Snax · Post by **Subie Snax** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 9:31 pm

If you want to make it lighter you can use a silver for a base colour, to ensure a even finish (so you dont see repair spots), then dont use too many coats of the blue (say about 3)... I used 4 coats of the blue then 4 coats of clear ( so that i had plenty of clear to sand back and buff, to get the high gloss finish).

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 4:37 am

Well done.. nice job.. looks like it was worth the wait

is that colour 74F? Looks very similar to my 22B

T'subaru · Post by **T'subaru** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 9:51 am

that looks great! until you do something like that its hard to appreciate all the time and effort that goes into a great looking paint job.

Subie Snax · Post by **Subie Snax** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 8:31 pm

The paint code is from a 2000 model impreza wrx, it started with 02c/ ? i forget the rest.. i thought it might end with 64c but it might have been 74f, im not sure.... Its called Subaru WRX blue mica..

Subie Snax · Post by **Subie Snax** » Tue Aug 10, 2010 7:17 pm

Couple more pics of the ute....

D3V1L · Post by **D3V1L** » Tue Aug 10, 2010 7:26 pm

looks shit hot mate...really does

hopefully mine gets to look like that one day

davo

Green_eyed_liberty · Post by **Green_eyed_liberty** » Tue Aug 10, 2010 8:26 pm

love it mate, love how you've shaved the rear and side badge indents and the ariel (and the lower door molds). i've done exactly the same with mine

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 2:22 am

Looks great

Once all back together.. what are the next plans? interior or engine change?

1111giles · Post by **1111giles** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 7:10 am

Looks real good from over here! Great colour choice WRX Blue.....very nearly went with that myself.

How about shotblast and powder coat the wheels in Gold?

Nice work - you must feel very satisfied (a great feeling eh?)

ChPLAT · Post by **ChPLAT** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 10:15 pm

Did you weld up all the trim holes? Would of been a PITA but it looks great.

Subie Snax · Post by **Subie Snax** » Fri Aug 13, 2010 9:18 pm

Cheers for all the encouraging remarks... I didn't want to use a normal tarp, so i filled those holes, the body looked straight before i started untill i got the straight edged hand sander on those panels and every panel had tonnes of low spots... i ended up spending ages on every panel, skim coating every panel with bog and hand sanding all the curves till it was perfect... Its probably straighter now than the day it rolled off the boat..
Next on the plan is to pick myself up a donor car, thinking something like a 98 impreza and putting the entire drivetrain including dash brakes, etc.. just need to save up for the donor car and the crossbreed kit..