New color coming soon (update)

"Long-Voyager" (long-voyager)
07/25/2018 at 07:25 • Filed to: Paint, Acclaim, Mopar

Got the body all prepped for paint:

Planning on spraying it this weekend (unless I say F-it and take a day off work).

Update:

I got a garage lined up to spray it in, so I’ll be painting Saturday morning.

DISCUSSION (45)

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Long-Voyager
07/24/2018 at 12:21

Nice! Doing an outdoor paint job? Using an HVLP setup or something a bit more exotic/ghetto?

Long-Voyager > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
07/24/2018 at 12:24

It’ll be in a garage with ventilation. Be spraying with my Devil biss gun so long as the metalflake can flow through it right. If not I’ll have to switch to my old primer bottom feed.

PartyPooper2012 > Long-Voyager
07/24/2018 at 12:26

Before

Kinja'd!!!

After

Kinja'd!!!

Long-Voyager > PartyPooper2012
07/24/2018 at 12:32

That’s the idea ;)

crowmolly > Long-Voyager
07/24/2018 at 13:13

Grab one of the Harbor Freight purple guns. One uses more air and the other can work with a smaller compressor.

For $10 why go bottom feed?

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > Long-Voyager
07/24/2018 at 14:47

mmmm dat super duty tho...

Long-Voyager > TheD0k_2many toys 2little time
07/24/2018 at 16:05

She’s for sale......

Long-Voyager > crowmolly
07/24/2018 at 16:08

Because I already own it (from before HVLP guns were a thing) and it does a damn good job when the HVLP gun can’t flow enough. ;)

nerd_racing > Long-Voyager
07/25/2018 at 07:38

That kind of color scheme on a clearly non-bugatti would be amazing! Like on a ford aspire or something.

Stapleface > Long-Voyager
07/25/2018 at 07:38

I’m excited to see the outcome. Are you going to be painting the mirrors body color as well?

random001 > Long-Voyager
07/25/2018 at 07:49

That is an odd choice of car for this much work...

Rainbow > Long-Voyager
07/25/2018 at 08:18

Pink!

pip bip - choose Corrour > Long-Voyager
07/25/2018 at 08:23

hot pink?

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > Long-Voyager
07/25/2018 at 08:31

Give it a Harlequin paint job!!!

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > Long-Voyager
07/25/2018 at 08:32

I thing “she” is actually a “he”.

It happens sometimes

Long-Voyager > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly
07/25/2018 at 10:04

Gotta be a she, I’ve never met a he that’s as much of a bitch as she’s been. ;)

Long-Voyager > pip bip - choose Corrour
07/25/2018 at 10:06

Kinja'd!!!

Dark Green/Teal. Looks way better in person.

Long-Voyager > Rainbow
07/25/2018 at 10:06

Kinja'd!!!

Dark Green/Teal. Looks way better in person.

Long-Voyager > random001
07/25/2018 at 10:06

Cheap, reliable, fast.

Turns out you can have all three.

Long-Voyager > Stapleface
07/25/2018 at 10:08

I’m going to refinish them black once I get the car done (unless I feel motivated this week).

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > random001
07/25/2018 at 10:57

You know you’re talking to a guy who has swapped engines on multiple Mopar minivans, right?

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > Long-Voyager
07/25/2018 at 11:20

I think it’s as much of a ‘she’ as Sharon Needles is...

Kinja'd!!!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon_Needles

random001 > Long-Voyager
07/25/2018 at 12:53

I should follow back to figure out what you are saying....

random001 > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
07/25/2018 at 12:54

Your point is well made...

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > Long-Voyager
07/25/2018 at 13:33

Powerstroke?

Long-Voyager > TheD0k_2many toys 2little time
07/25/2018 at 16:05

Yep.

Bullet-proofed 6.0.

149k.

Long-Voyager > random001
07/25/2018 at 16:06

I don’t see what’s odd about taking a cheap car and making it fun to drive and fun to look at on the cheap?

random001 > Long-Voyager
07/25/2018 at 19:57

There are cheap cars that are made fun, and there are K cars....

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > Long-Voyager
07/25/2018 at 20:16

Auto trans?

How much? Any rust?

Any issues?

Long-Voyager > TheD0k_2many toys 2little time
07/26/2018 at 06:54

5 speed auto, which was replaced shortly after we bought the truck with a low mileage unit . We have receipts for most/all of the work that’s been done to it.

Drivers door has a small amount of rust on the inside edge , nothing outside.

Needs a carrier for the driveshaft, which I have and will be replacing. 1 small tear in the driver’s seat. Otherwise all is good and working properly.

Asking $15,000, but as all things, it is negotiable.

Long-Voyager > random001
07/26/2018 at 06:55

Convenient this is a AA car then huh?

random001 > Long-Voyager
07/26/2018 at 07:27

Yes...yes it is. Heh. I applaud your gumption, good sir. You know I’m just razzing you a bit, but I am truly deeply invested in your projects, and love reading your updates.

Long-Voyager > random001
07/26/2018 at 07:32

Eh, honestly I get sick of the same things I see everywhere, that’s why I toy with the oddball stuff most people overlook.

random001 > Long-Voyager
07/26/2018 at 07:37

Approved!

Long-Voyager > random001
07/26/2018 at 10:06

I honestly don’t get the hate for K’s and their variants. They are an insanely simple, insanely cheap platform to toy with.

Can make one quick and reliable for very little money just mixing and matching parts from different variants. Hence how this car ended up with a 3.0 4-speed, which was never offered in 95.

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > Long-Voyager
07/26/2018 at 12:05

Now i have to ask where its located... Its what im looking for pretty much. Id like manual but in a 6.0 they are impossible to find almost and I want something newer than my 7.3

Long-Voyager > TheD0k_2many toys 2little time
07/26/2018 at 12:15

Just north of Madison, WI.

random001 > Long-Voyager
07/26/2018 at 12:37

I would not presume to know other people’s issues, but getting stuck with one as a new driver to HS certainly is a way to cement discontent with the whole gamut of such cars. Heh.

Long-Voyager > random001
07/26/2018 at 12:43

The original Ks were a lot of fun stock, but they did the job.

I got my first Acclaim I built from the wife’s dad. Initially, I hated it. Then I did some simple mods (more as a joke than seriously) and realized how easily they come alive. That’s what led to modifying the hell out of it. Roughly $3k later, I had a car that ran with WRXs, Fosts, etc while cracking off 30+mpg, and holding up to continuous abuse. https://oppositelock.kinja.com/thought-id-post-up-my-old-acclaim-build-for-everyone-1823032640

Since that car, I have been hooked on this era Mopar. The simplicity and ease of modifying can’t be beat.

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > Long-Voyager
07/26/2018 at 13:55

well dang only a few hours away. Underbody good?

Long-Voyager > TheD0k_2many toys 2little time
07/26/2018 at 14:59

Most of it still has the factory undercoating. Some places it’s came off, but nothing to be concerned with if you’re thinking rust issues.

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > Long-Voyager
07/26/2018 at 18:14

What year is it? What bullitproofing was done? Full heads and studs or just egr delete?

Any oppo discount?

Yea i live in west MI so rust sucks

Long-Voyager > TheD0k_2many toys 2little time
07/27/2018 at 07:05

2004.

Studs, EGR delete, Oil cooler, FICM, new HPOP, along with a bunch of other stuff I can’t recall without digging through the reciepts . Tallied up to around $9k in repairs.

Has and S&B Intake and 4" DP Back Exhaust to help in keeping EGTs down.

2 sets of wheels (OEM steel/chrome, OEM 5-spoke aluminums).

I’ll say there is some wiggle in the price.

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > Long-Voyager
07/27/2018 at 17:48

dang got me thinking. If it was an 05 or newer id really be on it. I kinda want coils in the front.

Ill let ya know

Long-Voyager > TheD0k_2many toys 2little time
07/30/2018 at 06:49

Shoot me an email: porsche_356speedster@yahoo.com

Can swap numbers that way.