joe588

Use 800-1200grit to take the damaged lacquer out in the 3-5 inch area, sand back to the actual paint layer but don't go through it obviously or you'll need to spray colour too, then 1500 to key the good lacquer in the rest, don't take too much out but enough to make it completely matt. spray so the edge of the foot spraying area hardly gets any paint, then the middle gets the most. build up lightly then once you have enough paint in, let it dry and sand the entire thing completely flat with 1500, so it's all matt and smooth like a blackboard. then just polish up!

I'd try and sand off the lacquer about 3-5" round that, lightly sand around that patch of no laquer to dull the finish, mask up the area so you have sort of a foot square to spray in. Try and gradient it in if you know what i mean and hopefully the two lacquers will blend better instead of a solid line. after it's all dry., go over the entire repair with 1500 wet and dry to get rid of any orange peel or crap then polish it up with a cutting compound! Tip. if you're using rattlecans, leave them in a bucket of warm water for 20 mins beforehand and the paint will come out much smoother

I didn't think there was a noise limit on cars...? Hmm, that also says imports can be 99db?! Heh, my old gt4 had a 3" pipe straight from the turbo to a 4" back box with no mid section silencers. Now that was embarrassingly loud, you'd set off car alarms driving past at 1500rpm. Can't believe I actually drove it about

Not a toyota, but we had a 92 civic in at work with 30k on it! Mint inside, full of holes on the outside