Prepped And Ready For E-series Assembly

[Coss]

But is that really more economical than simply buying a spayer?

Depending on the paint you use, yes.
And I already have a sprayer, a detail gun and an airbrush.
The epoxy paint I use on Snap On tool boxes I rebuild is $90 a quart; plus the reducer and the activator.

Plus spray bomb is easier to touch up.

 

[Johnny Acree]

I'm in the process of re-painting my motorcycle. The first time I used Duplicolor paint shop white( spray can paint in a quart can just pore it in the gun and spray) then red and blue metalcast in spray cans for the stripes. Then I removed all the panels and took them to a shop and had them clear coated with good clear. It looked good and has held up very well. I thought the red and blue would fade, but they have not! I guess the good clear is blocking the UV rays.
This time around I'm just using spray can paint. It will be all black satin finish.

 

[Maurtis]

For flat black, plastidip. Only a couple of cans for the Elio and peels off when you are sick of it

 

[Coss]

For flat black, plastidip. Only a couple of cans for the Elio and peels off when you are sick of it

We talked about that before; besides the Plastidip they have other regular colors of peel off paint.
Or how about some of the iridescent paint; letter Elio on the sides, so when the street lights and headlights shine on it, it will glow.
Isn't there some LCD paint too? Darn, this is the same way that other thread got derailed and talking about trick paint jobs.
TIME FOR A SEARCH!

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Found it!
http://www.elioowners.com/threads/do-i-wrap-this-baby-of-plastisdip-it.6043/

 

[Jeff Miller]

For flat black, plastidip. Only a couple of cans for the Elio and peels off when you are sick of it

I think it might be a few more than a couple. I may have been doing it wrong but when I played with black plastidip I had to do several light layers to build it up and found that one can simply didn't go very far.

 

[Maurtis]

A couple = 30, right? Maybe I should have said "a few"?

Back on topic, glad to see the progess on the E series, I was wondering about the same indentations that Seth mentioned. They look like they would have a purpose, so it will be interesting to see if they do. If I had to guess it would be to store the jack, tire repair kit and compressor, saving room in the trunk.

 

[Coss]

I think someone mentioned before that the left side of that black rear wheel cover opened so you could get to the tire; so having that as storage for wheel repair/changing would make a lot of sense.

 

[booboo]

A lug wrench and jack could be stored easily anywhere, spare tires on a rim are another story.
The ELIO has 2 tire sizes from what I see, Tire Sizes: Front: 135/80 R15 Rear: 175/65 R15, so room for two ?
Think I'll just call AAA.

 

[Elio Amazed]

Never use any form of the word "prepped" around me.
That could have very easily opened up a whole new can of compost.

 

[AriLea]

Isn't there some LCD paint too?

I don't know if it's the same, but I checked on one of those 'Powered paints'. The one I looked into was about $30k per car.