Finally painted my Savanna.

[Bad Company]

OK, First off.....I didn't realize crazydave already painted his the same color....sorry! Second, I love the color, so I decided to keep it. I still need to install the new DUB's and add the exhaust. Well, here it is anyways...

[Bad Company]

Rear shot. I still need to add the exhaust.

[ripper7777777]

Looks good to bad you cant lower it and keep the lights, oh well I plan on keeping one body for night driving, when the lights are off you can't tell how high it sits.

[sessiz10]

Good job BC.

[Bad Company]

Well, my first wheel mod with the SE knuckles went very well.

[sessiz10]

OOHHHH...AHHHHHHH :D
Nice.
Were the se knuckles any easier to work with?

[Bad Company]

Originally posted by sessiz10
OOHHHH...AHHHHHHH :D
Nice.
Were the se knuckles any easier to work with?

$#%! No!, It is a lot harder to remove the pins in the SE knuckles. I had to actually hold the wheel with the pliers and use it to hold the knuckle back as I pulled the pin out. There is nothing on the SE knuckle to grab really well.

For those that had trouble removing the pins in the regular knuckles, I feel for you now with the SE knuckles.

[sessiz10]

:( I figured as much.

[ridealot100]

finally the moment has come... you painted it. i like the euro lights in the back and that blue is cool. the lights on the front look nice to


oh yeah i picked up the new past and present camaro bodys today and there awsome. litle of subject but meh.

[viperkilla]

Once again Bad Company you have amazed me. By the way how do you paint your cars? Do you use an airbrush, spraypaint or do you hand paint it. Also how did you make the skirts for the car?

[Bad Company]

And once again....Thanks! I paint mine with rattle cans. I usually use automotive touch up spray cans, but on this one, I used Tamiya hobby spray paint, and it goes on really well, smooth and glossy. I also used the Tamiya clear coat.

I make the skirts out of styrene and just stack how ever many sheets needed to obtain the thickness I want. Then I just cut then to the contour of the body.

[ridealot100]

what color is dose it say it is on the can?

i like the glossy looks so im gonna go out and get some of that clearcoat. i already got some saphire blue metal flake spray paint from tamaiya so i think im gonna paint my old comaro yenko and my savvanah and if it looks really good my skyline.


you have made the initail d car from ugly:( to the coolest zz i have ever seen:D and the dubs pull it all together.


pssss how much you want for that savannah.just kiddn

[Bad Company]

The color is called Mica Blue. I don't have the can right here to tell you the Tamiya T#, but you can't miss it when you see it in the store.

Even before I clear coated it, the paint itself was extremely glossy. The Tamiya paint is expensive ($4.95 a can), but well worth it. After seeing the results of this job, I will be using the Tamiya paint if they have the color I'm looking for.

[DriveWRX]

BC, great job! You made the Savannah look 200% better now. :D
The DUB's are perfect for the body.

How does the SE handle with the DUB's?

[Bad Company]

Well, it doesn't handle as good as the stock wheels and tires, but it's not as bad as I expected. The only real problem is the turning radius is a little wider, mainly due to the tires being a little harder and slicker than the stock rubber. This is only a problem when turning at full speed. If I slow down, I get the same tight turn as with stock tires at low speed.

There is less clearance between the knuckle and the wheel in the SE than in the normal Zip, so you have to make sure there is 0 wobble when mounting the wheels.

[MicroSpeed]

once again, once again, once again, a spectacular job! The blue really goes well with the euro-lights. I gave my savanna an inital-d trueno paint job (with a sharpie:D ), it has a black hood w/ a black wing and tinted (with a sharpie:D :D ) headlights. Can you post a front view?

[viperkilla]

Originally posted by MicroSpeed
once again, once again, once again, a spectacular job! The blue really goes well with the euro-lights. I gave my savanna an inital-d trueno paint job (with a sharpie:D ), it has a black hood w/ a black wing and tinted (with a sharpie:D :D ) headlights. Can you post a front view?

When you use a sharpie doesnt it come off easily?

[Bad Company]

Thanks. Here is a front view...

[skklown]

bad co. that car would look so sweet if u could figure out a way to put the lights back in it!

[ZipRC]

not much chance of that now that the popups are sanded away and painted over lol. but then again, i've seen custom models (1:1 scale) of that car where the popups were taken out for newstyle lights.

[skklown]

he could drill hole where those 2 skinny light are right on top of the bumper and have the lights through that. and he could drill a hole on the red circle part of the euro lights. i personally think that it would look bad *** with lights.

[viperkilla]

Or maybe bad company could make some holes in the front of the chasis and add some LEDS to it. Just a suggestion

[Bad Company]

Good ideas guys! I was thinking about making the front lights the running lights and the middle rear lights the brake. As soon I re-wire one of the light kits so that the PCB will fit in the body, I will try it.

[crazydave]

That looks great. I didn't think the Savannah could look that good.

...and don't worry, it's not like you copied, mine is Bahama Blue, yours is Mica Blue. Two totally diferent colors. ;)




Yeah them knuckles are pain. I was afraid of destroying them so I sacrificed the wheel instead, and cut it away.

[MicroSpeed]

Originally posted by viperkilla
When you use a sharpie doesnt it come off easily?

I just let it dry for 10mins or so. Then it sticks like paint.

[taco-salad]

Nice mica blue paint, I'm not a fan of altezzas but I like how you got rid of the pop ups. By the way, on the 3rd generation RX-7s, mica blue was an actual color selection near the end of it's production run (around when they stopped selling them in the states).

[Bad Company]

Yeah, the more I look at it, the less I like the lights I painted. I think I'm gonna repaint the details and maybe make the lights look more stock like.

[Paintballa]

i like the taillights i think you should keep em but drill out the holes to that the lights show thru. also the frog light delete makes the car look so much nicer

[viperkilla]

Hey bad company can you buy styrene at Michaels' Arts and Crafts?

[carlisimo]

viperkilla, my local Michael's doesn't have styrene. You want to find a hobby shop. Usually the kind with model trains.

[viperkilla]

Hey thanks for the info. Do you know if Michaels sells air brushes? I want to know if air brushes are good to paint bodies. I want to buy one because I have a coupon for 40% one item.

[DriveWRX]

I use an airbrush for my cars. Works great!

Yes, Michael's sells airbrushes, but in very limited selection.
They did have the Badger brand there. Badger, Paasche, Iwata are like the "big" three brands.

You have to know what type of airbrush you want.
- Single or double action
- Internal or external mix
- Gravity or suction feed
- Not to mention different spry nozzles!
- Compressor or air in a can (compressors aren't cheap but canned air is not worth it, IMHO)

Do some research. There's a million web sites out there, check some out. Even with your 40% coupon, it still could get expensive. Michael's ain't that cheap.

I'd recommend Badger 150 or Paasche VL for starting out.
I have a double action, internal mix & suction feed Paasche VL.
Helped me do this: :D

[itsalllies]

bad company what did you use for the body kits because I want to put some on my skyline 2f 2f I am going to make a gun metal color to paint it but i needs body kits

[Bad Company]

Originally posted by itsalllies
bad company what did you use for the body kits because I want to put some on my skyline 2f 2f I am going to make a gun metal color to paint it but i needs body kits
I made a body kit / skirts tutorial in the regular Zip Zaps forum.

[N2O]

hmm ok,bit of a newbie question here...

please can you go step by step how to spray, badcompany's way...

if you could,that would be fab...:D

[N2O]

by the way...any tips on the light painting? coz they look sooooooo mean!

u must have gave 100% on that beast?

any chance yur adding mufflers on?