painting the VF1000 buggy

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King Shocks 2.0 Emulsion Coil-Overs in 16" Travel with Springs PR2016-CONRS PAIR
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JEGS 70250 Pro High Back II Race Seat
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Barnes 4WD B4WK0116 - Panhard Bar Rod End Heim Joint Kit 3/4 x 3/4-16 CHROMOLY HMS 3/4-5/8
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[@bombo-pr6669]

Best built I've seen so far

[@jeremylangford2990]

Watching your videos you can really admire the care and attention you put into each of your builds.

[@AllanDeal]

Great builds and always good to watch, don’t always believe what you read on spray cans those one coat solutions don’t always work out. my advice is always use a good etch primer on bear metal it’s more steps but it lasts longer against rust and is far more durable in the long term and helps with a good finish. keep up the good work 👍

[@BIGWIGGLE223]

I second this recommendation. Once you've used a true metal etching primer you'll never go back to the general purpose primer. Just be careful with that stuff on plastics. It'll turn it into a pile of steamy goo.

[@calebcarr3816]

That looks like it should be selling for 20k at my nearest motor sports shop. HOLY COW. It’s so beautiful

[@american7169]

1- use good automotive primer, I use duplicolor. 2- light sand the primer 3- use whatever paint you want, I prefer regular rustoleum, its hella tough. 4- use 2k clear coat, not 2x! Eastwood and spraymax are good 2k's. This is since you love the cans so much...

[@TheJessemull]

The rear axle bearing should be packed with grease. Amazing build tho , i watch all you videos

[@kevinshilts563]

I was thinking the same thing. He may have problems later on

[@thegenerousdegenerate9395]

Yup... Its tight but its not water tight. Hopefully he has a grease nipple on there and he just edited over that part. Otherwise... DUN DUN DUNNNN.... LOL

[@Sev_Auk]

My thoughts exactly. Looks great though bud. Best paint job yet. And, the engine's not smoking at all anymore - good deal!

[@Dave24Turbo]

I have commented on this twice in 2 separate videos. His little air cooled VW style oil slinger contraption isn't going to do a thing. He needs to find a way to install seals and pack it with grease. Its gonna fill up with sand, mud and all kinds of stuff, especially the first time he sinks the axle below water. All that work will be toast. He did and awesome job everywhere else, but his rear axles are full of fail.

[@JB-NZ]

Going to be fun taking it apart again too with the amount of locktite used!

[@backa5750]

I just completed a project yesterday building a bike trailer which took 2 days of welding fabricating grinding painting etc and on the last day I was mentally exhausted can’t imagine the time and effort this guy puts into his builds

[@atvdk3377]

One of the reasons i love your work, is the fact that you share your experience even when it is not really working.. and i just love your choice of music... this is one of my favorit channel.. you have my respects.. 😊 greetings from Denmark.

[@IncredibleMrZ]

14:09 that's exactly why I love your channel. "how in the world am I going to do this" not "this looks impossible, better give up"

[@fabricationnation8052]

Very nice job with the paint....people don't understand the time and effort it takes to tear it apart and put it back together, not to mention all the time spent grinding and cleaning!!! Keep up the good work

[@esqueue]

Perhaps the silver paint needs to be primered despite what they say.

[@Mekhanic1]

ALL paint should use a primer no matter what the label says!

[@terryj257]

A self etching primer would be a good choice or an epoxy primer.

[@lensrc7460]

From the shine on the metal underneath, I would put some of the blame on prep. A good acid etch primer would have helped. Soap, water and Scotch Brite pads followed by immediate drying off would have done wonders.

[@breakshot7451]

@@Mekhanic1 jep he can put layer and layer on top of the silver and i will not stick, you have to prime

[@norrisbobbish8902]

The steel needs blasting to give a good key for the paint to stick, home user etch is nothing more than tinted thinners and does nothing!

[@GodschildinNC]

Nice job!! It looks really good. I love that you build a rotisserie for painting it. If you get some pistol grips for the paint cans, and heat up the paint in hot water, it goes on smoother and uses less paint.

[@vancemacd6315]

It looks like it drove out of a very expensive production factory ! Excellent work bro, like very excellent !

[@larryegilman1]

Nicely done. 2K catalysed clear is compatible with rustoleum. Durable but $22 a can

[@Sam-m04]

You are a awesome mechanic. I want to be like you. Such craftsmanship

[@geoffburrill9850]

You sir are the king of welding. Amazing work.

[@brianmcpeek651]

Awesome build!! What you do by yourself is truly amazing!! Love your videos keep up the good work!

[@rodswim492]

Excellent job and craftsmanship. I'll be starting a new one in the spring and you've got me motivated, thanks.

[@spdy3926]

You said some time ago you would put bigger tires on it. We would all love to see that! Great build as always. Your channel is my favorite!

[@jimmybs]

Dude! You're a mad man! There is NO way I would have stripped it down that far! I respect your gumption sir!👍😂

[@yiyom8730]

guauuu!!!!!! estoy tan emocionadao como vos, y sorprendido por el exelente resultado y todo hecho en tu garage!!!! eres un exelente constructor, que los disfrutes mucho!!!

[@benroper294]

Great build, followed it from the beginning. Thank you

[@Imkingsmen]

I’m ready for a full send and see them kings do what they are made for!!

[@aaronangelico6478]

You did a very good job Chris I really enjoy watching you make everything from scratch.

[@WickedCRFu]

You did a great job on this project. Congrats and have fun!

[@grantadamson3478]

Awesome build and colours.

[@josephbaker3830]

Best build and video you’ve done yet. Great time lapse. Amazing results

[@gabrieldeamer7072]

Hey man! Fantastic video as per usual, you never fail to surpass my expectations. Your content inspires me to do more in the engineering community amongst many other viewers, thank you so much :)

[@kittycatgammerwilliams2325]

People who leave a negative comment I have to ask. What makes you think anyone cares what you think? Also what have you done that makes you qualified to judge someone else? This guy is all heart and doesn't over illustrate. Well done. I watched the whole build pretty much in one sitting. Good luck i will be hoping for the best for you.

[@angablade]

I watched this when the videos were coming out, but I had one of the videos from the series pop up as a suggestion yesterday, so I rewatched them. Now that it's been a while and a half, I now had suggestions. Wheel alignment for sure, maybe an electric wench that drives a chain and sprocket that spins on the outside of what you already have connected to the drive shaft, on a free spot on the chain. And maybe some optional flip out/down mirrors. The reverse would just be on a push button that only works with the motor in neutral or requires the clutch to be fully pressed when you press the button. But that's all in the past now. Oh well. Lol

[@michaeldickerson8470]

Best build so far from all the kart guys. I wish the top window bar ended up being 10 to 12 inches lower. Maybe top bar of the light cage was at the window bar hight. If that makes any sence at all. Lol But its bad ass. Props on the fab work!!

[@TheScaryName]

Very nice, and you did accomplish your goal of making it look more "professionally" built. Thumbs up.

[@metaldog7128]

That’s a cool buggy 👍😎 you need to take it to the desert or beach and let rip 🤘 nice work 👍

[@docholliday1185]

My hat goes off to this guy for his hard work...

[@kaosking420]

absolutely stellar sir continue the impressive work

[@wimvandesteeg1353]

awesome colors!!!!, would only put some plating around where you sit, the front wheels will spray a lott of mud inside like it is now , mean when going through corners, but absolutely love the design!! Mad Max vehicle at its best!!

[@NastyMoto]

This is a really good color choice, looks sick!

[@draggonhedd]

some etch primer would have made the silver work, but auto paint is better regardless. Buggy looks great now! I'd also do the wheels in blue too, when you get some taller tires.

[@peeubilli8933]

U made a great machine that will roll over everything it's a beast. wonderful job has done and what to say it's awesome

[@uberaudioexperience]

Looks Awosome. You got some skills, man. You should be proud of it.

[@CobaltColt]

A lot of work gets put into these vehicles and videos. Keep up the great work man. Loving the content!

[@355east3]

By far your best built yet I like it

[@mrshaneyt43]

Just amazing . A lot of work but it came out so good 👌

[@back2vinyl493]

All that work disassembling, I would have used a real 2 part urethane paint with an epoxy primer.

[@tigug5667]

Man it looks so nice! Cool Project

[@jdonjaeger2688]

It looks cool and works well but now it is time for a 4wd version

[@88s10Durango]

With Reverse !

[@lassarati5023]

@@88s10Durango Agreed!👆

[@muhammetduran6295]

Could that engine manage 4wd?

[@jdonjaeger2688]

@@muhammetduran6295 yes, but he's not gonna make that 4wd, he's most likely going to make a new rig with more power

[@muhammetduran6295]

@@jdonjaeger2688 he has 1000cc already, so I assume you mean a car engine, and front and rear differential, it will require transmission too. I am not sure if he can build something bigger than this with those tools. I hope he does, his videos are pretty good.

[@richardgreen7811]

Harold ... Your best work yet. Be proud, You deserve it.

[@Brandon-wd9si]

Professional job! Looks amazing

[@iranamador614]

it looks amazing! great work

[@chrisv6008]

Awesome buggy man You do some nice work 👌

[@InUrFaceMedia-r8w]

That beast looks awesome

[@rachelmatt7424]

Looks great! Very inspirational. Now the question is what's next after this. It won't be easy topping that machine. I have an idea for you. Make a torque monster. Same kind of frame with a 4 cylinder car engine......

[@cadenbrown2555]

10/10 best build yet love it

[@rickburnout666]

Great work, it looks the business. If you don't want to get it dirty, just stick some slicks on it and take it to the strip

[@krifenbark]

Dude, bad freaking ass! Well done! This build turned me on to your channel. Well done sir!

[@robertproteau4113]

Looks awesome, great job!

[@cgrigg1]

good job lots of hours and doing it solo.... Way to go... Be proud of yourself!

[@bradleyslusser2279]

Great looking project

[@gypsydangerlcmoffroad8750]

Wow best build 2019 had a great time watching this creation if you are ever in Florida hit me up would love to see it on the Ocala National Forest💯

[@biranmbye463]

This is amazing, keep up the good work! am really amazed

[@coleslaw110]

Looks beautiful man. Best one yet

[@joepkroot8337]

Its the best thing i ever seen!! Greetings from the Netherlands 😃

[@karperman14]

Yes! Ik ben niet de enige Nederlander die dit kijkt! Haha

[@darylparker9393]

Great build

[@matildahmuchindu4560]

Great build❤️

[@Mad.Man.Marine]

Fantastic job!!!

[@johnfenderson5068]

Like the blue 👍👍👍👍lokks good and clean, great job

[@ChadListentome]

It’s awesome to see your decisions to keep making KZbin videos is paying off for you!!! Keep it up bro!

[@arboristo4407]

Looks really awesome ❤️

[@lbcustom7609]

Hey rather B welding, an absolutely cool project you have there. It looks like it's done now. Please, for the next project do something with four-wheel drive and maybe a V6 or V8 or something like that. That would be the hammer You have it. Greetings from Germany. Lukas from LB Custom

[@mytennesseedays9528]

That looks soo good

[@quadvloggs6876]

You need hardener in your paint mix with a paint gun and that's what makes it tougher and resistant to gas and such like your cars paint just a little tip

[@SM-cg2dc]

Looks really good!

[@martinvaldovinos5271]

When are you gonna do a shop tour?? I really want to see the tools that you use for such an incredible work. Cheers from Paraguay!

[@albertjenkins8121]

Absaloutely beautiful! Love it an its looks! Have fun!

[@haydee3260]

killer job bro really love it!!!

[@dennisrcole]

In your rear axel brg hubs , I would recess the brg deeper and put a seal on the outside , fill hub w/ 40wt oil to about 1/2" look at the axels on a semi sometime , what's keeping the dirt out and the brgs cool ?

[@garlicbreadjenkins5780]

*whistles DAYYUUMM thats look good dude. good work, keep it up

[@kingavegarage8722]

nicely done! Now time to get it dirty and scratch up that nice paint job. Did you ever figure out a reverse or just going to use the winch?

[@calholli]

You should have put your rear shaft in the opposite direction in that hub.. (unless it can only go one way) .... and that is because, the direction that your chain is pulling, it will always be trying to loosen that center bolt that holds it on... Granted you did use a lot of red locktite... but If you flipped it around the other direction, it would always be trying to tighten the bolt.

[@linus0189]

Great job, looks amazing

[@hrsey71]

looks great!! I used that duplicolor paint to paint a car, it worked really well

[@thebeard32]

Looks great!

[@craigclarke8596]

Excellent Job

[@malooooooooo8]

That’s awesome. 🤙🏻

[@adampaganelli4891]

Nice home made rotisserie 🤟🏼

[@JonathanNichollsjono]

Maybe spray that dash top blue to stop the sun reflecting on it when driving... otherwise perfect.

[@johnhall2747]

Bro id buy it. Sweet build!!

[@deividasleonavicius5071]

You shuld make fenders that move together with the wheels so it wouldn't throw mus everywhere šone mirrors to se whats hapenig behind you. Nice project.

[@abehemry5972]

Use two part epoxy paint and basecoat clearcoat or single stage urethane over a good auto primer and the results will be worth it

[@nicholaspap7197]

Looks really good

[@megandeanne9642]

congrats on the buggy

[@rickperisian4225]

Looks like you need race restraints for the seats

[@R.N.GPerformance]

it looks sweet man

[@chelsey3230]

Use primer then add the silver then clear coat and maybe that’ll work

[@catfisher420]

You could raise the gas tank another 6 inches and get it away from the heat more. Every little bit counts.

[@BIGWIGGLE223]

You need a metal etching primer. It'll actually bite into steel chemically and that sh#$ don't come off. And its also too hot for plastics. Ask me how I know. Lol. A few good painting tips: 1. when you're spraying silver paints that are "supposed" to look like a chrome finish is to lay down a super smooth coat of gloss black first. The smoother you can get the black, the more it'll look like chrome. Of course, it'll never look 100% chrome, but it'll get you to about 70% or so. 2. Your first coat should absolutely just be a light dusting. What this does is give the following heavier coats of paint something to grab ahold of and not "slide" away from the surface. This is how we get runs in the paint. This applies to every step of painting: primer, color and especially clear coat. 3. It's all about the perameters. Don't paint if it's raining unless you are hanging it to dry in a temperature controlled area. I'll use my heat gun and warm the material up before hitting it with paint and then hit it again with the heat gun about an hour after I've sprayed the final coat. Don't do it while it's still freshly wet. You'll blow more dust into your paint than if you used a sandblaster. 5. If you have parts masked off, remove the masking while it's still wet. That'll help your paint lines stay nice and super crispy. 6. I start out wet sanding clear coat at 1000 grit and I use dish soap with my water. It'll help lift material up and away from the paint and keep the sandpaper unclogged. 7. Depending on what you're painting, all these steps may not be necessary. For the buggy build, I would've just primered, and laid down about 3 coats of color. Maybe a single coat of clear, but I wouldn't have worried about runs as much. Hell, I probably just would've sprayed it a flat color and been done with it. She looks good though. You did an excellent job on this one!!

[@BenandUTube2012]

Great Project ! When You Do What You Love , It Can Never Be Called Work . Have Some Fun and Be Safe and Healthy . Remember you are Young only once , So Have MORE FUN . Ben V.

[@poco1990]

Looks bad to the bone ! Another great build!😊

[@antonrintapaavola229]

man you need to do side panels for the engine and the cocpit. and in front ssome too then it looks nice

[@justinellison4071]

That’s badass!!!