Subaru 22B Clone; Finally painting! Best Paint Job Yet.

We are finally laying down some color on my 1998 Subaru 2.5RS that we are turning into a 22B clone! This has literally been weeks in the making prepping this chassis for paint. But the time is finally here! We are spraying the car in World Rally Blue (O2C) using some Eastwood Paint. This is the first time I have sprayed any type of pearl paint, But it came out SO insanely good!
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[@IDLExHANDS]

I'm proud of you. Getting better at a craft takes time and patience, and you definitely learn from your mistakes, which is a great takeaway.

[@Smeedia]

The mistakes are honestly the best teachable moments, plus the positive criticism is actual so helpful to avoid pitfalls and fix errors 🙌 so happy with how this paint has come out 🔥

[@justinf7674]

Hey, who ever thought literally watching paint dry could be so entertaining. Suddenly I want to paint something.

[@Smeedia]

It’s surprisingly more therapeutic than I thought 😅

[@mrpithon]

This is the last 24 minutes and 54 seconds of pure happiness I will feel until the next 22B clone video drops

[@R1Armadill0]

When that blue starts to pop!!! Very nice! That base coat color was a little scary though.

[@Smeedia]

The WRB always looks so good 😍😍

[@JamesBond-ip6pl]

A couple more paint jobs and you’ll have this down pat. I can’t wait to see it with the wide body

[@Smeedia]

The more I use that paint gun the better I feel about it and the results just get better 🙌

[@tehpik3y]

Your skills in front of and behind the camera have excelled as your craftsmanship on the car. Great job.

[@Smeedia]

Thank you 🙏🙌

[@HeidiFegles]

Way better than a battery tray. And did it once it can be done again.. if it bothers you after done you can always pay more attention to the areas of need. The good thing is you will have metal to work with in the future..

[@Smeedia]

Very true! I think I could have smoothed out some of the edges a bit more. But I don’t think it’ll bother me too much. I think that’s where I’m going to put the dry sump tank anyway 😅

[@LgWilly744]

this is my favorite build of yours, cant wait to see the finished product!

[@Smeedia]

Definitely going to be one of my favs, been wanting to do one forever 🔥

[@LgWilly744]

@@Smeedia I'm glad your dream finally came to fruition, the 22B is something I've drilled over for a long time!

[@bryanribey]

WRB looking soooo good.

[@Smeedia]

Can’t go wrong with it!🎉

[@iamchrisdammit]

It’ll come out even better if you sand the paint after your three coats (on body panels) sand it down with 1000 or 1200 grit. Then spray clear coat and when it’s all done, sand and buff clear coat . Gives you a really deep blue result. Deeeeep deep

[@Smeedia]

Going to spray some test panels and try this now 👀👌

[@omialmanza1900]

Most ppl dont realize how much control and pations it takes to use a paint sprayer👍🏽. It's easy goof up. Once someone gets the hang of it, it's satisfying. Really looking forward to seeing this beauty unfold.

[@Smeedia]

Practice reeeeeeally helps with using one, first few times I thought it was just point and spray 😂

[@MonkellD]

Can't wait to see the finished result!

[@Smeedia]

This thing will be my Moana Lisa 🤌

[@josephmatuszak3855]

You'd ove my paint mixing setup. I used a 6 inch piece of 2x4 and made soft jaws with a gal bucket diameter arch cut into them. That way I can use a small drill attachment (1 gal helix mixer can get at Lowes) and the can doesn't slosh around. Then I just have a jar of mineral spirits i dunk it into. *be careful of drill type, some openly spark or arc*

[@Smeedia]

That is genius, if we keep painting I might try to do something similar 😅

[@kylekennedy21]

Absolutely insane how much progress you’ve made on learning to paint. I might be sending my gd to the body shop to have the rear quarter fixed. It has a big dent/rust . And someone just side swiped it again. Thankfully insurance paid me for it.

[@Smeedia]

Glad to hear insurance is taking care of you on that! Sucks regardless though. 😢 Stoaked to see some solid progress with painting 🥳

[@Pr0j3ctSTI]

It is soooo satisfying painting world rally blue. 02C. I did it years ago on my Nissan Altima 😂. And I loved every part of it.

[@Smeedia]

It’s nice to be spraying clear on an actual color, spraying clear on white like I did before was rough 😂

[@Project_Flat4]

This is going to be one sweet ride my friend 🫡

[@Smeedia]

Stoaked to see this thing come together 🥳

[@Dragon151415]

Hell yea baby,some more 22b clone content,lets go!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Smeedia]

The worst part is now done 🥳 smooth sailing from here!

[@Dragon151415]

@@Smeedia its always a good day when smeedia uploads,just saying man

[@aaro1985]

As I own a 98 Type-R in 74F color this blue paint hitting the chassis really made this video even more special for me. Hope this car comes out really good and really hoping for some golden wheels too 🤩

[@arltvrs8485]

I love how the car is looking and the witch recipe came out spicy blue, nice job 👌

[@Mast3r_YumYums]

Watching restores on such awesome cars is always so satisfying, I love it!

[@Smeedia]

Gotta keep the old ones alive 🤌

[@Mast3r_YumYums]

@@Smeedia absolutely, Living the dream!

[@georgejuricb2974]

B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L! What a fun time is coming for you. My bugeye needs an infusion of inspiration, you give me that.🤓

[@benmorris7276]

Man that WRB looks incredible. Great job, your 22b is going to look minty fresh when it's done. It's been amazing watching you take this 2.5RS from rusty shitbox to 22b restomod step by step. It's looking absolutely gorgeous!!!

[@HeidiFegles]

Also you do well at implementing all the new techniques success is inevitable when someone is coachable. I’m doing this to my 85 rx turbo sti swapped. Just a little slower paced lol. Always gets me inspired.. can’t wait to see this finished it’s gonna be awesome.

[@Smeedia]

I’m always open to more tips and tricks with things. There is no room for improvement unless someone is open to critique. 85rx turbo sounds like a sweet project! Where are you at on the build?

[@HeidiFegles]

@@Smeedia I have merged harnesses, built the motor 100mm forged 9:1 comp with 4:44 5 speed trans from 06-07 jdm wrx, basically it’s running and driving and have worked all the bugs out, I street tuned it on Tactrix open source and am at 18 psi and out of turbo since I ported the d25 heads, it’s a total Frankenstein. and now while driving it, I am doing the metal work, fixing rust spot at a time, the last thing to do before paint is the rear sub frame and skid pans, but I made it accepts all the parts from 09-14 wrx because it fit the best, and I widened each side out by 30mm so I could run stock axles, it’s # 82 out of the right hand drive models. But it’s the first year of the wrx basically. The first rally specific platform so I feel like it deserves to be saved. I’m on the Oregon coast so when I got it she had some rust problems but for 250 bucks for a shell, I couldn’t pass it up .

[@AKGWolf]

the shear amount of dedication! this is going to be a killer build

[@AudioHead809]

Not gonna lie hearing you say mixing the witches brew is so funny lmao. That’s the guy that builds awesome cars. Don’t stop being funny bro 😂

[@ericbrenenstuhl6039]

My like button didn't turn 02C :( I appreciate watching you hone your craft especially on the car I couldn't afford to do before she rusted away. I love the build and seeing the process of fully restoring the GM6 and giving it your high level of attention it deserves. It looks great so far I can't wait to see the finished car!

[@TheGCJourney]

Dude… I mean dude… You’re a friggin super hero ❤️

[@got556]

Outstanding! WRB and Subies just go together.

[@Dude_Eggs]

I watched this video with my eyes!

[@Smeedia]

I heard it with my ears!

[@nushooz6731]

For me this is the best project so far,I would like to see you take more cars down to bare metal on the underside and doing your magic on them.only joking that's a lot of work.

[@johnm.5346]

Looking good! Excited to watch the project progress, great to see the positive attitude while working through any issue

[@josephmatuszak3855]

I would have created a "release" for the battery tray, so it doesn't build up any moisture or dirt excessively.

[@Smeedia]

It still has the factory drain areas 👀

[@josephmatuszak3855]

@@Smeedia couldn't see the hole in the center of the plate... maybe bad eyes.

[@justinlinington5764]

Just bought a 98 RS (WRB) and plan to start getting it down to barebones for paint before I built a 22B clone. I hadn't seen you guys doing this series but just got the notification for this video. Ironic...or should I say the Almighty Google has brought me here to you 😂 anyway, this idea has always been a cool thought to me when I was younger as I knew I'd never be able to afford the car I was infatuated with like so many others, the 1998 Subaru Impreza STI 22B. It's awesome to see someone else go through what I've been excited but also extremely nervous about! Keep up the awesome work!! 🤘💪

[@Smeedia]

It’s a car a ton of us have wanted for so long. A real 22B is a little out of budget, but dammit we can build our own 💪

[@timwelch175]

Man. You've come a loooong way from where you were when i started watching you a few years ago. Really coming along. You should look into getting a cheap fold up rotisserie if you're going to be doing more of these. Between this and the RX7 it looks like you will... it frees you up in a lot of ways. It allows you to come in through the door with the car on its side so you can keep that HVLP upright.

[@jjoop]

Looks good, painting is the most rewarding or crushing thing ever ie fisheyes etc

[@Smeedia]

It’s only going to go one of two ways 😅

[@scottphillips364]

So rad! We are both frothing! I like blue too!

[@reeceg]

Looks great good work

[@Smeedia]

Thank you 🥳

[@C_Elias2728]

The paint looks amazing, loving the resto. Can't wait to see the exterior painting!

[@MannyRodriguez555]

Geez I wish I could tear mine down and do an abw 30mm wrc kit. Ps when you spray the pearl pull back on the gun off the panel on the last coats so the pearls fall naturally so you don’t have striping.

[@Smeedia]

Will do! Souls hopefully make a bit of a difference when painting the exterior 💪

[@Dillanheroux]

Wow looking great , you are giving me an itch to start working on my coupe! Keep up the great work!

[@Smeedia]

What’s the plan on the coupe?! 👀

[@Dillanheroux]

@@Smeediaeverything.. haha very similar plan to yours if my observation is correct , I want to wide body it interior swap to a black interior less important just can’t stand tan . Then am tossed between a ej257 and sti trans, or go old school and do an jdm ej207, I would love to grab a built motor from iag and a Blouch turbo or jb400 from Grimmspeed , obviously supporting mods as well but unfortunately I have a big problem and want multiple cars and I would paint it the original forest green to be different don’t see much coupes green , recently purchased an 06 rsx type s for a daily but I keep making it to nice lol pushing my coupe to the back burner … if all goes well and I can turn my head to the coupe again I hope it turns out as well as your coupe!

[@ZackNakazora1]

I'm not gonna lie. I always forget how good wrb looks when it's clean and fresh... The dark Grey base had me all mystified.. I swore they gave you the steel Grey metallic base.. I bet this paint would be awesome in a matte or satin clear coat finish. But I'm glad you stuck with the gloss over metallic. This thing is gonna be minty

[@CrescentKnife]

Well done Tanner! Looks great!

[@lancelaprarie6128]

Sick. Love this series.

[@Smeedia]

Excited to see this thing come to fruition🥳

[@ohitskej]

This just further solidifies my willingness to die on the hill that wrb is Subarus best color. Don’t think I woulda bought my sti if it wasn’t wrb LOL

[@Smeedia]

WRB just looks SO good when done right 🤌

[@Djcsquared]

Dude I’m doing something similar with my bugeye! Doing an Sti swap as well. You’re getting me juiced for mine! I’m going Acadia green!

[@Smeedia]

DUDDDDDE the green is going to look so good!!!

[@Djcsquared]

@@Smeedia my painter has some panels done! I can send you some pics on IG if you’d like

[@Smeedia]

@@Djcsquaredsend em!

[@HarrodsGarage]

Lookin good Tanner. The Subie looks good too.

[@Smeedia]

Thanks buddy! Came out suuuuuper crisp!

[@tranmabirizi4505]

i wish i lived up there and asked you to paint my bumpers and side rocker panels

[@Smeedia]

Bumpers are still a little tricky 😅

[@chriswortham3869]

Here is a little bit of professional help. Say about 6 inch's away from the panels . Spray your base around 25 PSI and clear coat at 32 PSI. Hope this helps you a little bit.

[@Smeedia]

Will definitely give it a go! What’s the reasoning for 25psi on base and 32 on clear?

[@dw075g]

I could have swore I saw you towing something on 90 near North Bend this past Friday

[@Smeedia]

Not I 😅

[@savage5466]

If your gun needs 30-40 psi set the compressor pressure a bit higher cause it will go down. And set the pressure at the gun regulator to needed psi.

[@Christosan88]

It looks legendary. Hang on to this one lol

[@marcspence1905]

Finally! I've been waiting on another episode, lets fn go!

[@Smeedia]

Things should start moving quicker now that wire wheeling and prep is done 🎉

[@aaronanderson5573]

Well done, Tanner. Plus, good job on the edit of showing the process without being too long or short.👍 Looks fantastic! I know you’re gonna make it into a 22B… and that you’re not a big fan of direct injection, but you ever think of trying an FA24 in one? Can’t wait to see more. Keep up the great work!

[@Smeedia]

Maybe one day when more support comes out for them, I like the 24s but I don’t wanna spend soooo much money on the aftermarket standalone support to push them 😅

[@aaronanderson5573]

@@Smeedia Totally understandable, man. So want to see the eg33 remain in the STi, just dialed down boost. Such a great project and you went through so much. Love the perseverance in ya.👍

[@joshanderson1122]

Great work again, very sexy. Most pearl and metal flake paints do rec dark base coats. The color I suggested for the rx7 actually wants black base to help give more pop in the curves

[@clay1991]

wow man so awesome, I love this, i wish i could do one like this, that's my favorite version of the Subaru

[@eliekey]

One man crew😅💪🏻

[@Smeedia]

Thankfully had some help with wheeling 😅

[@danielcudicio4100]

Soo hyped for this build

[@SwaydOUT]

Good stuff man. If you decide to upgrade your paintgun definitely consider a top feed hplv satajet for at least base and clear. Would benefit control, comfortability, all parts cleanable/reusable, atomizes efficiently, shop standard.. also wanted to mention, there’s some clear coats out there that cure completely within 24 hours without baking. I tried out the sherwin Williams when it first came out ages ago. Was pretty wild to be able to handle within 45 min in 75deg booth.

[@stevelteska]

Damn this thing is going to be a beast

[@PowerRageSTI]

U did great on the painting bro

[@Smeedia]

Thanks dude, super happy with how this one came out 😍

[@PowerRageSTI]

@@Smeedia best part you didn’t go to school for bodywork like I did to do as good as your doing

[@Smeedia]

@@PowerRageSTIhands on learning type deal over here 😅

[@PowerRageSTI]

@@Smeedia yeah been watching for years now between you some of my hands on and @pwnz and others from this discord I’m on top of my subie world more than I would have been just feeding of locally

[@javierluna6845]

excellent paint job fam, keep it up. I absolutely love it

[@Rogowski89]

Dude it looks sick! Good progress so far.

[@norbelarchilla5578]

Looks so good, I was painting my 17 STI and it doesn't look half as good as yours. But gonna save this video and in the future I might respray the mistakes

[@icyroads3431]

Nice video man gotta appreciate the hard work!

[@Smeedia]

Thank you! I’m glad the worst of it is behind us now 😅

[@nathanacuna]

This is going to turn out amazing! Love the content brotha! 🤯

[@michaelrouw2117]

This is fantastic. Love it.!!!

[@Smeedia]

Came out soooo crisp 🔥

[@onewilllive]

can i send you my car for paint hah JP...looks clean man congrats

[@Smeedia]

Only if you do all the prep 😅 lol thank you 🙌

[@Daniel-vf5oc]

Killer job !!!! 🙌

[@Smeedia]

Thanks Daniel! 🙌🙏

[@chuckcribbs3398]

I am psyched!!! Love it!!

[@Smeedia]

🥳🥳🥳🥳

[@stretchedapart]

You really do have to mix the witch's brew

[@Smeedia]

You must mix the brew 🧙‍♀️

[@FoundAGarage]

Makes sense to me your “base” coat was grey - for O2C WR Blue at least, you start w a G6 grey.

[@Smeedia]

I was expecting a blue but it makes sense 😅

[@eastwoodco]

that blue 😍

[@davey_tones]

Looks sick! good job dude!

[@danielxiong5842]

Such a beauty!!!

[@SDSmither]

Really surprised you didn’t do a roll bar/cage

[@Smeedia]

Roofs still off, never too late 😂

[@amdstrollo3074]

That was awesome man :)

[@Smeedia]

Super happy with the results 🎉

[@yanni1398]

Could try a mass loaded barrier, the non-adhesive kind. I’d hate the thought of the beautiful paint job on the interior wrapped in sound deadening. My STI has none on the floor just whatever the carpet comes with but what I notice on Subaru’s like the GD’s and GC’s is hella noise comes from the trunk area and firewall so I’ve been planning on blanketing my rear seat with a mat I already did sound deadening in the trunk. Honestly though, it wasn’t worth it unless I did every square inch of the trunk.

[@juliomiranda6801]

Making me want to learn a trade ❤

[@da9pauly]

Looks sick 😷

[@Smeedia]

Came out sooooo much cleaner than I thought! How you feeling btw? Saw you had some stuff come up

[@erickther3d387]

Good sh!t man! Get your overlap a little tighter. And you’ll continue to get better results! Should be 70ish%overlap that’s your issue with dry spray. When spraying paint it’s about consistency. Do you have fan adjustment can’t tell?

[@rustyshackleford81]

It's happening!!!

[@Smeedia]

The worst part is now DONE 😂

[@lumberchrisr]

Smeed look into painters tape hack to pour out of those gallon cans

[@lumberchrisr]

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[@lolobedolo8624]

Yesssirrr notiisss

[@Smeedia]

Gang gang 💪

[@cd5sircoupe]

Dawg, use some tape on your paint cans. Make a little V lip or whatever for your pour from masking tape, never get paint running down the side of the can again.

[@Smeedia]

This is a good idea 😅 using this from now on 😅

[@cd5sircoupe]

@@Smeedia I've known enough painters in my days, it's a pro tip for sure. On that note, I can't say I'm surprised WRB has a gunmetal-ish base coat, just based on my knowledge of painting. Even if that's all from painting stuff like scale models and whatnot, same shit applies.

[@jordanbarone9094]

When you did the undercoating, how do you get the parts where the lift is on the pinch welds? Lookin sweet, can't wait to see this thang together again!!

[@Smeedia]

Once it’s a rolling shell I go back in and move the arms and get those areas 😅

[@jordanbarone9094]

@@Smeedia Ahh gotcha, makes sense!

[@Vi_steppa23]

I just got off of work So perfect timing

[@Smeedia]

Good day at work? 👀

[@Vi_steppa23]

@@Smeedia yessir i work at a dealership btw

[@Smeedia]

@@Vi_steppa23sales or tech? 👀

[@DarkInstinct05]

Notifications are doing their thang ✋🤚

[@Smeedia]

They be doing the stuff and the things 🙌

[@stormtrooperjetta9585]

Notis

[@Smeedia]

🧙‍♀️ gang 🧙‍♂️

[@patio6]

Doing well. Thin it out a bit more and do faster passes.

[@robmesaaz5737]

Where is matt? Miss him

[@Smeedia]

Working 24/7 😩

[@Evergreenprospectors]

Wonder what a metallic silver base coat would do to that blue

[@penguwan_9515]

18:22 time stamp, may be a little late now but if you watch the video back doesnt that driver floor pan look oddly wrinkled? As if hit really friggin hard? Does the passenger side look like that?

[@Smeedia]

That’s from someone trying to hack the car up from the floor pan lol, we tapped it down flat again

[@natewhite2501]

👀

[@Smeedia]

👀👀👀

[@lancelaprarie6128]

Hey, who does your zinc? Here in Seattle I’ve had trouble getting any done that wasn’t an absolute mint. Two 1 gallon zip locks full they wanted $1200

[@Smeedia]

Novation coatings in Spokane, is like $200 for 60lbs

[@lukesawyer8881]

this project is motivating my own. I can't believe how quickly you are making progress and uploading posts. do you have a job outside of yt?

[@Smeedia]

I fix other people’s Subarus too 😅

[@lukesawyer8881]

@@Smeedia bahah you must be sick of subarus by now then

[@drkangel1134]

Just curious did you think about welding the seams?

[@Smeedia]

I debated it and decided against it as I don’t think it’s 100% needed on this. Wouldn’t have hurt to do it regardless

[@christianramirez2590]

❤🎉

[@Smeedia]

🥳🥳🥳

[@travismcginnis7871]

Just throw the 2j in this

[@Smeedia]

Would be such a tight fit 😅

[@blacksongaming4819]

What gun do you run LVLP or HVLP gun. Also what size is your tank 60 gallons? Soz not familiar imperial

[@Smeedia]

HVLP and it’s a 60 Gal 🫡

[@camrongoodall]

Is it too late to convince you to put a fa24 in it?