About 4-5 years ago I had my last Galant painted satin black and it turned out great. I ended up selling it only a few months later to get something more reliable to get to California.. Well that leads me to today, I picked up another VR4 and although the car was pretty much mechanically perfect it had a black front bumper, paint flaking on the fender and hood and a lighter green trunk and gas door... I did miss that black Galant from back in the day..

So memorial day weekend I pulled the trigger I had my buddy Luis come up from Mundelein and we painted it Satin Black. He painted my last car so I felt comfortable putting this task in his hands. I helped prep and mask the car but other than that he did all of the work.

I documented the event on my iPhone so the pictures arent perfect but better than nothing, I will have pics of the car all finished up asap, it started raining after I pulled all of the tape and paper off

The initial prepping and "DA"ing.



Wet sanding.





Taking off the front bumper.



Prepping the front bumper. It was silver in Japan then painted white by the first owner, then rattle canned black by the owner before me.



All wet sanded and scuffed but still dirty.




Washed and ready for paint.







The beginning of the masking process.



And the painting process begines..















We painted the bumper and grill last.





The only pic I have of it almost finished at the moment.. more to come..

nice looking car. I do a little painting myself so I'm eager to see the finished product.

yeah, that looks verry sick. MORE PICS!!!

Yeah, I think everyone that watched your slide show wants to see the final outcome. Bet it looks pretty good though.

What paint did you use, A base coat black with out clear, hot rod flatz, rusoleum?

Finally found some time today to take some pics of it all done. I need wheels bad.. anyone have any?

Wow I love the way that looks! Satin black is so sexy, great work!

Nice. I would like to have my car painted like that.

Looks badass. Def needs some nice wheels now.

Nice work bro, the car came out real nice. What type of rims you looking to put on ?

Im not sure yet. Something cheap.. I like simple wheels like slipstreams or some kind of kosei's. Something bronze most likely.

Dsmj89 said:

Nice work bro, the car came out real nice. What type of rims you looking to put on ?

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I love the way the galant looks in satin black! These might not bee the look your going for but they were cheap for my set up "FD RX-7 wheels, sandblasted and then primered and painted with duplicolor graphite grey".

I like that 1g talon, needs a drop though, or an up sizing on the wheels.

Noice paint.

95fwdtsi18psi said:

I like that 1g talon, needs a drop though, or an up sizing on the wheels.

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It's a Laser but thanks. And yes i know it sits HIGH, lots of weight reduction with stock suspension for now. I even had someone ask me if it has a lift on it.

Gooberlog said:

It's a Laser but thanks. And yes i know it sits HIGH, lots of weight reduction with stock suspension for now. I even had someone ask me if it has a lift on it.

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Sorry I'm retarded, I thought it looked abnormally high...

95fwdtsi18psi said:

Sorry I'm retarded, I thought it looked abnormally high...

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All interior plastics are in place, but other than carpet and sound detoning material, behind the front seats is bare, no a/c , no cruise, no abs, no front bumper, no evap emissions, etc.

Amazing Galant!
By seeing this I am thinking about painting my Galant VR4 after rebuild.
Right now im rebuilding the motor.

Beautiful car!

That seals the deal for me - my Laser is getting sprayed with satin. Looks great man.

I don't have the weight reduction on my Laser, but I have been asked if mine was lifted too.....they said for rally and stuff.....riiiiiight. Its because of the bumpers and skirts they used on our cars - Plymouth was going for the "euro" look. More like waiting for a flood look.

Evil_speedracer said:

That seals the deal for me - my Laser is getting sprayed with satin. Looks great man.

I don't have the weight reduction on my Laser, but I have been asked if mine was lifted too.....they said for rally and stuff.....riiiiiight. Its because of the bumpers and skirts they used on our cars - Plymouth was going for the "euro" look. More like waiting for a flood look.

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Hilarious and soooo true.
But even my '93 talon i had was lowered with Eibach prokit but with all of the weight mods it sat higher than stock height.

The GVR4 would look amazing on evo rims . Get on Evolutionm.net and try to pick up a used set for cheaper than some new slipstreams. The Black looks amazing good work