86 Sunsport NEW PAINT !!!

[olivier_20]

Hey guys ! me and my buddy have made a new paint job on our 1986 Supra Sunsport and we are more than pleased with the result !!! We have planed to slowly restore/upgrade the boat so last year we made a big engine maintenance+ venturi exhaust + tranny restoration but this year we were pissed of the old fade paint we have to compound every summer.... We found a name for our Supra and it's Le Sharkcuteur !! (it's a wordplay french/english name with it's style and it mean : butcher !!) So here a bunch of pics of our entire process from pretty much the begining to couple days ago , we still have a lot to do before we launch it in the water !!

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Metal Flakes !!!

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THE REAL BEGINING !!

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The best parts starts here, we used some books protective mactac to make our stencil of you'll see !! :

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BAM , There they are !! :

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Some clear to seal all the layers :

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I really like this broken teeth !!

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[olivier_20]

So that's it for now !! i'll keep updating new pics when we will receive our new vinyl lettering & all removed parts back in place !!

See yah guys !!

[wotan2525]

Before the old timers come in.... I just want to say that, I LOVE THIS!!

I'd add some rounding/shading to the teeth but that's just me. You had a real artist work on your boat. When does he want to come do mine?

[olivier_20]

Before the old timers come in.... I just want to say that, I LOVE THIS!!

I'd add some rounding/shading to the teeth but that's just me. You had a real artist work on your boat. When does he want to come do mine?

Thanks man ! yeah the teeth was a hard part and it was so long to do that we decide to do some ''standard'' teeth and only 2 broken one instead of playing with shade and forms. The bottom gum ans most part of the teeth should be in water but when we gonna move all the mouth will come out off water. We put a lot of hours into this and we are proud of what we've done. We had no choice to share that we all of you guys !!

[Salty87]

good for you guys. will be interesting to see pics on the water.

[haugy]

Well...........that's one way to make sure it stays yours forever. You might want to put the HVLP gun down.


Before the old timers come in.... I just want to say that, I LOVE THIS!!
I'd add some rounding/shading to the teeth but that's just me. You had a real artist work on your boat. When does he want to come do mine?

Who are you, and where the hell is Wotan?

[Zim]

well.... to each his own I suppose!

[wotan2525]

Well...........that's one way to make sure it stays yours forever. You might want to put the HVLP gun down.



Who are you, and where the hell is Wotan?

hahah! I just like that it's different. I've seen enough wraps with skulls and nautical compasses. This is unique, creative, and well executed.

[bens250ex]

What kind of paint did you use

[lively]

Oliver how did the velvet drive rebuild go ? the boat looks great !! base coat clear coat i suppose ? keep up the pics !!

[olivier_20]

Oliver how did the velvet drive rebuild go ? the boat looks great !! base coat clear coat i suppose ? keep up the pics !!

Hi M. Lively ! the tranny work like a charm now in both direction ! the hard part was to remove and put back the tranny itself the rebuilt was easy , thanks again !

The paint we use is from an industrial shop paint from someone i know , it'S not base coat+clear... i can't remember exaclty the name of that paint but it stick really well,pretty hard and the color is guarantee for 25 years so... I know some people escpecially here would keep the boat OEM but that's not us i like tuning and custom thing even my forester XT is now way more fun to drive than an a STi !!

Thanks all for your comments .

[olivier_20]

New Pics !! Our new stickers !! swimplate bracket + venturi exhaust in powder coat flat black and swimplate mod (teak oil delete = haters gonna hate)...

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[olivier_20]

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We were extremely pissed off the old fade teak wood that we have to oil , every 3-4 weeks.....
So PLASTI DIP to go !! Sorry for the purist !!


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[wotan2525]

ngavdba -- I think he has the tag on the back not out of requirement, but out of a nod to the boats past. I like it. It gives it a "rat rod" look. Very unique and I dig when you've got the original items (in this case the original trailer tag from its original state.)

The good thing about plastidip is that it can be peeled off. I like the black look but also agree that properly maintained teak will last longer. He's not causing any damage with this -- the wood is still underneath and is probably better off now than it was before. Think we can make an argument that he's just saving/protecting the teak? ;)

[Salty87]

i cringed when i saw the teak too but it does go better with the new look. i like the dripping supra letters. even the mouth/teeth are growing on me.

nice job on the exhaust.

looking forward to seeing some on the water pics. i'm sure you're going to turn some heads.

[haugy]

Well I think Ngavdba summed it up nicely for me. I'd swear it looks like I stole his login and jumped on his computer. :D :D

Personally I think you can't make it look any worse, so go for it. I think some Unicorns on the back would look awesome. Kind of like the shark eating you, and then it poops out unicorns. Or rainbows.

By the way, the rusting hose clamps are such a nice "custom" touch..........

[villain]

after some thought on the subject, i think i would get upset if someone told me that all the sweat i put into my boat was pointless and stupid. i know i have put a ton of work into my boat. if it does what you want it to, then good on ya. its just not in my personal taste. i apologize if my comment was a little out of line.

[2500HD]

As a rule of thumb when you buy something you make it your own and you have done that. It has kinda grown on me and i like it. So for anyone saying it doesn't look good or it should be crapping out unicorns i say piss on em. personal taste is just that, personal. You have done a great job with the paint and the exhaust and you should be proud of your work. People on these kind of forums should remember that it's the quality of work that matters not if it's red, green or pink. As a side note i would replace the rusty clamps with new ones......Come on they are cheap.
I had to do an edit on my post because i don't wan't to bash anyone. It's just that when someone posts their hard work and pride and joy up and people rag on it because it's not their taste or what they would do it pisses me off and it's a lack of common courtesy........I'll stop my rant now, thanks

[2500HD]

gotta admit, that's pretty good. Might have to get one for my saltare!

[haugy]

I pulled it. I've made my point.

[2500HD]

I pulled it. I've made my point.
Your point was mute.....funny but mute.

[haugy]

No, it clearly stated the owner can take a ribbing, in fact he's egging it on. I made a funny to keep it just that, funny and light. Don't over think it.

[lively]

oh come on ladies lets not get are panties in a wad ! lol ha ha .. hell i thought the teak was spray painted . but however its cool " something different" just not my style .. but i like when my wife shows me her tits and tells me everything will be ok ha hA .. so All is good i guess

[2500HD]

Hey guys ! me and my buddy have made a new paint job on our 1986 Supra Sunsport and we are more than pleased with the result !!! We have planed to slowly restore/upgrade the boat so last year we made a big engine maintenance+ venturi exhaust + tranny restoration but this year we were pissed of the old fade paint we have to compound every summer.... We found a name for our Supra and it's Le Sharkcuteur !! (it's a wordplay french/english name with it's style and it mean : butcher !!) So here a bunch of pics of our entire process from pretty much the begining to couple days ago , we still have a lot to do before we launch it in the water !!


So that's it for now !! i'll keep updating new pics when we will receive our new vinyl lettering & all removed parts back in place !!

See yah guys !!


Thanks man ! yeah the teeth was a hard part and it was so long to do that we decide to do some ''standard'' teeth and only 2 broken one instead of playing with shade and forms. The bottom gum ans most part of the teeth should be in water but when we gonna move all the mouth will come out off water. We put a lot of hours into this and we are proud of what we've done. We had no choice to share that we all of you guys !!


Hi M. Lively ! the tranny work like a charm now in both direction ! the hard part was to remove and put back the tranny itself the rebuilt was easy , thanks again !

The paint we use is from an industrial shop paint from someone i know , it'S not base coat+clear... i can't remember exaclty the name of that paint but it stick really well,pretty hard and the color is guarantee for 25 years so... I know some people escpecially here would keep the boat OEM but that's not us i like tuning and custom thing even my forester XT is now way more fun to drive than an a STi !!

Thanks all for your comments .


No, it clearly stated the owner can take a ribbing, in fact he's egging it on. I made a funny to keep it just that, funny and light. Don't over think it.
What part of this makes you think he was looking for ribbing? And no i'm not over thinking it.

[2500HD]

HD2500, you forgot HATERS GONNA HATE in All RED CAPS? That's not egging it on? I made my point in earlier post which foreshadowed this argument.

Both of you made your point as well. One of you likes it and the other doesn't. One is defending the poster and the other tried to make funny. Now, it's just gonna be a boring read.

I bet Mr. Le Sharkboat is champing at the bit (pun intended) to respond to Haugy and this is his thread where he posted on the internet for all to see and comment, so please let him do so and defend himself. I appreciate the fact you are trying to help, but as you can see it will only escalate as it normally does.

Enough said.

Thank you.
You sir are correct on all points. I'll shut my trap now.:)

[olivier_20]

WOW ! i didn't though this forum was like that ! I though it was a place to share thing about boat and not been insulted/bashed and some m. big personnality said that what we did is a monstruosity and ridiculous and blablabla (with words i don't understand)..... I love it and i am proud of what we did on the boat, if you don't like it , good for you but you can tell it in a proper way. For me or my taste i think that an old 80's design is pretty much the ugliest thing ever made on a boat but it's me... and the wood all over the interior ,i hate that, is it a sailing boat ? no so it's all gonna disapear, that's my choice .

For the ''HATERS GONNA HATE'' , i used this as something i'm not sure you know : humour ! and if it wasn't a good choice of expression ... well i apologize for that i'm french and i write what i write with the english knowledge i have. I wrote it in big/red because i thought it will be easier to reed between those big pics i put here and make it a bit funny(i think it didn't work).

For those who make good/nice or pertinent comments , THANKS ! the other, i'm probably one of the younger here but not the most immature as far as i can see, i hope you empty yourself well in your past comment while semi-destroying my thread , i hope if you write again it will be more kind or courteus. For the rest i don't care i'll post more pics anyway because i like to share with other boat enthousiast.

See you soon !

[olivier_20]

Sorry guys , my answer/defense to you was a bit longer but i think i didn't follow the posting guidelines... I did post this on the internet and i accept comments even if it's stupid or if you don't even own a boat. everybody as the right to their opinion, we live in expression free country's no !! I don't know what means egging,champing or pun ?? but i don't care, if you don't like my boat don't follow this thread ! Of course this thread will now be a bit boring to read thanks for your great comments. I did look arround on the forum to look other's boat some are really nice and some may look better with some unicorn poop haha!!

BTW the rusted hose clamp have been change since it's 10$ each but seriously i don't understand why the collar is in stainless but not the rest(bolts/nuts) !!?? strange !

[wotan2525]

I love the two french members we now have on this board. Keep us updated with what you do and don't worry at all about the old-timers on here. ;)

[michael hunter]

Don't get offended because some people dont like what you have done. Its your boat and the only one you have to please is yourself.
It took a lot of work to get the boat to where you like it . Keep building keep posting and dont forget the pics. some will like it others wont but all will read your thread as long as you post it.

[lively]

Oliver . Lol you rocked the boat and it looks wicked as hell . Ha ha ha ha !

[Ptownkid]

I have a few points...this is the internet, be prepared for ANYTHING you share on it to be open for criticism. You're most likely going to always get someone who does not like it. Second, if you like it, then forget what anyone else thinks.

Carry on

[mr.jrc]

I showed this to my boys today and they loved it! ... Deserves a spot on shark week! (I would love to see the world's most interesting man behind the wheel!). Very creative.

[Blackntan90]

Oliver, I thought this forum was different also...Your boat looks great...not my style, but I am glad that someone did it! It does remind me of the WWII airplanes!

[olivier_20]

I showed this to my boys today and they loved it! ... Deserves a spot on shark week! (I would love to see the world's most interesting man behind the wheel!). Very creative.



Oliver, I thought this forum was different also...Your boat looks great...not my style, but I am glad that someone did it! It does remind me of the WWII airplanes!

Thanks Mate for your kind words on my boat !! Our first inspiration was definately the WWII U.S. plane that i always dream to ride ! And on my Jet Pilot Shaun Murray Lifejacket theres couple plane like that print on it so it sealed the decision for the project... I did about 100 h. of boat this summer with and every time i was in the water waiting for the boat, the boat is bouncing a bit and the teeth were moving up and down from the water level and it look amazing.

During the summer we also make a ''Surf Gate'' (like Malibu boat but made in 2''x12'') attached on the swinplate... for now it's a ghetto style installation but guys i have to tell that the most amazing thing i ever made on a boat , it DOUBLE de surf wave no joke, i's now perfectly clean(no white water), it twice longer , much much higher , more push.... It's simply amazing. I have about 2200-2500 lbs ballast in the boat and the wave is just a bit smaller than the one on the Tigé Z3 2012 (4000 lbs ballast) of one of my friend. Try it and you all not gonna believe it. I'll take some pics of our SurfGates and i'll probably start a thread on that because we planned to made a UHMW gate with hydrolic actuator for next summer....

Here in Quebec the season is finish and i'm really sad about it , i just started to land 360's ,Ollie ''indy grab'' and couple other tricks in wakesurf...


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Crappy pic took when we went to look a the perseids and Shark Hunting session !!
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1srt ever 360 landed behind the Shark...


https://vimeo.com/74969334

[TitanTn]

Great surf video. Congrats on finishing the boat. I'm looking forward to seeing the gate you've created.

[86 century]

Good work on the paint.
I think the teeth need a little red shading.


I understand why some of the guys get mad seeing an '80 supra changed around so much I feel the same way when people cut up cars form the '50's and '60's.

[Ptownkid]

The reason 80% of us buy an old supra is because that's what we can afford, not because we want to return it to it's original condition. I'm dying to paint over the teal on my saltare...

[86 century]

The reason 80% of us buy an old supra is because that's what we can afford, not because we want to return it to it's original condition. I'm dying to paint over the teal on my saltare...

For some of us it is willing to pay.

We picked up a 2000 Moomba Mobius in july it is a great boat far better than the bravura in many ways however it doesn't look near as good. The lines of the bravura are just sexy the thing looks great just setting in the water. Where the Mobius is awesome just simply doesn't look as good.

[Ptownkid]

Absolutely...but most of us would take a 2000 mobius over a 1990 bravura were they the same price.

[Cliff]

How is the paint holding up? I want to paint my supra. I love that you had the balls to post it here lol. I think it looks sweet :)

[Sdc77]

Joli travail cher cousin, ton bateau doit faire tourner les têtes ! ;)

I would also like to paint my boat, certainly in black (mostly because of the water color on the hull at the end of the season ...)
Keep posting man. What about interior upgrades ?

[James]

Hey dude I think it looks great and it definatly gets tons of attention. The supra sticker looks sweet! You should tint the windows to match the black.

[masongardner]

Awesome paint job!!!

[pktim23]

Looks great in IMHO...

[87SunSportMikeyD]

Oliver, your boat looks awesome! Don't pay any attention to these rude boaters. I'm sad that they cant simply be adults and keep it to themselves. But it's nothing new here...

[michael hunter]

After reviewing the entire thread the vast majority of posts are positive. I don't think its fair to condemn this forum as a bunch of haters.
When you post on any forum you leave yourself open to the opinions of others . IMO the best part of this forum is the freedom to give an opinion good or bad . When someone gets out of line they usually get called out and smacked by the other members. I think you can see that in this thread.

[olivier_20]

THanks everyone for your kind words ! It was a lot of work...


Good work on the paint.
I think the teeth need a little red shading.
Damn i knew someone will point this out ! we thought about this but at that time we were so tired to work on that, we were pleaused with our work and we sealed all the paint layer with a lot of clear coat... But i do love a lot the broken tooth on the starboard side !!!


How is the paint holding up? I want to paint my supra. I love that you had the balls to post it here lol. I think it looks sweet :)
The paint is holding pretty well ! the only dent/scratch we have is from beiing to close of the boat one of our buddy and after a Tigé Z3 full loaded pass we had a little collision , is mostly a A letter in the SUPRA that took the impact but really nothing big !


Joli travail cher cousin, ton bateau doit faire tourner les têtes ! ;)

I would also like to paint my boat, certainly in black (mostly because of the water color on the hull at the end of the season ...)
Keep posting man. What about interior upgrades ?
Merci beaucoup !! Indeed the boat make head turn quite a lot !! especially the kids they love it , actually a shy kid one day came to us and ask if we were some pirates ? don't know why but it was pretty funny !! As for interior upgrade it will be are spring project ! For now we have some Subwoofer and amps , and i'm actually building a 4 speaker enclosure in fiber glass (http://bierbower.net/diytower/pdfs/FiberglassSpeakerBox.pdf)


Hey dude I think it looks great and it definatly gets tons of attention. The supra sticker looks sweet! You should tint the windows to match the black.
Thanks! we do get a lot of attention and we do get recognise a lot to so i have to keep my frien under control :p . We will gonna tint the windows in a dark color and a friend said that we should make a design to make some kind of eyes on the side wondows but i'm not sure about that !!


Oliver, your boat looks awesome! Don't pay any attention to these rude boaters. I'm sad that they cant simply be adults and keep it to themselves. But it's nothing new here...
Thanks Mikey ! At some point i did pay to much attention on some comments and they get a bit under my skin haha !! But it's my toy and i'll do whatever i want with... Btw you are our principal source of info and inspiration since we discovered those old fantabolous boats ready to be pimped !!
And last summer we built a wood surf gate prototype on the Sunsport and it is amazing the difference it makes(pretty much double the wake) , we will make a real setup for the next summer with electric/hydraulic trim actuator or a manualy quick install setup to be able to change sports rapidly. Our wood prototype was quite long to install/uninstall... And if everything works properly easy to install and not to expensive, i think we gonna make some ready to install package and sell it here for other member at leats SUnsport owner (the price it cost to make + shipping , not here to make any profit..but more for sharing with other enthousiast)

[olivier_20]

After reviewing the entire thread the vast majority of posts are positive. I don't think its fair to condemn this forum as a bunch of haters.
When you post on any forum you leave yourself open to the opinions of others . IMO the best part of this forum is the freedom to give an opinion good or bad . When someone gets out of line they usually get called out and smacked by the other members. I think you can see that in this thread.
Sir you are 100% right , people have the right to give their opinion even if they aren't really kind !! Some forum cars make me save a lot of money for changing parts explanation or for tuning advice.... a well used Forum can be an infinite source of infos (how to,diy,plan,pics,videos....)

[yjwrangler95]

THanks everyone for your kind words ! It was a lot of work...


Damn i knew someone will point this out ! we thought about this but at that time we were so tired to work on that, we were pleaused with our work and we sealed all the paint layer with a lot of clear coat... But i do love a lot the broken tooth on the starboard side !!!


The paint is holding pretty well ! the only dent/scratch we have is from beiing to close of the boat one of our buddy and after a Tigé Z3 full loaded pass we had a little collision , is mostly a A letter in the SUPRA that took the impact but really nothing big !


Merci beaucoup !! Indeed the boat make head turn quite a lot !! especially the kids they love it , actually a shy kid one day came to us and ask if we were some pirates ? don't know why but it was pretty funny !! As for interior upgrade it will be are spring project ! For now we have some Subwoofer and amps , and i'm actually building a 4 speaker enclosure in fiber glass (http://bierbower.net/diytower/pdfs/FiberglassSpeakerBox.pdf)


Thanks! we do get a lot of attention and we do get recognise a lot to so i have to keep my frien under control :p . We will gonna tint the windows in a dark color and a friend said that we should make a design to make some kind of eyes on the side wondows but i'm not sure about that !!


Thanks Mikey ! At some point i did pay to much attention on some comments and they get a bit under my skin haha !! But it's my toy and i'll do whatever i want with... Btw you are our principal source of info and inspiration since we discovered those old fantabolous boats ready to be pimped !!
And last summer we built a wood surf gate prototype on the Sunsport and it is amazing the difference it makes(pretty much double the wake) , we will make a real setup for the next summer with electric/hydraulic trim actuator or a manualy quick install setup to be able to change sports rapidly. Our wood prototype was quite long to install/uninstall... And if everything works properly easy to install and not to expensive, i think we gonna make some ready to install package and sell it here for other member at leats SUnsport owner (the price it cost to make + shipping , not here to make any profit..but more for sharing with other enthousiast)




do you have any pics of your wood gate?

[olivier_20]

i'll take a couple and send them back. It's definately not good looking (Ghetto style) but extremely effective !!

[UKandH]

Some people like original (me included) but i also like custom, sometimes it works, sometimes not. Its true to say the beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I personally like it, the whole thing looks great. Its not something i would have thought of and thats the point isnt it, its called imagination and having the cahoona's to put it into action...so well done mate.

As for the point made earlier about *its what we can afford*, well i tend to disagree with that a little, I have a 92 Supra Comp, and i still think it is one of the best proper tournament boats ever made even to this date. As for its looks....it simply cannot be beaten, all others (other than the Flightcraft) look blocky and unimaginative, where as the Supra Comp is sleek and low. I could have afforded a fairly new Nautique but went for the Comp as its a boat i always wanted to own, the only other that has caught my eye is the Carbon Pro from Centurion as it is functional and imho a good looking boat. Forget MasterCraft, Nautique and the other mainstream Lego block designed boats.....I love my Supra, it always gets looks at the lakes because it stands out from the rest.

Well done for being creative Oliver.

[UKandH]

Oh and my only real gripe would be

WHY MAKE IT QUIET :o

I like the sound of a proper V8 under load and WOT, its pure music to the ears of any petrolhead haha.
Im actually looking to ditch the muffler system on the TS6 and go mad on a stainless straight through system :cool:

Music in a boat is like putting loud music on and closing the windows when driving an Aston Martin through a tunnel.....IT MAKES NO SENSE, turn the music off and listen to the imperfect burble of the great V8 soundtrack, conversation can wait until you pick up the next rider :)