Bad Painting

[Rhykus Finlay]

I just finished some painting on mah rust bucket, death trap 'go kart' (goes like 70mph in a tiny foresty dirt track, so I'll probably crash someday). It's only my second time painting anything, so it's obviously not that good, but I was just wanting some opinions on it?

It's a delightfully weird machine isn't it?

 

[W3H5]

I'm not sure even a good paint job would make that thing any less ugly.

Looks like it could be fun to drive though.

 

[Rhykus Finlay]

I'm not sure even a good paint job would make that thing any less ugly.

Looks like it could be fun to drive though.

Hehe I did call it a rust bucket.

 

[TB]

I'm not sure if you painted the gray red or the red grey but either way you need to finish.

 

[AOS-]

Needs real or simulated rust if you want a trashy look. The mish mash masking doesn't show off that appeal so well IMHO.

Keep adding more (visual) stuff. It still looks incomplete. It lacks its own presence. Give it some more so you can look at it and say "there's my badass looking self-made go kart."

 

[Grayfox]

Needs real or simulated rust if you want a trashy look. The mish mash masking doesn't show off that appeal so well IMHO.

Keep adding more (visual) stuff. It still looks incomplete. It lacks its own presence. Give it some more so you can look at it and say "there's my badass looking self-made go kart."

They make paint that does get the rust look.

Use it.

Then upgrade the engine, a sleeper go-kart.

 

[The Bman]

You need to cover the chassis with something to make the kart more appealing.

 

[Danny]

You need to cover the chassis with something to make the kart more appealing.

A shroud.

 

[PeterJB]

That thing looks insanely fun, and it has a passenger seat!

 

[Rhykus Finlay]

That thing looks insanely fun, and it has a passenger seat!

It also used to have a roll cage. But bumps...now it doesn't.

 

[CAMAROBOY69]

That does look like a lot of fun . The seat looks very painful especially passenger side with the exposed screw head. Ouch. You can pick up some cheap foam from the hardware store. Then get a piece of leather or vinyl and stretch over the foam. Then attach as a seat. Will be much more generous on the butt and the spine. Roll bar with 4 or 5 point seatbelts would make it even more fun.

 

[Rhykus Finlay]

That does look like a lot of fun . The seat looks very painful especially passenger side with the exposed screw head. Ouch. You can pick up some cheap foam from the hardware store. Then get a piece of leather or vinyl and stretch over the foam. Then attach as a seat. Will be much more generous on the butt and the spine. Roll bar with 4 or 5 point seatbelts would make it even more fun.

No no I took the seat off for painting. Although the lack of a suspension means that driving through what is almost a tiny rally stage still makes my body sad and bruised. XD

 

[mister dog]

Looks like a crime scene

 

[Monatsende]

I`m pretty sure the dog didn`t know what you did there. And so feel I.

But I´m sure the thing makes a lot of fun. 👍

 

[Rhykus Finlay]

I`m pretty sure the dog didn`t know what you did there. And so feel I.

But I´m sure the thing makes a lot of fun. 👍 The seat could be more comfortable though.

Hehe I've only painted once before, and this was to cover up my first attempt (it looked like the thing belonged at Home Depot before)

 

[PeterJB]

That does look like a lot of fun . The seat looks very painful especially passenger side with the exposed screw head. Ouch. You can pick up some cheap foam from the hardware store. Then get a piece of leather or vinyl and stretch over the foam. Then attach as a seat. Will be much more generous on the butt and the spine. Roll bar with 4 or 5 point seatbelts would make it even more fun.

In karts like that it's usually best to be thrown from it in the event of a crash than stuck inside.

 

[Rhykus Finlay]

In karts like that it's usually best to be thrown from it in the event of a crash than stuck inside.

That's what I told my parents, but then again I'm surrounded by trees, so I'm just not going to crash. Is this a bad idea? Yes. Is it extremely fun anyway? Yup. XD

Sort of like old F1 drivers only nobody really cares about the driving/driver and the track's most often too slick to drive around without getting stuck.

 

[CAMAROBOY69]

In karts like that it's usually best to be thrown from it in the event of a crash than stuck inside.

Maybe he should get one of these then? Hook it to the front bumper? It even matches the color of his paint.

 

[kikie]

No need to paint it. You're going to crash it anyway as you said in the OP. All the work and paint will be destroyed when you crash it.

Use several Go Pro cameras. I want to see that crash from every angle possible.

No suspension and diff what so ever?

 

[TB]

You need to cover the chassis with something to make the kart more appealing.

And undo Weight Reduction Stage 5? Are you mad?!?

 

[Rhykus Finlay]

And undo Weight Reduction Stage 5? Are you mad?!?

It used to be a Beetle. Looks better now though huh?

 

[TB]

Looks better now though huh?

I have no idea what it looked like before so... possibly?

 

[Danny]

I have no idea what it looked like before so... possibly?

Exclusive before shot.

 

[ULTRAVIOLENZZ]

Why finalize your painting with a primer? Oh that's a "red"?

 

[TB]

Exclusive before shot.

I would have left that sumbitch alone, myself.

 

[Eric Demory]

Exclusive before shot.

Woah! Cocain's a hell of a drug!

 

[Submerged]

I would have painted the pedals and nothing else.

Would make it a little bit more individual.