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Stripped white Lexus IS F shell on stands in the spray booth

Bodywork and paint

Lexus IS F

Body shell stripped, prepped and resprayed

Car: Lexus IS F
Work: Body shell stripped, prepped and resprayed
Service: Bodywork and paint
Photos taken: Jul 2024 to Aug 2024
Photos: 8

From the job

Panels in colour, then the shell stripped and prepped, sprayed white, and the floor undersealed.

The job, in order

Lexus IS F in the spray booth with red outer panels and white sills and inner structure, doors open, front end off — Red outer panels, white sills, shell being stripped · Jul 2024

Door pillar painted white, with red paint still showing around the striker plate — Door pillar: red showing under the new white · Aug 2024

Inside of the stripped shell in white, rear door aperture and loose wiring loom — Shell stripped inside, painted white · Aug 2024

Front of the stripped white shell on stands, front structure exposed — Front end stripped back, shell on stands · Aug 2024

Stripped white Lexus IS F shell on stands in the spray booth — White shell stripped and prepped in the booth · Aug 2024

Cabin of the white shell stripped to the bare floor, looking forward — Cabin stripped to the bare floor · Aug 2024

Cabin floor and transmission tunnel coated black — Cabin floor and tunnel undersealed · Aug 2024

The cabin floor and inner shell coated black, a work light hanging inside — Cabin floor undersealed · Aug 2024

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