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pacificustoms posted on 03/09/2011

I build hot rods and custom cars for a living and love tiki's and tiki style stuff. I built this all out of sheetmetal, now just have to decide what to finish it off with as far as paint or anything.



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Mr. NoNaMe posted on 03/09/2011

I like it as is, don't paint it. Is it steel or aluminum? If it is steel let it rust. If it is aluminum anodize it.
I still like it as is. :)

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MadDogMike posted on 03/09/2011

I agree, a nice aged patina would look cool. Nice work

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4WDtiki posted on 03/09/2011

The tiki's cool, and let it rust, but nevermind that. I looked at your homepage and WHOA! In-SANELY beautiful cars!!! Is it your shop??? Don't quit your day job! :wink:

Oh, and welcome!

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leleliz posted on 03/09/2011

I say leave as is. Love it and welcome :)

Sidenote..I see you are in Napa Valley. Have you ever worked on any of Rob Struven's cars by chance? He runs Garage Ink up there and has some beautiful customs. You may know of each other at least.

[ Edited by: leleliz 2011-03-08 18:55 ]

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pacificustoms posted on 03/09/2011

Thanks for the compliments!

I think I'm going to leave it and see what happens. It's almost all steel, the teeth are aluminum to where they wont rust so there will always be a contrast, and the rings are stainless.

I'm working on another one now, hopefully I can finish it this weekend.

Yes, it's my shop we build the cars at. Thanks for the compliments on our work, we do our best!

Here's my personal car, kind of tiki (or beach rather) related...

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pacificustoms posted on 03/09/2011

On 2011-03-08 18:51, leleliz wrote:
I say leave as is. Love it and welcome :)

Sidenote..I see you are in Napa Valley. Have you ever worked on any of Rob Struven's cars by chance? He runs Garage Ink up there and has some beautiful customs. You may know of each other at least.

[ Edited by: leleliz 2011-03-08 18:55 ]

I've known Rob for quite a few years now, never have worked on any of his cars though. Donavan (one of the artists at his shop) did a lot of paint work on the interior of one of our projects though. Are you from Napa?

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leleliz posted on 03/09/2011

No I am not from Napa but know both Donovan and Rob. In fact I will be seeing Donovan this weekend in Reno at the Lady Luck tattoo show. Rob and I have been friends for a few years - meeting him originally through my tattoo artist - and then just hanging out at shows and at the shop.

Napa is pretty small so as soon as I saw your site I figured you all were friends :)

Look forward to seeing more of your work. Always nice to mix up the material and throw in some metal work on this site.

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coconuttzo posted on 03/10/2011

Cold hearted steel! That's Killer! Would make for a perfect hood ornament! :lol:

I'd kill to see you fabricate a tiki grill for that fine looking car of yours. :tiki:

[ Edited by: coconuttzo 2011-03-09 16:28 ]

[ Edited by: coconuttzo 2011-03-09 16:30 ]

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swizzle posted on 03/10/2011

Awesome work. I agree, leave it as is.

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Tiki Russ posted on 03/10/2011

That'll be some sweet contrast for sure when it rusts out.

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VampiressRN posted on 03/10/2011

Love it Love it Love it!!! I agree, leave it like it is...GREAT JOB. Checked out your site, awesome rods. Welcome to TC.

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pjc5150 posted on 03/10/2011

nice ford...

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laojia posted on 03/11/2011

HéHé! Nice Tiki! Nice job of bending, very clean work. I also agree with Mr Noname, don't paint it.

Welcome on TC!

J.

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pacificustoms posted on 03/14/2011

Built another one this last weekend. This one I think is going to be my own... Added a bit of fire to the top of it also!

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pacificustoms posted on 03/22/2011

Here's one from this past weekend. I made this one with a back that's flat to be hung on the wall.

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pacificustoms posted on 04/21/2011

I went ahead and had one painted in a translucent kandy gold with some darker fades on it. I also polished the aluminum teeth on it.

What do you think? I also have one outside rusting to have another completely different look to it.

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metalhead posted on 04/21/2011

From one metal guy to another . . . NIIICCCE!!!!! You use TIG and how do you create the depression in the head piece??

Keep it up --- lovin it!

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McTiki posted on 04/21/2011

Was that powder coated?

Either way! That is creative as hell! Awesome job!

McTiki

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pacificustoms posted on 04/21/2011

Thanks metalhead! Yea, I TIG everything. I only use a MIG a couple times a year. I don't like sparks and burns so much...

For the beads in the head, I use a stamp die I made for a pullmax P-8. One of my favorite machines for sure!

I've got some ideas for a round tiki next, I just don't have much spare time to play with the ideas. Hopefully in the next couple months!

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pacificustoms posted on 04/21/2011

On 2011-04-21 15:51, McTiki wrote:
Was that powder coated?

Either way! That is creative as hell! Awesome job!

McTiki

No, it's just a kandy gold paint, with some brown kandy fades and a few coats of clear. Powder has a translucent powder that could still give the same affect, but I could never get the fades with powder.

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Tikilizard posted on 04/22/2011

Sweeeeeet!

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laojia posted on 04/29/2011

On 2011-04-21 14:10, pacificustoms wrote:

WOW!!!

J.

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pacificustoms posted on 05/04/2011

Thank you J.!

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seeksurf posted on 05/06/2011

well done! I'm impressed

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