I disassembled the car first by drilling out the rivets carefully (I cracked the bottom plastic plate of my first one because I didn't go slow enough)
Then, I submerged it in paint stripper (not sure of the brand, I just got it from wal mart) for about 20 minutes
After that, I held the body in a pot of warm water with pliers and scrubbed the remaining paint off with a toothbrush.
I toweled it off and then suspended it in a cardboard box with some coat hangers glued to the bottom of the box
Then, I sprayed a light coat of white spray primer (also from wal mart) and let it dry, then flipped the car over on the coat hanger and sprayed another coat
I let that dry again, then painted on the tail lights with some "red metal flake" paint I got from Michael's and the headlights, handles, Z symbols, and Nissan symbols with another model paint called "Silver Argate" and a REALLY small paintbrush.
After I let all of that dry overnight, I put it back in my cardboard box rig and sprayed two more light coats of "triple thick" clear gloss (also from wal mart)
After I let that dry for several hours, I put the car back together and put two small dots of hot glue where the rivet heads used to be (i'll probably use epoxy next time)
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