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KELTY360
post Apr 22 2010, 08:09 PM
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About a month ago I flattened my right fender while attempting to submerge under the bumper of a Chevy Tahoe. As embarrassing as that was, it forced me to take the car off the road for repairs. Given the splotchy, oxidized finish it was silly to try to match the paint, so the only logical path was to finally do the full cosmetic makeover I'd always intended.

After getting recommendations from the incredibly sympathetic members of the PNW contingent. I contacted Eurotech Bodywerkes to do the work. The owner is a 914 owner as is one of the metal massagers, Slow914. They mostly specialize in German stuff with some other interesting rigs sprinkled in for interest.

Here's the initial damage that triggered everything.

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The original plan was to strip down as far as necessary to insure good adhesion, but after discovering numerous problems from previous repairs, it was taken down to bare metal.

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Sail vinyl was removed and the trim holes filled.

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I was offered a hood and fender by 914Junkie down in Vancouver, WA - thanks Paul. We were able to use the fender in the repair but the hood was a little too rusty. I also discovered that the hood off my parts car was too rusty, but finally I found one from rdauenhauer that worked - thanks Rich (and effutou101 - Chris for delivery).

The fender repair looks great.


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post Apr 22 2010, 08:18 PM
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Eurotech has been great to work with every step of the way and they are really making great progress. The body is prepped and primered with color hopefully being sprayed tomorrow.

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After looking at countless pics, I decided I really like the look of body color painted bumpers. The tits are history also. They didn't help in the last episode anyway.

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The doors and hood have also got some color now.

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It's getting exciting now. Can't wait to see this all come together. I'll post more as progress is made.
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post Apr 22 2010, 08:24 PM
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Awesome!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif) That's the color of my 914 as well. I'm interested to see how the bumpers end up.
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post Apr 22 2010, 09:20 PM
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Eurotech did all the bodywork and paint on my car back in 2003. The paint still looks new. They do very nice work. Can't wait to see your car with paint on it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sawzall-smiley.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welder.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)
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post Apr 22 2010, 10:01 PM
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post Apr 22 2010, 10:06 PM
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Awesome Marc. I was going to flick you all kinds of crap..... And you wouldn't want to give ANYtech credit. Cuz....I thought you had some paint issues. Was I wrong????

I figured the strange paint - wigggy - faded - yada-damaged........ Combined with the latest turn of events..... Schwing!!
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post Apr 22 2010, 10:45 PM
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QUOTE(Rand @ Apr 22 2010, 09:06 PM) *

Awesome Marc. I was going to flick you all kinds of crap..... And you wouldn't want to give ANYtech credit. Cuz....I thought you had some paint issues. Was I wrong????

I figured the strange paint - wigggy - faded - yada-damaged........ Combined with the latest turn of events..... Schwing!!


Yeah, you figured right. I've had the car for over four years now. From the time I drove it home from SoCal I've wanted to make it purdy, but I became kind of attached to the cosmetic flaws because it's so much fun to drive and I didn't have to worry about chips and dings. But I'd also been looking at color schemes and thinking about what I'd like my car to look like. This has been a chance to put all those ideas to the test.

Along with the bumper tits and sail vinyl, the side warts have been removed and the lower panels will get a complementary accent color. The Mahles will also get some special treatment. Really looking forward to seeing how it all fits together.
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post Apr 22 2010, 11:00 PM
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QUOTE(KELTY360 @ Apr 22 2010, 07:09 PM) *

After getting recommendations from the incredibly sympathetic members of the PNW contingent.

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That's awesome Marc! Looking great... can't wait to see the result.
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post Apr 22 2010, 11:37 PM
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post Apr 23 2010, 05:24 AM
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That's gonna be really nice Mark.

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post Apr 23 2010, 02:00 PM
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Oh man, that's gonna turn out nice!
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post Apr 23 2010, 02:50 PM
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Might be too late but might want to take off the plastic door stills. I took mine off and found out the metal had never been painted underneath. Had a little rust hole.
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QUOTE(patssle @ Apr 23 2010, 02:22 PM) *

Might be too late but might want to take off the plastic door stills. I took mine off and found out the metal had never been painted underneath. Had a little rust hole.


Good point. It is a little late, plus the jams have been left alone. I will check it though as I may swap out those sills anyway.
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post Apr 23 2010, 07:46 PM
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Dropping off some of Mikey914's nice seals gave me a good reason to visit the shop again this AM. I'm a noob at getting a car painted and I'm amazed at the difference a clear coat makes.

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Making it look like liquid glass.

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Color was scheduled to be squirted on the body this afternoon. Gonna be a long weekend of anticipation. I can procrastinate a project for years, but once it's going I'm not a patient person. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/boldblue.gif)
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post Apr 23 2010, 07:53 PM
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QUOTE(Todd Enlund @ Apr 22 2010, 08:00 PM) *

QUOTE(KELTY360 @ Apr 22 2010, 07:09 PM) *

After getting recommendations from the incredibly sympathetic members of the PNW contingent.

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That's awesome Marc! Looking great... can't wait to see the result.


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post Apr 23 2010, 08:03 PM
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Another Garage Queen huh?



Yeah, I may have to go park it next to that green POS in the other garage. Are you ever going to get that door handle fixed? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif)
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post Apr 23 2010, 08:23 PM
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