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| eric9144 |
 Aug 15 2011, 09:52 AM
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Advanced Member  Group: Members Posts: 2,771 Joined: 30-March 11 From: San Diego, CA Member No.: 12,876 Region Association: Southern California 
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OK so lets say you have a '74 2.0 914 that's remarkably clean, you're the second owner and have all the records and history on the car going all the way back. It's been a CA car its whole life and has only very minor rust issues, super straight, no accidents, no DAPO changes, all OE equipement is in stelar shape and nothing is missing. Any mod's have been bolt on with no permanent changes that couldn't be reversed...
I've owned the car for 16 years now, have no intention of selling it ever...It's always going to be a '4' and will always be on 4 bolt Fuchs, I have no intentions on changing that. The car has been both a daily driver and a garage queen, still low miles <100k...but has lots of little scratches etc from 38 years of use...shows very well from 3 feet away. I do drive it, sometimes hard, including AX and DE... So here's the big question-in terms of overall values-with prices driving up and up on these the way they are, What would you do if you were finally going in for a professional total repaint? Feel free to flame the choices with your opinions... Pic to help you decide:  |
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| Tom_T |
Aug 24 2011, 01:03 AM
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TMI.... Group: Members Posts: 8,321 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California
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Ask the Modder's crowd & you'll get more yes's, ask the CW crowd & you'll get more No's - the Garage is mostly the former, so I think you know the answer you'll get in this poll! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
It's your car & you need to do what you want, but don't "If only..." later! Facts are the all original 914s are fewer & farther between, and they pull a premium in value in stock paint, colors & fitment. That said, you may find a great P-car paint & body guy in your area who can fix the rust & scratches, while only spot painting & airbrushing in those areas for maybe 10-20% of the overall body/paint area - but metallics are hard to do that with, as compared to a non-metallic, and even some of those colors are harder. Have at it! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) |
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eric9144 If you were going in for paint... Aug 15 2011, 09:52 AM
Cohibra45 I obviously voted before reading :headbang: !... Aug 15 2011, 10:02 AM KELTY360 Lose the side markers. The european style is what ... Aug 15 2011, 10:03 AM reharvey You got to get rid of the " Warts " fro... Aug 15 2011, 10:20 AM nsr-jamie I agree, lose the side markers...those are just pl... Aug 15 2011, 10:27 AM carr914 If you going for CW Paint, keep the Lens. Also ski... Aug 15 2011, 10:32 AM nsr-jamie In the pics your car looks amazing, do you really ... Aug 15 2011, 10:33 AM eric9144 Hood badge will be removed for sure...
I can snap... Aug 15 2011, 10:38 AM Andyrew Voted without reading.
Concourse level? None of ... Aug 15 2011, 10:39 AM Socalandy I deleted my side markers but since its just a 2.0... Aug 15 2011, 11:37 AM
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Remember its your car and you can do whatever yo... Aug 16 2011, 06:56 AM markb I also voted before reading. Considering what you ... Aug 15 2011, 12:36 PM RiqueMar
Considering what you have, I would take it down t... Aug 15 2011, 12:53 PM tod914 What Markb said. I would think the car would be m... Aug 15 2011, 04:20 PM eric9144 I'll post some pic's of the scratches--som... Aug 15 2011, 04:30 PM MDG I may have missed this but is it original paint? I... Aug 15 2011, 04:44 PM scotty b IMHO A solid car that is NPOT tracked and has low ... Aug 15 2011, 05:16 PM RobW ......... and Pat Garvey :rotfl:
And even Pat... Aug 16 2011, 06:59 AM Dave_Darling I did go for paint. I voted the same way I chose ... Aug 15 2011, 11:19 PM jcd914
I've owned the car for 16 years now, have no ... Aug 16 2011, 01:38 AM Cohibra45
So here's the big question-in terms of overa... Aug 16 2011, 01:48 PM eric9144
You are going to have to ask yourself the hard qu... Aug 16 2011, 03:32 PM MDG
. . . I like to drive the sh!t out of it stil... Aug 16 2011, 04:13 PM Cohibra45
You are going to have to ask yourself the hard q... Aug 16 2011, 05:41 PM sean_v8_914 not many original looking survivor cars around any... Aug 16 2011, 09:36 PM campbellcj My $.02 - for a very clean, stock street car ... Aug 16 2011, 09:37 PM Steve I would install the Engman kit before the stiffeni... Aug 18 2011, 07:12 AM RiqueMar
Ask the Modder's crowd & you'll get m... Aug 27 2011, 01:04 PM damesandhotrods I haven’t seen the car in person but I guess Iâ€... Aug 27 2011, 01:46 PM BarberDave :trophy:
I voted to keep the Hockey Pucks, ... Aug 28 2011, 05:23 AM wertygrog Having seen it yesterday, I would say take it to a... Aug 28 2011, 11:08 PM |
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