Winter projects(s).... several of them, Tell me I'm stupid. Options

[ninefourteener]

Mornin Folks!

I've been tossing around the idea of selling the teener for quite some time now, and my wife finally convinced that its better to just keep it, and make it the way I want it.

Well...... we're looking at buying a house REALLY soon (in fact, we'll find out this afternoon), and it will have an oversized 2-car garage... lots of room for the many projects I'm considering doing. I'm trying to get the most dramatic results, from the lowest cost

Good ideas? Bad ideas? Let me have your thoughts:

1. Flares....... I'm not too bad with bodywoprk at all, but I actually PREFER the look of bolt-on flares. I'm thinking of keeping the car willow green, and the flares a flat-black color.

2. Buying a set of adapters/spacers that go from 4x130 to 5x114..... so I can can feel up the wheelwells with the 2-piece BBS' 18s that are currently on my Acura.

3. Paint...... Again.... I'm pretty good at bodywork, and have prepped several cars for paint. Never painted before though.... Can it be done in a garage... or do you need a paint booth to get decent results?

Same color (but new paint)........ keeping the vinyl roof......... flat black bolt-on flares........ 18 inch wheels.

I like the originality of keeping the roof. I like the original bumpers (not 916 kits)........ I like the look of bolt-on flares, and I like the look of a large wheel-tire combo.

Tell me I'm stupid.... so I don't have to do all this. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)

Thanks!!

Matt

[914GT]

Painting in a 2-car garage can be done, it's only a matter how how good of a job you want to achieve and how much overspray and mess are you (or your wife) are willing to put up with. One important part of a successful paint job is how well you can control the environment. That includes keeping the dust level down but still have good ventilation, controlling the temperature/humidity, and good lighting. You can put sheets of plastic up on the walls and on the floor to keep things clean. You should put up plenty of lights, at least have several fluorescent fixtures around the garage. You can install an exhaust fan in a doorway to the outside with a furnace filter taped over it, then more filters where your outside air comes in. Paint overspray can make a mess so you want to control that. The worst is urethane clear which will float around as it's catalyzing, then bonds to anything it settles on. That includes your other cars and maybe your neighbors if you allow it to get out. Paint early in the day when the air is usually more calm, and temps cooler (if gets hot in afternoon). Shut off any water heater pilot lights. Use a filter/drier on your air line mounted at least 25' away from the compressor. There's a few things you might think about. Good luck.