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

[jsteele22]

QUOTE (ninefourteener @ Oct 19 2005, 08:36 AM)

Question though..... at $xxx dollars per hour...... how long does the car need to "sit" between the basecoat and the clearcoat....... then how long after the clearcoat has been applied:??

I wondered the same thing. When I asked, the guy said that it was no problem : if the car needed to sit between coats, that was "off the clock". But my understanding of the base/clear coat system is that the clear coat has to go on within a short time after the base coat - it's actually a chemical reaction between the two layers.

When I was looking into painting, I went to a local auto body supply store and talked to a guy there. He pretty much talked me out of doing the job myself. I might still be swayed back that way, but this guy -- who would be selling me all the supplies -- kept emphasizing over and over that it really takes a lot of experience to get a good job. Now, since you've done bodywork and surface prep, I guess that's a huge leg up. But I'd recommend doing a lot of talking to people who have done it before before you commit. One option to save some $$ and still get a decent job is to do all the prep, buy the paint, and have a pro shoot it on for you. I've heard of people doing this and being satisfied w/ the results.