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How far to disassemble a 914 for new paint? |
draganc |
Aug 4 2019, 02:05 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 725 Joined: 2-November 09 From: central new jersey Member No.: 11,000 Region Association: North East States |
Hello folks!
I’m in the planning phase of painting my teener. The car is very original but it has a dull non original top coat (silver), hence I’m contemplating how far I shall disassemble the car. I’m planning to go down to bare metal for the new paint. However, the inside of the body, trunk’s inside and door seals have great looking original paint that I want to preserve. What’s the forums experience/verdict? Paint assembled or build stands for the doors and remove trunks to paint them off the body? Thanks! PS: i do plan on removing the windshield. |
Superhawk996 |
Aug 5 2019, 04:04 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,779 Joined: 25-August 18 From: Woods of N. Idaho Member No.: 22,428 Region Association: Galt's Gulch |
Fair enough points but those sound a more cost driven and that is fair for those on a budget. I guess that is why I hedged with “Ideally”.
In my experience I have seen too many overspray jobs with visible color mismatch and tape lines. Just look at the numerous photos on this site of VIN tags, chassis tags that bear witness to either inability or the sheer difficulty of masking. I’ve painted several cars and motorcycles and always found the end quality to be better when taken to metal. Maybe that says more about my lack of skill as a painter and tape masker. That’s a fair criticism. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) I thought the logic would be factory paint is oven baked - yadda, yadda. Painting bare metal is no harder than over other paint in my limited experience. I did a 64’ Honda Dream back in mid 90’s with 2K paint over bare metal. Still has gloss like the paint was done last week. Is resale any better with OEM paint in trunks? I honestly don’t know but I do know I wouldn’t pay extra for it. |
DickSteinkamp |
Aug 5 2019, 05:09 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 500 Joined: 27-February 17 From: Bellingham, WA Member No.: 20,876 Region Association: None |
In my experience I have seen too many overspray jobs with visible color mismatch and tape lines. It isn't mandatory that you do a sloppy job. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) . Another reason to remove the trunk lids is that you can cleanly tape off the body at a place that will be covered by the rubber seal. Masking isn't easy and takes time. It takes me (an amateur) 8 hours to mask a car for sealer/color. If you short cut this step you will not be happy with the results. The respray color can match the jambs perfectly. Body shops and paint supply stores do it multiple times daily. QUOTE Just look at the numerous photos on this site of VIN tags, chassis tags that bear witness to either inability or the sheer difficulty of masking. Another good reason NOT to paint the jambs, etc. if the paint is good in those areas. All the original, stickers, labels, number plates look great against the original finish. They can be masked off, but it is a PITA. Worse (IMHO) is to replace them with repops. |
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