Hi, Everybody,

Just thinking to restore my 914 but getting confused and don't know what to do. Would someone with the experience who can give me some advise. Thanks.

A 1) What is the pro and con between Strip-Cleaning VS plastic(Bead)-blasting ?
2) What will be the approximately cost of Strip-Cleaning?
3) What will be the cost of plastic-blasting?

4) Any good shop offer the above services located in Vancouver,BC, Canada?

5) Or may be near by in Seattle, WA?

C) 6)The procedures or steps in doing it right after stripping or blasting--------eg: stripping,then body work, then anti-rust proof, undercoating (primer), painting, engine & accessaries fitting, wet sanding....etc...????

Just trying to preserve a 914.
Really thanks for your advise and opinion !!!!

Are you doing just the exterior or the whole car? Media blasting will get everywhere. If you're just doing the outside it might be okay, but never media strip a full car or you will be finding the grit every time you drive your car. SirAndy had his car done like 2 years ago and is still finding sand everytime. Search for blasting to read some good threads.

that was the single worst decision i made during the resto ...

for a full body resto, the only way to go is acid-dipping!!!!

trust me, you have to see (and touch) a freshly dipped tub to believe it.
Andy

Thanks.

What is in my mind is to totally disassembly the car and get the whole car dip into a big tank of liquid (acid?) strip-cleaning or may be just bead blasting (I would not take the sand blast as most have some negative feedback on that.).

Just don't know which way to go.

Do you have good shops in the area?

Thanks again.