Painting advice

[Ben Fenner]

JaretR1 at aol.com wrote:
> Once again, I have come to another crossroads with my beloved 91 SE-R.



As far as I'm concerned, you have two options. First, you can do the 
body work yourself. Replace the bumper, and fill in any dents with bondo 
if that seems feesable. Then sand and prep the entire car, taking out 
all the lights and masking off all of the glass, etc. Then have the car 
towed to Macco (you did say Macco right) and have them paint it for $150 
or what ever. Make them do an extra coat maybe for another $40. It will 
be a poor job, with orange peel and tons of drips. It will be awful, but 
at least they won't but the letters on the trunk lid backwards (don't 
get me started). Then you get to do a lot of sanding. You get to sand 
down the drips, and wet sand the entire car until you're left with a 
great paint job. The overspray and orange peel will be a lost memory.
I know a few factory five roadster guys who've taken their cars to 
Macco. They say as long as you're prepaired to do they work tthat they 
don't, you should be okay.



You next option (frankly the one I prefer, and the one I'll be employing 
when my carbon fiber hood comes) is the $50 paint job.

Pictures speak louder than words, so visit this site for a how-to with pics:

http://www.rickwrench.com/50dollarpaint.html


-Ben Fenner
1994 Black SE-R (going VEMS, then turbo)
1994 Black SE-R (with sunroof, failing clutch, and horrible paint job)