justinj07
Probationary Member
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- Dec 16, 2009
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Davenport,
Iowa
Alright so here's the deal...
Bought a 95 Eclipse GST as a project...the car was in absolutely horrible condition ...
The previous owner did several janky jobs, but the bottom line was he was in a wreck, tried to cover up as much as possible, but painted over the original paint with no prep work. The top paint is cracking like crazy, and the retard added a shitty ass stripe down the middle. Rephrase...he taped down the old paint so that when he painted the car, and removed the tape, there was a stripe consiting of the original paint
To show you the car to give you some idea, the car's pics are attached. Black bumper and fenders is the most recent, the picture showing the damage to the shell is a couple weeks old, and the trailer is when I bought it in December (trans was bad).
Now, I know many are not fans of Maaco, but this car needs paint and I have little money, so I'm thinking I'll go with a $700 Poly-urethane paint job, but do all the prep work myself, which as you may see, we've begun.
Does anyone have suggestions on what to do past sanding everything smooth, while working my way to 1500/2000 grit, and past removing all possible trim, headlights, tail lights, etc. to improve the chances of the paint job working well?
Bought a 95 Eclipse GST as a project...the car was in absolutely horrible condition ...
The previous owner did several janky jobs, but the bottom line was he was in a wreck, tried to cover up as much as possible, but painted over the original paint with no prep work. The top paint is cracking like crazy, and the retard added a shitty ass stripe down the middle. Rephrase...he taped down the old paint so that when he painted the car, and removed the tape, there was a stripe consiting of the original paint
To show you the car to give you some idea, the car's pics are attached. Black bumper and fenders is the most recent, the picture showing the damage to the shell is a couple weeks old, and the trailer is when I bought it in December (trans was bad).
Now, I know many are not fans of Maaco, but this car needs paint and I have little money, so I'm thinking I'll go with a $700 Poly-urethane paint job, but do all the prep work myself, which as you may see, we've begun.
Does anyone have suggestions on what to do past sanding everything smooth, while working my way to 1500/2000 grit, and past removing all possible trim, headlights, tail lights, etc. to improve the chances of the paint job working well?