brownj218
04-14-2007, 09:06 PM
My plan... I have an '88 4dr LX with 216 000kms (134 000 mi) on it. I love it... but it has tons of rust. So me, my bro, and my buddies came up with a plan. I will post pics 2morrow hopefully, but I just wanted to voice this for now.
The first thing I did today was taking off the plastic trim that is on the sides of the car. I think the car would look so much better without it. So I took off the trim, and started to sand it. Since I have many tools at my disposal.. I am planing on welding some sheet metal over the gap that is now there, and then smoothing it with bondo.
After that, I wanna start cutting out all the other rusted spots and replacing them with sheet metal. Once that is done, I will probably sand the rest of the car myself and then attempt to paint it white.
Now I have had many people telling me that this is a stupid plan. Most people are telling me that the rust will keep on coming back, and the rest are telling me that I will never be able to paint it myself and have it look good.
For the rust, wouldn't it be possible to cut out most of it, and then just spray some POR-15 before priming the rest of the car? I am just being told that no matter what I do, the rust will always come back.
As for the paint job, I can understand why people are breaking my balls about it. However...this is just a plan, so nothing is in stone yet. I don't think it would be that hard to buy a $50 paint gun and just paint in my garage....but i could be wrong. I just figure that this way, I could do the primer, paint coats, and clear coat for less than the price of a Maaco enemal paint job. And painting it white would probably be the easiest to do yourself... because mistakes wouldn't show up as much.
I just need people to let me know if they have any experience with painting their car, and actually if you have one of the cheap Maaco jobs. Because I have also had people tell me that the Maaco jobs aren't that bad. Also let me know if you have cut sheet metal and welded it on your car. I am basically looking for advice, and for people that have experience to give me some do's and dont's. Thanks alot people, and I will start to post some pics hopefully tomorrow.
The first thing I did today was taking off the plastic trim that is on the sides of the car. I think the car would look so much better without it. So I took off the trim, and started to sand it. Since I have many tools at my disposal.. I am planing on welding some sheet metal over the gap that is now there, and then smoothing it with bondo.
After that, I wanna start cutting out all the other rusted spots and replacing them with sheet metal. Once that is done, I will probably sand the rest of the car myself and then attempt to paint it white.
Now I have had many people telling me that this is a stupid plan. Most people are telling me that the rust will keep on coming back, and the rest are telling me that I will never be able to paint it myself and have it look good.
For the rust, wouldn't it be possible to cut out most of it, and then just spray some POR-15 before priming the rest of the car? I am just being told that no matter what I do, the rust will always come back.
As for the paint job, I can understand why people are breaking my balls about it. However...this is just a plan, so nothing is in stone yet. I don't think it would be that hard to buy a $50 paint gun and just paint in my garage....but i could be wrong. I just figure that this way, I could do the primer, paint coats, and clear coat for less than the price of a Maaco enemal paint job. And painting it white would probably be the easiest to do yourself... because mistakes wouldn't show up as much.
I just need people to let me know if they have any experience with painting their car, and actually if you have one of the cheap Maaco jobs. Because I have also had people tell me that the Maaco jobs aren't that bad. Also let me know if you have cut sheet metal and welded it on your car. I am basically looking for advice, and for people that have experience to give me some do's and dont's. Thanks alot people, and I will start to post some pics hopefully tomorrow.