My '88 sedan is badly in need of a paint job. The shell is 100% solid and rust free. However, there are lots of minor dings, owies, and paint chips, and worse, some partially re-sprayed areas from the PO have failed completely, with major 3-dimensional spider-web cracking of the clear coat.
Note that "get a real $2K+ paint job" is not one of the poll choices. The Maaco's and Earl Scheib's in Las Vegas charge big $$$ when you get into urethane paints and body work, so I'm not leaning toward that either.
I have now accumulated all the supplies to do the body work, a gallon of Pettit Easypoxy 1-part urethane yacht paint, and the supplies to do the paint.
Now that all the stuff is in-hand, I'm sweating the amount of labor it's going to take to do this job. I think it will turn out nice; the roller painting method has come a long way since '07, and high-end yacht paints come out much better than Rust-O-leum. Color would change from OEM cirrusblau to arrest-me-red. Trunk and door jambs would be color matched, engine bay would not. Most of the trim would be removed rather than masked. My hideously body-colored plastic bumper strips (by PO) would return to OEM black. I'd roll the fenders prior to painting.
I'm aware that this is a controversial topic, and don't mind some heated discussion.
Please mention if, as an informed E30 buyer for a mid-grade, plain-vanilla model, would you prefer good looking non-factory fresh paint, or failed OEM paint that you could do whatever you wanted with.
Also, I'm not in love with this particular shell, and may not keep it more than a couple years.
Have at it.
Note that "get a real $2K+ paint job" is not one of the poll choices. The Maaco's and Earl Scheib's in Las Vegas charge big $$$ when you get into urethane paints and body work, so I'm not leaning toward that either.
I have now accumulated all the supplies to do the body work, a gallon of Pettit Easypoxy 1-part urethane yacht paint, and the supplies to do the paint.
Now that all the stuff is in-hand, I'm sweating the amount of labor it's going to take to do this job. I think it will turn out nice; the roller painting method has come a long way since '07, and high-end yacht paints come out much better than Rust-O-leum. Color would change from OEM cirrusblau to arrest-me-red. Trunk and door jambs would be color matched, engine bay would not. Most of the trim would be removed rather than masked. My hideously body-colored plastic bumper strips (by PO) would return to OEM black. I'd roll the fenders prior to painting.
I'm aware that this is a controversial topic, and don't mind some heated discussion.
Please mention if, as an informed E30 buyer for a mid-grade, plain-vanilla model, would you prefer good looking non-factory fresh paint, or failed OEM paint that you could do whatever you wanted with.
Also, I'm not in love with this particular shell, and may not keep it more than a couple years.
Have at it.
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