Today, I will be swapping the clutch master..........Wish me luck!
Yesterday, I paid a visit to the body shop, and discussed a few options. He had told me before that we could actually paint the car in sections if I wanted to. So, my reason for going was to see what it would cost to paint the rear bumper, mold in the Bomex rears, and paint them too. I know I can't paint the whole car yet, but I'd like to try to work towards getting it all Red, even if the reds don't quite match.
He then started spitting out some offers. He said he would have to check into what the best product for molding in the bomex would be. He would send the bumper to be stripped and prepped and paint it for $350, but said there would be more for material to do the molding. As I type this, I wonder........isn't our bumper fiberglass? This shouldn't be to hard. But fiberglass to metal will be different, when I do the sides.
His next idea, and the one I liked, was to do most of the minor body work, and primer the whole car. He said that they now use a urethane primer and clear over it. The cost for this would be about $750. Then when I could, painting over it, would be about $1000. I didn't ask, but I'm sure sending the bumpers, and molding the rest of the Bomex will add to that. The only drawback to this plan is that my first car was primer grey, and I sort of have a fondness. That would kill motivation. He guaranties that his primer job would look better than a $500 paint job at the spray and glow across the street. Should I or should I not go this route??????? My financial position will not allow a full good paint job at this point, and I will NOT settle for less.
ur bumpers are urethane not 'glass,and don't really need to be stripped down all the way bare unless they have spider cracks in the paint,(if there are cracks in the paint,and you don't go all the way to the plastic they WILL come back to haunt you.)As far as molding the ground effects in I can recommend this product:
