the paint on my work car (86 prelude si) is pretty faded, i am doing some minor rust repairs and was thinking about pianting it myself. Has anyone done this?

 

not a good idea. leave it to someone with experience.

 

uh oh...better get macco! j/k

 

well, i'm not compleatly clueless, i have a sprayer, and my shop has paint booth (its usually used for furniture so it;s kina small). I'm not looking for anything show quality, just something that looks a uniform color from 5 feet away. The only panels that need painting are (thankfully), there easier ones to remove (doors, trunk, hood) to remove, so i think i will remove them and paint them one by on then re-install.

 

in that case, i'd say go for it. . as long as you dont need to paint the bumpers you should be fine. (flex agent and hardeners go into this)


[Modified by Soup ****, 2:50 AM 7/5/2002]

 

I don't need to paint the bumpers, but i am cosidering it, years of uv exposure have turned the bumpers and spoiler from red to pink. It's not just my car though, I saw another red 2nd gen lude the other day with pink bumbers.

 

go to a book store or auto store book section. theres books on body work and painting. its not THAT hard if you take time into it. its fun too. gluck

 

It's all about the prep-work and, the work you do to it afterwards...

Suprdave

 

I was inspired to do it after i saw the z in this months grassroots motorsports, the article said the paint took one day and six cans of krylon!!! and it looks decent