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Originally Posted by 79T/A
I think you're better off running it in primer/sealer until you have the money to do it right. I haven't painted a car yet, but all of the research I've done indicates that a good paint job is about 10% paint, 90% prep. If you're going to go all the way with the metal prep, I don't see the point in throwing a Maaco paint job on top of it just to have to strip it to paint it again later on. The real cost of the paint job is going to be all the labor to prep it. A good paint shop isn't going to want to paint over a Maaco job, they're going to want to paint on a surface that they know the paint will stick to best.
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I thought about doing that. My problem with that is primer loves water. As much as I'm gonna try to keep it dry...I don't see being able to do so in real life. Besides, if I'm gonna put it in primer, I might as well put it in color, hence the Maaco idea. As I said this is a driver, not a trailer queen. The reason in doing the metal work now is theres no sense in putting the car back together, than having to take it all back apart again to do the metal work. Its apart now. I found Classic Industries has a battery tray replacement panel. I can cut it out, prep it, but I'll need someone to weld it in. Stuff like that. Inner rockers will need to be cut and patched, as well as a spot on the driver's door sill, and the driver's floor. Its not worth pulling all the interior stuff back out again to fix that. Hence when I get it a roller I'm gonna take it in for metal work.