Ok, I've been reading most of my 369 email messages that built up while gone
for a few days, and had to reply to the paint one... I will admit, I have a
$300.00 Earl Scheib paint job on my 67 2000. However, before you decide
that it looks like crap, go to Datsun.org and look up car #588. Granted, I
did all the prep work myself... all they did was shoot it. The secret was
to 1) do good prep work (which is not that hard if the car is fairly
straight to begin with and you have a friend who knows a thing or two or who
can primer it for you); 2) ask them to use their most experienced painter;
3) have them put on several coats of clear, then 4) wet sand and buff it out
(again, not that hard once you get over your fear, and it will look like a
mirror). Talk to an auto paint supply house about how to buff out a car,
what to use, etc. Makes a HUGE difference. I probably have about $400 in
my paint, and at that price I can afford to paint the car every few years if
I want, but I have not needed to. Plus, I don't freak out when I get chips
in the paint (which you will). By the way, my car is black. I DRIVE my
car, I don't show it, so my standards may be different. But, then again,
when you do something yourself, you appreciate it that much more, IMHO...
Greg Burrows
Gary McCormick wrote:
> Yeah, but you can't get a new Miata (ugh!) for anything near that, now
> can you? If you are expecting to get value out (in resale price) by
> putting a really nice paint job on a Roadster - ain't gonna happen - but
> you'll have a really spiffy looking Roadster getting looks from everyone
> you drive by, and not just another Miata on the road.
>
> Gary McCormick
> San Jose, CA
> '70 2000 SRL311-13291 (yes, I've had those 65mph converstaions on the
> freeway before ? you know the ones, "Hey, what a cool car! My (dad,
> brother, uncle, sister's boyfriend) used to have one of those... )
>
> John F Sandhoff wrote:
>
> > Forgive me for it's been a really bad Friday. Best you just hit
> > the <delete> key NOW :-) Flames to ME, don't clutter the list...
> >
> > At $5,000-plus for the paint job, a brand new Miata is starting
> > to sound pretty darn good :-)
> >
> > -- John
> > John F Sandhoff sandhoff@csus.edu Sacramento, CA
> > '69 2000 with cracking paint, warped fenders and rust showing
> > thru everywhere.....
> >
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