Re: trim piece needed.. semi-emergency!

[Kevin Collins <kcollins1@socal.rr.com>]

Kareem wrote:

> Just curious as to how much of the car was refinished.
> Was the engine compartment, bottom of the hood painted???
> And if so, how much of a bitch are those two places
> to paint (removing engine parts/rotten padding from hood, etc.)

The door jambs, under hood, etc., were NOT resprayed.  Since I'm redoing the
factory color, I wasn't concerned with these places.  My underhood area is
VERY clean anyways, and with a little detail work, should be spotless.  I've
ordered a new hood insulation pad set ($$!) as mine was missing, this will
further clean up the underhood looks.

I expect to have the motor out and torn down sometime in the next year or
so, if the engine compartment is anything less than spotless, I'll have
it reshot while the motor's out.. but I'm getting ahead of myself!

Other tidbits: I'm having the side pillar that's covered by a big black
vinyl sticker sprayed in flat black, rather than redoing the sticker.  The
things are UGLY expensive, and paint will last longer anyways.  Same for 
black trim at bottom of rear spoiler.  The body kit was shot ON the car,
with a flex agent in the paint.  Looks like it came out fine, and they're
not even finished cleaning it up yet.  The paint was shot with all the
glass out of the car, except the rear window.  ALL the rubber is being
replaced.  There will be NO signs of masking anything off when done as
a result.  It's going to be difficult to even spot the fact that the
thing is repainted at all..  :D


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Kevin Collins
Huntington Beach, CA
'86.5 Scirocco 16V 2.0
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Factory/1780

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