RE: Pics of my new Toy!

["Neal Tovsen" <sixteen.volt@gte.net>]

Thanks for the advice! I still haven't decided how much I'm willing to
spend. I want my car to look like it did from the factory, but I'm not sure
I'm willing to throw away my euro bumpers/lights or buy a new fuba. On the
other hand, the lights are a little pitted, and the bumpers have faded. My
GF really likes the "natural black bumpers" look (I think I do, too), so I'm
not sure that painting is the way to go. The car does need a new windshield,
and I haven't heard of ANYBODY who had good luck reusing the rain gutters,
so those might be in order.

Did your car have any door-dings/dents/rust when you took it in? How did it
get removed? Did you like the results vs. the cost? I **really** don't like
Bondo, but I'm not sure how expensive it would be to avoid. The car has a
few good door-dings that will need tending, and a good dent in the hood...

Neal

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> [mailto:owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Kevin Collins
> Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2001 8:31 PM
> To: Neal Tovsen; Scirocco List
> Subject: Re: Pics of my new Toy!
>
>
> Neal wrote:
>
> > So, I just gotta ask: How much was the paint job? How was your
> experience?
> > Any tips? Mine is about due for the same treatment, but I'm
> really nervous
> > about doing it. I've heard many bad stories.
>
> I went through this last May.  Paint + body was $3k, plus I
> dropped another
> $3700 on parts - ALL rubber, new windshield, new euro bumpers, new euro
> lights (those were the big ticket items obviously), new fuba.. on and on.
> You can go completely overboard or you can get a good job done for a lot
> less if you are willing to tear the car down and prep it yourself and not
> be so anal about the "little" details.
>
> --
> Kevin Collins
> '86.5 16V 2.0
> '00 Passat GLS 1.8T
>
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