RE: Pics of my new Toy!

[Brian McGarvey <brianm@zbt62.eastnet.gatech.edu>]

On Sat, 27 Jan 2001, Neal Tovsen wrote:

> 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...
try the no paint ding removal the use a little bit of physics to remove
it. (linear coefficient of expansion/contraction)

>
> 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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