Hypotheticly thinking about paint

[vwdaun at yahoo.com (Daun Yeagley)]

--- Jacob Hawes <gr8hunter1@comcast.net> wrote:

I 
> really don't know how far I will go with repainting it
> and whether or 
> not I will try to get all the rust (that I know it has
> even if I can't 
> see much) taken care of or not. But that isn't the
> important issue. The 
> issue is: what color?

Well actually, especially on the Mk 1 cars, rust IS the big
issue.  It is the number one cause of death for the Mk 1
Scirocco.  Treat it, and keep after it.  If you're going to
go through all the trouble of painting the car, do it
right.  Painting over rust will have the car looking way
worse than before within a couple months.

> I kinda want to keep the brown interior as replacing all
> that would get 
> too expensive for my income. 
 
> What colors go well with this stock brown interior? It
> does not have to 
> be a stock '80 color or even a common scirocco color,
> just a color that 
> works. I don't really want to go red or green.

Well, you don't want to go with red or green, which are
probably the best choices other than brown with that
interior.  Dark blue would be another good choice - one
that I would likely go with.  (I wish my old '77 didn't
have so much terminal rust, that was the color combo it
had.)  Doing a complete color change is an extremely
involved process to do well.  Door jambs, engine bay etc. 
Your best bet would really be to repaint it in the original
Brazil Brown.

Not that fast
> can't look 
> good, but that is not my focus.

If it were me, I'd concentrate on getting the mechanicals
up to snuff, as it sounds like you have a good many things
to do in that department first.  I'm of the school that
believes in mechanics first, looks second - some people are
just the opposite.  Bottom line - do whatever works for you
- it is YOUR car.  Just remember that if it's worth doing,
it's worth doing right.

I also
> got a price quote 
> on getting someone else to replace the cv joint boots on
> the front since 
> I know that two of them are torn and last time I worked
> on those it took 
> me way too long to get them back together and attached to
> the 
> transmission while working on my back, down hill.

In my book, the simplest thing to do is get a pair of reman
axles.  Lifetime warranty, and probably quicker to change
out than installing new boots on questionable CV joints. 
(What's the time to beat Cathy - 45 minutes tools out to
tools away, in the parking lot at Buffalo airport?)

 How
> does 150 labor for 
> both sides if all of them need to be replaced (worse case
> scenario) sound?

Is this just replacing boots or entire axles?  If it's
axles, go for it.

HTH

Daun Yeagley - Wilmington Ohio
'81 Scirocco S               '86 Scirocco 8v
'88 Scirocco 16v             '88 Scirocco Slegato 
'96 Passat GLX Wagon         '56 Cessna 172
The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts - Ehrlich's Law.

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