01-12-2007, 08:25 PM
PDenbigh Wrote:Holy crap, that's a yellow XR4Ti in that second link!!hah, I totally forgot about that. It's been a couple months since I read the threads, meant to point that out to you but this thread was supposed to be up a long time ago too :-).
Yeah, the deer got rocked pretty hard. The door and hood took a bit of minor damage, but the fender was wrinkled really good and rubbed any time I hit a bump.
Car is being sold, but there's no way I'll flip it for a profit, considering the amount of $$ I've put into it (if I factored in my time, I'd never be able to get rid of it). I'm trying to clean it up and make it as good as I can, then get rid of it ASAP. It's a fabulous DD, and has a lot of potential as a track car, just not my taste. Enjoyed it while I had it, time for something else (read: Z)
If a person has the facilities to spray a car, then I can honestly say that is probably the way to go. However, it is more expensive and requires more equipment. I wouldn't do this without a garage, but that is literally all you need to keep your budget around $100. I have a log of all of my hours downstairs, I know I have over 60 in it, including my screwups, prep, etc. but not including buffing and final details. I don't know about this giving greater depth and such, but the results have a lot of potential. If I known what I was doing, this would totally have ended up looking a lot better, IMO, but it really shines now compared to what it did :-). I'll have a breakdown of my work and pointers soon, as well as final pics.