04-18-2008, 01:48 PM
woohooooo, I've been waiting to see this thread pop up.
My vote is a showercurtain/PVC paintbooth in the driveway. Despite Derek's comment, if you prep it right and get the flow right on your gun, a little bit of TLC, some buffing, and a good wax will make it pop better than than the pic you've got of the real RS. Besides, even if the paint isn't perfect when you finish, it's a track car designed to get scratched up by rocks and shit, so no reason to dump money into a $5000 paint job when $200 or less will get your 95% there.
I've been thinking about the homemade paintbooth for a while and if you set it up with a top and bottom, put in a hole for a home air filter or two, and a couple box fans to suck air through the whole room, you won't have to worry about dust and you'll get airflow like a real shop's paint booth (just not as much).
My vote is a showercurtain/PVC paintbooth in the driveway. Despite Derek's comment, if you prep it right and get the flow right on your gun, a little bit of TLC, some buffing, and a good wax will make it pop better than than the pic you've got of the real RS. Besides, even if the paint isn't perfect when you finish, it's a track car designed to get scratched up by rocks and shit, so no reason to dump money into a $5000 paint job when $200 or less will get your 95% there.
I've been thinking about the homemade paintbooth for a while and if you set it up with a top and bottom, put in a hole for a home air filter or two, and a couple box fans to suck air through the whole room, you won't have to worry about dust and you'll get airflow like a real shop's paint booth (just not as much).