Repainting the 914: Down to metal, always?, Curious to get your thoughts Options

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So I'm curious to see what the collected wisdom and experience here says -- and I'd like to hear from those who are NOT/have NOT stripped the car of every part for a "rotisserie" style restoration.

This is for those of us with running, driving 914s considering a paint job yet less than enthusiastic about disassembling the whole car.

I'd especially like to hear from Dr. 914 and others who have restored multiple 914s over time and seen how the paint jobs held up. Is a rust bubble the kiss of death for all surrounding metal?

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pete

[jd74914]

Always take care of rust. Rust bubbles will be the end of a good new paint job. If the factory paint is still there, or if there is a really good layer of paint that has adhered well to the metal its a perfect base to paint on. IMHO the factory paint if its still ok is a great base to paint on. The only worry is hidden rust (which usually seems to appear in the sail panels it seems).

This is all my opinion though, I will be repainting my car in a month or two and have stripped a lot of paint because it is rust, but did leave the well adhered paint on and am just going to scuff it well. My dad has repainted over Porsche factory paint and he thinks it a good base, just as most factory paint is a solid base to start from when repainting a car.

If its original factory paint there won't be much filler under it.

As far as stripping parts off you do want to get as much off as possible to avoid getting overspray on visible pieces. In my case this is a moot point because the car is mostly taken apart for restoration anyways.