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?

Thanks, (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

pete

[dr914@autoatlanta.com]

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?

Thanks, (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

pete

thank you for the consideration. We always say that if the 914 still has the unmolested factory finish (meaning no cracking of the original finish) that we can prep and paint over it. When the cars were painted at the factory the metal prep was the best and cannot be duplicated. If the 914 has been repainted, we ALWAYS media blast to bare metal. If the factory finish has rusted areas they can be spot stripped and worked. Obviously if there are many of them, we media blast the whole car to bare metal. Paint products these days are superb compared to yesteryear. Another point is that we always base coat clear coat to avoid fading. These type finishes (polyurethene paints) seem to last forever!