Originally Posted by
Richard B
Can't fault your analysis and opinion. Plain Red repray should give you an excellent result as you say.
Just be careful with the edges of panels and corners. I had a massive problem with the zinc galvanisation having been sanded through during a respray, and while I had a great looking car, underneath the car had lost its rust protection in places. Ten year later I had to fix a lot of surface rust bubbles coming through. I now would rather buy a slightly rough car with original paint rather than a great looking car that has had a recent respray.
I had a brand new resprayed car keyed on front to back on both sides once. Weeks of work destroyed in under a minute. It was then that I decided not to care so much about paint in future and just focus on rust protection. My repair jobs since then have been effective but a little Mad Max in appeal.