Quote Originally Posted by Richard B View Post
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.
Keyed both sides? Ouch.. Imagine catching them in the act. I thought things like that only happened to me.
I have to park my car on the street - 45° angle parking and no line markings to use as a guide. Most people fail dismally when it comes to reverse parking and parking on angle makes it worse. Add to that I live next to shops situated on a busy intersection so protecting my car from exterior damage is near impossible. People seem to think that when you park your car it's normal to open your door until it hits the car parked next to you. So I can understand being satisfied with Mad Max styling, sometimes its the best you can do and it also helps keep a low profile making it less desirable to thieves.
Most of the time I just wish birds wouldn't shit on my car whenever I have just giving it a polish.

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