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How a Simple Inner Fender Paint Repair Turned into a 3/4 Respray
I've always approached repairs for my 993 with an open check book. But when I went to the paint shop to repair the inner front fenders after the tires had rubbed the paint off, I resisted temptation to do more than the fenders. The car is largely purposed for tracking, and I just didn't see the point in respraying the front bumper despite the road rash and many chips on the bumper and front of the car.
So I dropped the car off at Mike's Body Shop in Malden, MA on October 31 for what was to be a two day repair job. Like a three hour cruise... After 3 1/2 weeks, and a lot more work than anticipated, I finally got the car back on Wednesday.
On their first day into job I received a call telling
me that I needed to get down to the shop right away. This can't be good. Turns out they hit some mud on the inside right fender where the prior owner had also apparently experienced the joy of fender rubbing. The bondo resulted in the paint cracking beyond the inside fender lip, so now the right fender needed to be resprayed to be done properly. One fender = two fenders. And to respray the fenders properly the front bumper needed to come off. So why not respray the front bumper and lose the plug holes and bumperettes.
The work wasn't confined to the fenders and front bumper for long. Mike made an executive decision that the hood needed to be resprayed to fix the chips and properly match the bumper and fenders. Then it was decided that the doors should be resprayed so the paint could properly blend. Also a good time to paint the new Das roll bar. What a snowball! In any event, Mike's does great work and clearly rook great pride in doing this job correctly.
Pictures are worth a thousand words and I want to document this paint job, so here goes...
First day at Muke's
Initial plan confining paint to inside fender
Note prior paint correction on right fender
Uh oh, hit some mud and paint cracked.
Bumper off, and let's replace the cracked windshield
Nice! I would wait for the paint to cure over the winter and then put some paint protection on it. Clear wrap or Gtechniq, Ceramic Pro, or Opti-Coat. Otherwise you'll get a ton of chips at the track next year...
Great job Foxman, and thanks for the great photos. Curious how they did the bumperete deletes, as I had mine done last summer at the best shop in Vancouver, and they said they will never do another one as there were paint reaction issues with the materials used to fill the notches and they had to respray the bumper 3 times. While having the bumper redone I toyed with the idea of doing the hood, and front fenders, and doors, and rear fenders, and....... Since the car looks pretty good as is, I decided to forego the expense at this time until there is more justification. I agree with others, yours looks too nice to track now.
Looks great Foxman! I dig the silver DAS roller! Deleting the bumperettes and headlight washers really cleans up the front end, I did this to mine last year.
11-25-2016, 04:01 PM
How a Simple Inner Fender Paint Repair Turned into a 3/4 Respray
