RE: Painting and restoring....

From: Greg K. Cooper (gkcooper3@mchsi.com)
Date: Thu Jun 23 2005 - 18:21:02 EDT


Check with your body shop first. Some shops won't even touch a job if
anyone has started the prep work.

Greg K. Cooper
Harvest, Alabama

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Dan Kramarsky
Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 3:33 PM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: DML: Painting and restoring....

DMLers with painting experience:

I have the paint peeling on the roof of my GenII. I planned to take it to a
paint/auto
body shop and have them paint the whole thing a single solid color. Its has
the two-tone
factory paint. It's light and medium grey shades. But I probably will go
with a
metallic grey all over.

This is what the body looks like including molding and stripes and all. (
no snow on
mine tho. and i have a bedliner. )
http://www.myautomarket.com/January%202005%20pics/93%20Dodge%20Dakota%201220
5%20727.JPG

>From that picture, what prep work can I do myself to cut down on the cost
re-painting
the entire vehicle?

examples:
 strip off rubber molding...
 remove fender flares..
 remove bedliner..
 remove paint stripes..
 remove emblems...

a list of any other objects that need to be removed is what I am after.

also, is it hard to paint the grill? how do they prep it to get the paint
to stick?

-dan

Dan K.
'92 Grey Dak CC, 318, 4x2, 46RH, 3.55 rear, 235/75R15, PS, PW, PB, PL, AC.

Mods: Cool air, K&N oil/air, Autolite 3924s, re-located IAT.

Future: Swap motor for a slightly modified Magnum 5.9L engine.

                
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