Got a rotisserie

[rhamson]

Yes vert.

Yeah I have seen people screw up their car by doing everything on a rotisserie without bracing the doors. I did not need them on my coupe. The roof held the gap open. John at US Cartool said they do the same on coupes as well in their body in white program.
 

[soundcontrol]

Made some simple door braces today. Bolted in excisting holes in the back, drilled new holes up front. Got the front rotisserie part mounted, now to the back, hard to work in a small garage, when my main storage space for parts in in and under the car... I end up spending half my time moving parts around.

[roadman5312]

            Lookin good sc.      

[soundcontrol]

Finally got the car up in the rotisserie, it was a lot of work, garage is crowded and all my boxes with parts was in the car, in the trunk, and under the car, took a lot of cleaning up and moving parts (to my dads spare bedrom,  . he was happy...). But it works, spins fine, might raise it a little bit, rear fender is very close to the bottom.

[AARTA340]

Good going!! That is called progress and it amazing how much storage you lose when you put a car up on a rotisserie. Been there and like you said, it takes a lot of organizing and cleaning to get all the parts that had piled into the shell stored somewhere else. 

[rhamson]

Finally got the car up in the rotisserie, it was a lot of work, garage is crowded and all my boxes with parts was in the car, in the trunk, and under the car, took a lot of cleaning up and moving parts (to my dads spare bedrom,  . he was happy...). But it works, spins fine, might raise it a little bit, rear fender is very close to the bottom.

I have a storage problem as well. I bought a steel storage unit that I store my parts in. It cleaned up the clutter incredibly.

[soundcontrol]

I have a storage problem as well. I bought a steel storage unit that I store my parts in. It cleaned up the clutter incredibly.

It's amazing how much space a car takes once its in pieces! I have a small shed, all doors, fenders, hood, bumpers etc fits there, new parts in boxes are spread out all over my house and all interior parts in my dads spare bedroom, with the complete dash in the bed 

[soundcontrol]

Got a quote for blasting my car including primer, about $800. Now, how long does it take if I do it myself? I got the equipment.  I just cant do it inside, and its winter and freezing cold. (can you even blast outside if it cold?)

[Challenger in NC]

Got a quote for blasting my car including primer, about $800. Now, how long does it take if I do it myself? I got the equipment.  I just cant do it inside, and its winter and freezing cold. (can you even blast outside if it cold?)

If they do a good job, $800 is a good price. That's the route I went.

[Topcat]

Got a quote for blasting my car including primer, about $800. Now, how long does it take if I do it myself? I got the equipment.  I just cant do it inside, and its winter and freezing cold. (can you even blast outside if it cold?)

You wouldn't want to DIY.
It's the worst dirtiest job in the world just about.

I did it and my back paid for it when I did the underside.

[rhamson]

If they do a good job, $800 is a good price. That's the route I went.

Sounds like a good deal if you can trust the workmanship. I chose to do it myself with a HF blaster. I only blasted the under side parts and interior because I did not want any warping of the sheet metal. I stripped that with chemical stripper and sanded it smooth. It took a lot of time and sand but I know what is under the primer.

[soundcontrol]

I talked to the media blaster guy today, sent him some pictures. he said he did not wanna blast the big panel areas like rhamson said also, that is fine with me because I'm not gonna repaint the car right away, (I think). I guess I can clean the inside of the rear quarters by hand. He said he could blast about 2" in from the edges on the inside of the quarters. Does this sound right?
I'm just doing the body, not trunk lid, hood, fenders or doors. And I wanna go to the blasters place and take photos of everything before the paint comes on. This guy recommended some industrial paint, do I want that or a regular 2K primer?
I painted my subframe connectors with a 2K paint they use for industrial stuff in wet enviroments, no primer, seems very good (and expensive).

[rhamson]

I talked to the media blaster guy today, sent him some pictures. he said he did not wanna blast the big panel areas like rhamson said also, that is fine with me because I'm not gonna repaint the car right away, (I think). I guess I can clean the inside of the rear quarters by hand. He said he could blast about 2" in from the edges on the inside of the quarters. Does this sound right?
I'm just doing the body, not trunk lid, hood, fenders or doors. And I wanna go to the blasters place and take photos of everything before the paint comes on. This guy recommended some industrial paint, do I want that or a regular 2K primer?
I painted my subframe connectors with a 2K paint they use for industrial stuff in wet enviroments, no primer, seems very good (and expensive).

That's a lot of work and not do a repaint is my question. How far down are you going to strip the car? Protecting the paint through what you propose is very difficult and risky. When you farm out work to others they may not be as careful as you would think. I would bite the bullet now and enjoy the finished car rather than put off the inevitable. If there are problems with the substructure what lurks beneath it?

[soundcontrol]

That's a lot of work and not do a repaint is my question. How far down are you going to strip the car? Protecting the paint through what you propose is very difficult and risky. When you farm out work to others they may not be as careful as you would think. I would bite the bullet now and enjoy the finished car rather than put off the inevitable. If there are problems with the substructure what lurks beneath it?

I really want the car black, I realize its a difficult color to get right, (thats probably why I'm trying to put if off) you are probably right, I should do the paintjob now instead of later.
This was my plan: Blast and paint the body, under, inside, all areas except quarterpanels. Put the car together so I can test the new 6.1Hemi/NAG1 tranny. Then take my time with the rest, doors, interior, top, etc. I really don't mind putting it together for a test, then taking it apart again, winters are long in Sweden, I have 6 months every year that I can not drive the car. But maybe I change my mind again, it's known to happen