I've been reading threads here in the paint and body forum for awhile now, trying to gather as much knowledge as possible. I recently purchased an FJ40, and it's in need of a paint job. The body has a lot of bad filler and a decent amount of rust. I refuse to have a project car that never gets finished.
I want to do as much of it as I can myself. I also want to be cost effective. The more money I can save, the quicker I can finish it.
So, that said.. Here is my very rough plan, followed by a few questions:
-Start grinding. I plan to grind the interior down to the metal and the exterior to.. Well only as much as I have to. I want to find the rust.
-Cut off whole panels and weld on new ones from SOR. I know the rear quarters and the outer kicker panels need to be replaced.
-Pay a body guy to straighten a few places where the body is bent. (The vertical post at the rear of the passenger door is bent.)
-Primer everything. Prep for paint.
-Take it in to a paint shop to be shot with paint
-Apply monsterliner to interior
So here are my questions for now:
1) I'm going to be stripping paint over a period of time. Some parts will be bare metal, some wont. What can I put on that will buy the most time? It will be some time before I can afford the paint, but I want to start prepping. Is there a product I can put on both bare metal and paint? I keep reading epoxy primer is the way to go.
2) Is it possible to do all the primering without using a spray gun? Using a gun is not an option for me. I will have the paint sprayed on at a shop.
3) I could have the interior knocked out pretty quick. There's not a lot of expense there for what I want to do. I simply want to strip down to bare metal, primer and line with Monstaliner. But it seems like it would be better to do it last. Is it not advisable to do the interior first?
Well that's all for now. I will have more questions as I go, but I hope to be able to keep them within this thread in order to keep from putting a bunch of extra threads on the forum.
Following are a few pics of the FJ. There is a close up of some choice lumpy filler work, and the interior with crappy roll on lining. Looks goofy now because I have the top on and no doors until I'm able to get a hand getting the yop off at my storage unit. I'll use a better camera once I find the cable for it..
I want to do as much of it as I can myself. I also want to be cost effective. The more money I can save, the quicker I can finish it.
So, that said.. Here is my very rough plan, followed by a few questions:
-Start grinding. I plan to grind the interior down to the metal and the exterior to.. Well only as much as I have to. I want to find the rust.
-Cut off whole panels and weld on new ones from SOR. I know the rear quarters and the outer kicker panels need to be replaced.
-Pay a body guy to straighten a few places where the body is bent. (The vertical post at the rear of the passenger door is bent.)
-Primer everything. Prep for paint.
-Take it in to a paint shop to be shot with paint
-Apply monsterliner to interior
So here are my questions for now:
1) I'm going to be stripping paint over a period of time. Some parts will be bare metal, some wont. What can I put on that will buy the most time? It will be some time before I can afford the paint, but I want to start prepping. Is there a product I can put on both bare metal and paint? I keep reading epoxy primer is the way to go.
2) Is it possible to do all the primering without using a spray gun? Using a gun is not an option for me. I will have the paint sprayed on at a shop.
3) I could have the interior knocked out pretty quick. There's not a lot of expense there for what I want to do. I simply want to strip down to bare metal, primer and line with Monstaliner. But it seems like it would be better to do it last. Is it not advisable to do the interior first?
Well that's all for now. I will have more questions as I go, but I hope to be able to keep them within this thread in order to keep from putting a bunch of extra threads on the forum.
Following are a few pics of the FJ. There is a close up of some choice lumpy filler work, and the interior with crappy roll on lining. Looks goofy now because I have the top on and no doors until I'm able to get a hand getting the yop off at my storage unit. I'll use a better camera once I find the cable for it..