Hello, I havnt been on this forum in a long time I feel like a stranger here. It's getting warmer outside and with more sun the paint cancer on my 8g is getting worse and worse.
I'd like some advice from people who have been in this situation before. I've never did any of my own body work but I'm pretty competent when it comes to working on cars. The plan is to sand, bondo(where needed) and then primer the car myself. I then plan on finding someone with the right tools to do the paint job for cheap. I don't care about door jams or engine bay this is going to be a cheapo paint job. I'm starting this thread in hopes that people can give me some real world help and tips and if you know of any good tutorials to go over that would be appreciated as well.
Another question I have is about the primer, I see a lot of guys around here rolling in just primer and I'm not sure if they're going for the primer look or not but that got me wondering. If I intend to actually paint the car how long can I drive around with just the primer and will weather affect it? Same question for sanding, since this is going to take some time I will probably be driving around in a car that's been sanded with bondo patches around the car. How concerned should I be about rust and other affects.
Lastly is it even worth it doing this or should I just go to macco or something and get their cheapo paint package? (Yes I know a lot of people are going to say macco is s#!t) I wouldnt mind doing it myself to save some cash.
Gotta hand it to mitsubishi for selling cars with horrible paint :021: Thanks all in advance.