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Hey people

For those of you who know me, i have a gunmetal r33 gtst.

It has a complete fibreglass bodykit including (front bar, bonnet, side skirts, rear pods and spoiler)

My car is in good condition but has the general wear and tear of most street cars.

numerous scratches, nicks, chips are beginning to appear. My front bar has never been sufficiently

mounted so the amount of movement it goes through has caused a number of hairline cracks.

I will soon be getting my car completely resprayed in a new colour (up for debate atm)

But to save cost i will be doing the prep work myself. A close friend of mine is a proffesional

spray painter and has agreed to help me with my project. Before the car gets sprayed he will of

course be checking the prep work and giving it any final touches neccesary.

My reason for this post is to gather any helpful advice i can. I am fully aware that the prep work

on a car is the primary key to a high quality finish. With that in mind i am asking for advice.

I have a few questions in regards to this.

I am aware that sanding must be done with a block rather than by hand.

I have purchased 3 cork sanding blocks, a litre of prep solve (wax and grease remover),

25 pack 120grit coarse wet/dry sanding sheets to start with.

Questions:

1. Does anyone know someone who can remove and refit all the windows.

I am located in ferntree gully. Eastern suburbs of melbourne.

Will need them to come to my house. Wat sort of prices can i expect?

Need a number for someone. or can someone on these forums do it?

2. Do fibreglass body kits need to be prepped differently to original panels?

3. Do i use prep solve before first i start sanding?

4. Are there things i should look out for? tricks of the trade etc?

5. Should i take panels off to sand? ie front quarters, doors, bonnet, front bar etc

6. A general step by step guide to prepping would be handy. lol

Any advice will be greatly appreciated. I have been told that i'll hate doing this myself but

i am obsesses with working on my car and cannot wait to start.

Before people say it. I have searched through the forums. Read as many posts on this as possible

but most of them are quite vague. So i figured i'd try and gather more knowledge by starting my own

thread.

Regards,

Guesty

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I might have missed something, but if your friend is a professional spray painter and has agreed to help you, surely he can advise you on this stuff?

LoL good question. but unfortunately my mate is overseas atm. gets back late next week. Talking to him atm is kind of expensive,

plus i dont wanna hassle him whilst he's on holidays with his family.

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