Car in for paint

[BiLL1024]

I refinanced my car loan for another 3 years. I have 5k to play with.
I was thinking a Kenny Bell, but with 146k miles on the car, I will wait.
So I decided to just get it painted for now. I took it to the paint shop this past Monday. The paint had chips and cracks on the hood and roof. Dings in the doors, and a couple rust spots on it too. So it is time. Full paint bumper to bumper. Should look good.
With the money left over I think I will just do 3:55 or 3:73 gears for now, that should help wake it up performance wise.
After I pay this loan off in 3 years. I will get the motor freshened up and do a 331 stroker with forged internals. Or just freshen it up with a blower.
I have a long time to plan this out. Little at a time.
I will post a few pics when it is done.
Have a great spring!!!!!!
Bill

 

[93Cobra#2771]

Sounds like a good plan, Bill.

 

[Black96SVT]

Nice dude, lets see some pics when its done and got the fresh paint

 

[1BAD93SVT]

I refinanced my car loan for another 3 years. I have 5k to play with.
I was thinking a Kenny Bell, but with 146k miles on the car, I will wait.
So I decided to just get it painted for now. I took it to the paint shop this past Monday. The paint had chips and cracks on the hood and roof. Dings in the doors, and a couple rust spots on it too. So it is time. Full paint bumper to bumper. Should look good.
With the money left over I think I will just do 3:55 or 3:73 gears for now, that should help wake it up performance wise.
After I pay this loan off in 3 years. I will get the motor freshened up and do a 331 stroker with forged internals. Or just freshen it up with a blower.
I have a long time to plan this out. Little at a time.
I will post a few pics when it is done.
Have a great spring!!!!!!
Bill

how does a refi work on a car loan?

 

[BiLL1024]

Here is how it worked out. I bought the car with a 3 year used car loan. After I paid on it just over 2 years, I went to the bank, still owed just under 3k. They gave me an 8k loan, value of the car, minus the 3k I owed, that gave my 5k to keep.
I didn’t know you could get a car loan and keep the money yourself to do as you please; well as long as you have the equity in it. It is like buying it from yourself.
Bill

 

[93 347 Cobra]

How much is that re-paint going to cost you?

My car has 120K on the clock and needs some paint and body work, I'm considering a whole new exterior job.

 

[BiLL1024]

I have been using this shop for at least 20 years, and he does excellent work.
He is doing all the bodywork and paint for $3500. I did get one other estimate for $5000. And they wanted to keep the car for 2-3 months. He is giving me a good price I believe.
The hood, roof and doors are a full strip. There were some gouges out of the front bumper too where it hit maybe a curb or something. Rear windows have to come out because of the cracked paint on the roof by the molding. Looks like a lot of work to me.
I did stop to see it, I sure hated to see it all apart like that.
He said, “It will take two weeks to finish”.
One week to go.
Can't wait!!!!!!!!!

 

[93 347 Cobra]

That sounds alot like my car. My a-pillar has been torqued and the paint bubbled up and cracked allowing moisture inside, it's starting to rust under there now. I have a couple of door dings and one that some jackass managed to do right on the lip of the finder flare on the right rear. :fm:

Some of the paint is noticeably fading and where I had the fenders repainted now looks brighter than the rest of the car when looked at up close. There are highway nicks and chips etc. and of course a cracked fog light lense.

I swear after I had some paint work done one time for vandalized badging it all went down hill. I had like 10 things happen from there in parking lots. Thank God I'm not in college anymore. epper:

 

[93Cobra#2771]

College parking lots suck big time. Thank goodness I had a beater 89 Subaru DL during college - I could slam that thing in anywhere and not worry about dings..

 

[shiz302]

Hey Bill where in NY are ya?

 

[BiLL1024]

Dutchess co. just outside of Poughkeepsie.
Where are you?