Hey John:
My plan is to remove damaged fender, find a replacement, paint the innner
side and prep the outer fender for paint. Then once the fender is
permanently back in place and all adjustments are made, I'll mask off the
rest of the car and shoot it with my HVLP gun.
Good Luck!
Jim Boyd
On Fri, 8 Jan 1999 08:21:11 -0800 (PST), john peloquin wrote:
> Dear Jim,
>
> This must be the season for MGB-GT crunching. My sweetie drove our Nazi
> Sh*T box (jetta GL) directly into my right front fender of my 70 B-GT
> destroying said fender. It could have been me doing this as you said, so
I
> am now concerned with repair. I ordered a new fender and trim from the
> "Proper MG" and now I have to decide whether to paint it Before I put it
> on or after. Any suggestions out there? IF I paint after I put it on, how
> can I protect the inside of the fender properly as not all of it will be
> accessable to paint when it is already on the the car. But, if I paint
> before hand, I worry that the new paint job might crack if I have to
twist
> the new fender to get it to fit correctly.
>
> Any experiences or educated opinions out there?
>
> "Never ascribe to Malice that which can be explained by Ignorance."
> John J. Peloquin
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