John,
If you paint it prior, how will you seal the fender bead?
Tim
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, Assistant Research Entomologist
> Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521
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