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Old Nov 5, 2011 | 09:32 PM
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Question Paint idea!

I want to paint my car but the issue is that the car's floor is also badly rusted. So i was thinking about swaping everything to another car or strip it and send it to a bodyshop!

What do you guys think?
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Old Nov 5, 2011 | 09:40 PM
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Whichever is cheaper... And if money is not a matter, swap to another car. Maybe you do or do not have five lugs, 4 pot brake calipers, etc... The "much wanted" items with great benefits.
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Old Nov 5, 2011 | 10:13 PM
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That's a horrible idea. You should be punished for being the first person to ever consider doing this.
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Old Nov 6, 2011 | 12:04 AM
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I'd recommend buying a cleaner car from a southern state and swapping everything over. That's what I did, and it's totally worth it.

Extensive rust repair is really expensive and there's always the chance that the car doesn't recover fully.
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Old Nov 6, 2011 | 05:59 AM
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I think if i get a car that the body is good for like 600 w/o engine or tranny and the interior i dont really care because mine interior is complete
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Old Nov 6, 2011 | 09:01 AM
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Originally Posted by AGreen
That's a horrible idea. You should be punished for being the first person to ever consider doing this.
its as if we have witnessed the invention of the wheel itself, this is so innovative dont be a hater!
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Old Nov 6, 2011 | 11:39 AM
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Originally Posted by AGreen
That's a horrible idea. You should be punished for being the first person to ever consider doing this.
Really?!! I bet you dont take pride on what you do on ur car! Its not that hard to do. Plus i was looking for help with my decision. If that is all you do on this forum please dont comment on people's questions and make them loose time reading your non sense thank you
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Old Nov 6, 2011 | 12:23 PM
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Really?!! I bet you dont take pride on what you do on ur car! Its not that hard to do. Plus i was looking for help with my decision. If that is all you do on this forum please dont comment on people's questions and make them loose time reading your non sense thank you
take a pill, i could smell the sarcasm and kidding in his reply from 10 miles away.

dump the rotted shell, it will cost more to fix than you want to spend. you're talking thousands to repair a rotted out floorpan and the car will never be the same and that is still before you add in costs to repaint.. look for a decent condition shell that might not even need paint.
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