In the bodyshop next week - should I?

[Roy M]

My red '88 goes in the bodyshop next week for some minor touching up. Great shop - know the owner very well and am fully confident with their work. I'm taking the bumpers, valances, rocker panels and mirrors off myself to save some cost.

Basic question is - is there anything else I should get done at the same time? Car is not a daily driver but is not a Garage Queen either - I lust after body painted wheel arches which would be relatively easy with the dismantling done. Should I just clean up when it comes back, get them sprayed whilst the rest is being done, get some body schutz sprayed on and then have that sprayed or get a life and just leave them

Any advice would be appreciated - I've searched and found limited info elsewhere. Also anything else I should consider whilst I've got it apart (I'll probably put my Dansk silencer on whilst I've got the extra room for example)

Thanks

[Al G]

As part of my respray, I spent a day with various cleaning materials (e.g. alloy wheel cleaner) and a jet wash to get the accumulated mud from under the wheel arches. We then derusted/touched up, followed by a good coating of plastic stone chip protect (Halfords), finished off by brush painting a couple of layers of body colour Hammerite. I treated the inside faces of the sill/rocker covers, rear quarters and bumper extensions similarly.

Took about two days in all. Continues to looks good and is easy to keep clean.

Al G

[Roy M]

Thanks Al - I've just bought some degreaser for the wheel arches (they are actually free of mud and stuff anyway so it's the 'cosmoline' or whatever that needs to come off).

I'll see how they clean up this weekend when I've finished dismantling and then decide what to do - If I paint it's going to be body colour