Thread: Redoing my 1998 daytona 500

Good progress. That was a pretty good dent

no more dent(:

Glad your fixing it now let me ask you while your doing all this work how's the strut towers and rockers?

Solid question

I don't know too many Florida cars that rust, but as you can see the sun bakes the paint real good.

Yeah my car is rust free underneath! I have a little surface rust on the exhaust from when I lived in Michigan for a winter!

But yeah, sun kills the clear cost on cars down here!

I've noticed that when looking at cars on autotrader and cars.com a lot of the Florida cars the paint was really bad, but people still wanted dang near book value for the damn things. And its like dude that car needs to be repainted, for the money you are asking I can get one that doesn't need repainting, take off a couple grand and then maybe we can talk.

Yeah I tried selling my car about a year ago, because of the paint job on my car. But then I realized I can fix everything up my self and save money and keep my pace car! But maybe one day I'll get a new exhausts system and I'll be rust free!

if your still running the factory cat back it owes you nothing at this point, they all rot out from the inside really.


dent one looks good, on to the next one........

Alright, so I had two small dings on my car, so I did a practice bondo and sanded it, then glazed it after the bondo, and primed it! Perfectly smooth now!

Originally Posted by Scottydoggs

if your still running the factory cat back it owes you nothing at this point, they all rot out from the inside really.


dent one looks good, on to the next one........

Why do you mean owes me nothing? Haha

Originally Posted by Akcalvinkid

But yeah, sun kills the clear cost on cars down here!

Ill take bad clear coat and dents over rust any day.

I'd give my left arm to have bad clear coat and no rust on my GTP.

Originally Posted by indygrandprix

Ill take bad clear coat and dents over rust any day.

I'd give my left arm to have bad clear coat and no rust on my GTP.

Alright, let me get my handsaw so I can start cutting off you're left arm, and in return you're rust will magically appear

Originally Posted by Akcalvinkid

Alright, let me get my handsaw so I can start cutting off you're left arm, and in return you're rust will magically appear

Disappeer**

I have a feeling I'll just end up with no left arm. Lol

Originally Posted by Akcalvinkid

Why do you mean owes me nothing? Haha

its 15 or 16 years old. my factory one was long gone when i got my car, ( i drive a 98) and then the after market cat back rotted out on me and its all had to be replaced with new parts again.

Yeah I see what you're saying on that!


so I went a little bondo crazy with my car....... What do you all think of it so far?

looks good man keep that bondo flowing