Redoing my 1998 daytona 500

**Akcalvinkid** · 02-26-2014

So I decided to repaint my entire car and fix everything up. For the last year I have hated my car because of all the sun damage and dents! But I have been slowly pulling out all the dents, and bondoing the entire car! So soon you will all see my car looking fresh and clean again!

**blackflag** · 03-08-2014

Buy a new car.

**Akcalvinkid** · 03-08-2014

No. I've had this car for three years, I've fixed everything under the hood to make it run perfect! I have the interior spotless, and looking new. This is a perfect project car. It would be a lot cheaper for me to fix it my self, then go out find another 98 Daytona 500 with 90,000 miles on it with everything running perfect. I know how to pull the dents, and fix them. I have a paint shop, so it will be painted proper. Yeah a lot of extra work, but when I'm done, I will look at my car and know that I did all of that and be proud!

**Hardonyomom** · 03-08-2014

A REALLY good paintless dent repair guy should be able to take out that Huge dent you have there. It looks like it might be body damage. I have been around the industry tho and i know what a good tech is capable of. Looks like a Huge high spot that they can knock down and blend and if you are lucky. If they are able to fix it, it may look wavy from the damage, but they can also wet sand it to blend it in which will just remove some clear but blend in. I would at least check it out before bondoing

**Akcalvinkid** · 03-08-2014

Too late

iv already started pulling the dent! Plus this will be a good learning experience for me and I'll be doing everything my self!

**Akcalvinkid** · 03-08-2014

As well my hood, spoiler, roof, they all have bad sun damage and needs a new paint job! I'll be painting it daytona pearl blue

**Akcalvinkid** · 03-09-2014

Showing the shape of my car right now, Going to fix all of that!

**theaceofspades** · 03-09-2014

Subbed for progress excited to see what happens

**Hardonyomom** · 03-09-2014

How much is it going to cost to do all that?

**indygrandprix** · 03-09-2014

Sucks to see a Dayton abused like that. Glad to see your fixing it up.

**Akcalvinkid** · 03-09-2014

Well I will order my paint, gloss, sealer through my work because it's cheaper, all of that will be around 300, then I'll be buying some new head light, might buy a spoiler off a special edition Grand Prix, buying a sd front air dam, new grills, top and bottom, seats from a 08 Grand Prix, so everything will be under a thousand dollars so far!

**theaceofspades** · 03-09-2014

I'm wondering more about the body work cost

**Akcalvinkid** · 03-09-2014

So far everything has cost me for the gallon of bondo I bought, I have all te oter stuff so fat I have got to use for free at my work

**idrivejunk** · 03-09-2014

That 20 gauge steel ain't exactly a picnic to straighten! I see probably 7 or 800 bucks on the quarter panels, if you were paying somebody to do a nice job so its ready to paint. Thats if it was priced like insurance-pay and its just my opinion.

I dig the color on those. If theres no little problems on the car, it really does stand out as something special in traffic so I can see why you are going to the trouble. Carry on. Shoot that thing yet? Ha.

**Scottydoggs** · 03-09-2014

Originally Posted by Akcalvinkid

Well I will order my paint, gloss, sealer through my work because it's cheaper, all of that will be around 300, then I'll be buying some new head light, might buy a spoiler off a special edition Grand Prix, buying a sd front air dam, new grills, top and bottom, seats from a 08 Grand Prix, so everything will be under a thousand dollars so far!

my guess is you do body work for a living. or the repair bill would quickly surpass the value of the car. theres not a un dented panel on that poor car.

fix her up will ya.

**gtpeddie** · 03-09-2014

sub'd for more pics and progress

**Akcalvinkid** · 03-09-2014

I actually don't do body living for a living, I build cabinets for a living. But we own a paint shop and everything at my shop, the painter there use to do body work and paint cars for a living. So he is teaching me how to do everything my self!

**Scottydoggs** · 03-09-2014

Originally Posted by Akcalvinkid

I actually don't do body living for a living, I build cabinets for a living. But we own a paint shop and everything at my shop, the painter there use to do body work and paint cars for a living. So he is teaching me how to do everything my self!

thats a bonus for sure. take your time. dont even try to rush any part of it. good luck.