I have completely removed everything from my SV, had it media blasted, and epoxy primed with black epoxy.
The engine compartment and the undercarriage have 2 coat of epoxy so I could leave these as is if I wanted to.
I currently have the car body on a rotisserie with nothing installed on the body.
What I'm trying to find out is how much of the car should be re-installed before taking the car to the body shop for painting.
Should any of the suspension (front or rear) or other components (hood, doors, trunk lid, headlight rims, engine bay stiffeners, etc.) be installed?
As a second question, how should the car body be supported when it is painted? Should the car remain on the rotisserie or I have some small dollies I made which attach to the under carriage. I'll probably undercoat the car so painting the under carriage shouldn't be needed (Already have 2 epoxy primer coats on the undercarriage).
I will talk with the body shop on their preferences, but I want input from other Alpine owners who have gone through this.
Mike
The engine compartment and the undercarriage have 2 coat of epoxy so I could leave these as is if I wanted to.
I currently have the car body on a rotisserie with nothing installed on the body.
What I'm trying to find out is how much of the car should be re-installed before taking the car to the body shop for painting.
Should any of the suspension (front or rear) or other components (hood, doors, trunk lid, headlight rims, engine bay stiffeners, etc.) be installed?
As a second question, how should the car body be supported when it is painted? Should the car remain on the rotisserie or I have some small dollies I made which attach to the under carriage. I'll probably undercoat the car so painting the under carriage shouldn't be needed (Already have 2 epoxy primer coats on the undercarriage).
I will talk with the body shop on their preferences, but I want input from other Alpine owners who have gone through this.
Mike