Hey . ..

I was hoping to get my Kick painted this year but the couple of prices I did get frightened the life out of me.  So it looks like Im going to be left to my own devices.  I looking at doing a little body work to stop the vehicle cancer.  Most of it is surface stuff.

I popped into crappy tire and seen a number of drill attachments to remove rust – grinding disk/wheel, wire wheel, wire cup, wheel with sandpaper flaps and something that looks like a nylon scrubbie.  Which would be better?

Also . . . I have seen many rust preventers that paint on over rust and “neutralizeâ€? the stuff.  Im sure some are better than others, but Im not willing to pay an arm and a leg for the the stuff either.  Suggestions?

When I decided to take my Kick from:



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I thought I would try my hand at "body work" 

Long story short, they get paid that kind or money for a reason and without a doubt, I would never do that again.

I had a friend that was in the auto body business showing me what to do step by step and it was still a very difficult, time consuming project that I should of just paid to have done. If you are a very detailed minded person that has enough spare time to spend allot of time doing this, go for it. But keep in mind that 99% of body guys WILL  NOT take your "amateur body work" and paint it. They will charge you to "finish" it and depending on how good or bad your work is, they may charge you more

My personal opinion. If your going to have it painted, go ahead and pay a pro to do it right if you want a job that looks factory. If your just fixing rust and dont care if it looks "factory" give it a shot, it's one hell of a learning experience.

Zig

The biggest thing with rust is you have to cut (or grind) out the old rusted metal, and weld new metal in to do it "right", there are a lot of band-aid type fixes, but new metal is the only correct way to go to keep it from coming back.  Body work is very time consuming, esp if you don't have all the air tools to work with and are doing it all by hand.  It's not impossible mind you, but just be prepared to take your time with it.

Like Zukipilot said, a lot of body shops won't take amateur body work, but if this is just a trail rig, I love the look of primer, or you could just carry it to one of those cheap places..macco or there is another I think.  They will scuff and spray paint on almost anything you want really cheap.  Not the greatest work, but if you do your sanding and prep work before you take it there it can turn out ok from what I have heard. 

If you want to try it, I say go for it, just realize that it will take awhile, and you truck will be spotted with primer for quite awhile while you work on it if you don't have something else to drive.