Hello, all. I have not updated the thread for quite a while as I was a bit depressed to do so for a short time and I have been spending a lot of time on the car since I got my motivation back. Long story short, two weeks after getting the Boxster back on the road, my colleague backed into the front of it in our parking lot with his full size Dodge Ram. The force of the front impact popped the transmission out of gear and the car rolled backward into a concrete light post. Resulting damage: front bumper cover, front lights, hood creased, and rear bumper cover.
The insurance settlement was over twice what I paid for the car at auction and after looking at what panels would need blending after replacing the covers and fixing the hood, I decided to completely renew the body and do a complete paint job.
I have a good friend who owns a paint/body shop and I have worked on the car over the last months for way too many hours for my wife’s liking. (She would ask what I was doing on the car that day and I would say sanding and she would say something like ‘is there anything left of the car as you have been sanding for weeks.)
Using the proceeds from the settlement, as I will be doing the labor, I will install xenons, new bumper covers, and side skirts, film, etc. Suspension work will follow from the proceeds after I get it all back together.
Today is a momentous day as after fixing all the body defects, priming, and sanding forever, we painted the car body. Yeeeeaaaaahhhhhh!
Here are some pictures of the process and the car in the booth both prepped and after paint. Please help me celebrate this day!
