Paint Job

[scargo70]

I am in process of doing a bare metal repaint.
My question is :
should I repaint the door jams? That is also do a bare metal repaint there of should I keep them original?
Any opinion is welcomed.

[ckissick]

Hello Dwight,

Nice to here about the paint job. Your car needs it; it'll look great afterwards. I don't remember what the door jambs looked like. It comes down to this: Knowing what a good, fresh paint job will look like, will the door jambs look as good? The body guy would best be able to advise you on this. Who are you using?

[Paul Schooley]

Only my misguided opinion, but I'd paint the jams as well. It's all about the details bud...and the more attention you pay to detail, the less you're gonna say to yourself: S*%t...I shoulda done that while I was painting!

[larry47us]

When I was having Kermit restored, we discussed whether or not to do the trunk. I said "no, save the money" and then he did it anyway. Am I unhappy? NOPE, I would have been plenty unhappy if the entire car had its bare metal paint job, and the trunk looked like it was 30 years old and all banged up!!

BTW, here's a shot of the door jambs of my car. I think that if you're doing it, you should just DO IT!!!

larry

[Bobboloo]

Even though you may order the same color code number. Chances are it won't match with the door jamb even though it wasn't that exposed to sunlight. It's hard enough to get a match even when your using the same bases for your mix. In your situation you don't even have that luxury since the paint is years old and I doubt that Glasurit or whatever brand was used still uses the same base formulas.

Long story short. It would be alot easier to just paint the jambs than try to match them.

[scargo70]

thanks for all the advice...i will go ahead and paint the jams..and post pictures here when the job is done.

[pwd72s]

One suggestion...have replacement decals, tags, etc. available prior to removing the old ones...

[HarryD]

When I was having Kermit restored, we discussed whether or not to do the trunk. I said "no, save the money" and then he did it anyway. Am I unhappy? NOPE, I would have been plenty unhappy if the entire car had its bare metal paint job, and the trunk looked like it was 30 years old and all banged up!!

BTW, here's a shot of the door jambs of my car. I think that if you're doing it, you should just DO IT!!!

larry

Larry,

Love the color and the Door jambs are cool.

It's all in the details but did you know there is a rubber dust cover for the door switches? You should get them to keep the switches clean. They are not that expensive (about $2-3/ea) and the local Porsche Dealer parts counter should have them.

[larry47us]

It's all in the details but did you know there is a rubber dust cover for the door switches? You should get them to keep the switches clean. They are not that expensive (about $2-3/ea) and the local Porsche Dealer parts counter should have them.

Harry:
Good idea!! There's an electrical project in there for me. The dome light works, but opening the door doesn't light the light. Got to do a bit of analysis here, is it the switch? Is it the wiring? Is it the dome light itself? Only time and an ohmmeter will tell!!! Isn't that why we buy these things, so that we always have something to do -- No, it's so that we have something to do instead of the HoneyDo list!!!

larry

[HarryD]

Harry:
Good idea!! There's an electrical project in there for me. The dome light works, but opening the door doesn't light the light. Got to do a bit of analysis here, is it the switch? Is it the wiring? Is it the dome light itself? Only time and an ohmmeter will tell!!! Isn't that why we buy these things, so that we always have something to do -- No, it's so that we have something to do instead of the HoneyDo list!!!

larry

Probably the switch. They unscrew very easily and all you need to do is then ground the wire to see if the light works. Be sure the switch is in the correct position. The light does not have a separate switch, you rock the entire housing to one of three positions (off-always on-on when door is open, but I forget the order.

Good way to mess around for an hour or so and be buddies witht he guy at the parts counter. The parts (switch, plate, and rubber) should be in stock.