Porsche 944 Paint and Body -Part 1
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- In this video I bring the Silver 1984 Porsche 944 back to the shop and begin body work after it spun on some ice. The front fender took most of the damage but the rear of the car got banged up as well.
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Keywords: Porsche, 924, 924S, 944, 951, turbo, rebuild, bodywork, body work, repair, automotive, bondo, skim coat, body filler, dent, damage, primer, diy, do it yourself, how to, remove fender, fix valance, busted, hatch, dings, hammer, dolly, metal
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This is one of your best videos. Body shop prices are holding back alot of 944 purchases and you show how to do so much yourself.
Thanks!
Really enjoyed watching this, thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it! I'll try to do more body work videos in the future! Thanks!
So sorry that you got damaged. Glad you are going all silver. Good work on the body, too. I made mine all silver including the whole wheel, originally gold with 3 layers of sprayovers, looked like dog poop.
Awesome! I really like silver on these cars and hopefully the paint will turn out fantastic! Thanks!
Bought one of those harbor freight plastic welders, it sucks and is currently in a landfill
I kept it since I might be good for repairing modern ABS plastic bumpers, but not so much for these urethane bumpers. That said, I saw this car last week and the bondo urethane repair kit that I used is still holding up perfectly nearly two years on, with no signs of cracking!
I have the same year and color. and the hood is black too!
Very interesting! My car was damaged by the pre-owner( tried to escape from police for DUI, it ended between a police car and a ciment wall...). The damage was on the front left side. The only place I found that was not really fixed correctly is the radiator support. The welded top of the radiator frame is not realigned but is still hard and stable even if the welding is cracked. All and all There is not damage on the chassis that would make the car unusable on track.
To remove those 3 fender bolts covered in goo I just use a torch to heat up the socket and as you push it onto the bolt it will melt the goo.
That was going to be the next thing I tried. The chisel cleared them off in seconds and I'm kinda glad since I'm sure the smell of that stuff burning would have probably given me a headache. Thanks!
david kaehele that’s how I did mine too. It smelt awful but worked
Random suggestion...paint the centers of those tired Fuchs wheels the same Zermatt Silver. At least give them a coat of satin black if not the silver. Looking forward to seeing how she turns out!
Definitely going to be refinishing them. I had an edit where I talked about them but the video was already too long. I'm going to wait till the car comes back from paint so that they don't ruin them and they will likely get their own video. Thanks!
Good call on their own video. Good luck!
Dip dissolver and a pressure washer works good on getting rid of plastidip, I’d get 2 bottles of it
I think I'll order some but I'm really hoping that I never have to strip plasti-dip again!
Mad props for going to all the trouble of documenting what looks to be a rather tedious job. Your bodywork skills are impressive. Hopefully I'll never have a reason for removing a fender. :) Wouldn't you want to paint the fender before attaching it if you were trying to make it perfect?
Thanks, it really is tedious work. I'm going to spray some silver around the edges of the fender before bolting it on permanently. So that you don't see any of that red when you pop the hood or anything.
Hi :) nice car and video :)
like these cars :) .. About hammer and dolly ... ( excuse my english ) .. watch the clip fr. 6.20 when you hammer ... this sound when you smash the hammer against the dolly and the sound is like a ding .. this would smash out the fender like a gingerbread .. you fource the material to be more thin at the " ding place " and the other meterial have to move out :) if you do so like cracy ... you get in the end the fender seems like a balloon :) dont' ding smash ... hold the dolly in the middle of the inpact and punch the hammer around the dent .. THAT'S the medecine :) try it your selfe :) It's fun :) :) many thanks for your videos :) porsche maniac fr. sweden
Thanks for the tip!
Need some lessons from Arthur Tussik
He has a multi-million dollar shop so I'd be pretty disappointed if someone with all that equipment couldn't do a better job than me in my backyard using a hammer...
A few years ago I ordered new " 944" badges from Porsche. They come in silver or black for around $ 20.
Were those they vinyl cutout style? I have a car at the shop with those and they look better than I expected them to!
Yes (some kind of plastic) it looks great.
Is the whole body figerglass?
There's no fiberglass anywhere on these cars. The body is galvanized steel while the front valance is polyurethane. I hope that helps!
@@edredas yes thanks a lot!
@@edredas so body work i can simply use bondo any bondo u recommend?
You'll want the Professional Gold Bondo since regular Bondo will not bond to galvanized steel and I don't recommend grinding the coating off. I hope that helps!
Great video. a sunroof delete vehicle, tell the owner to turn it into a track car. !!!!!!
Great point. NEVER USE ALKYD PAINT with galvanized steel. Causes saponification. Which in time will cause adhesion failure. always use an etching primer that will put a layer between the galvanized steel and the alkyd topcoat.
Yup, exactly! You would be surprised at how many people don't read the label though...
dipyourcar.com sells some stuff that is specifically designed to strip plastidip
Yeah, I saw that today. I'm going to try that next time, but hopefully there won't be a next time. The first time I stripped plasti-dip I used a different goof off in a spray bottle and I was able to hose it off. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any this time and this didn't work as well...
might want to try easy off oven cleaner if there is a next time. I've never tried it, but I have a buddy who removes hand painted pinstriping and door lettering with the stuff, and it may work for this
What does a refreshing like this typically cost?
Around $3500-4000. I hope that helps!
Would using a heat gun on the plasti-dip help? I've used it on an aquarium before and the spots that wouldn't just peel off I used a hair dryer and it let go. Being so cold where you are probably isn't helping.
I didn't even think of that. I just looked they do make a solvent that dissolves it where you can just spray it off. So that's probably what I'll buy next time...
How long did it take to get that plasti-dip off? Man, what a pain! Could you use a heat gun and peel off?
Felt like forever! I had to strip an entire car before and I used a different goof-off in a spray bottle which allowed me to just hose it off. I couldn't find any this time and was told that this goof-off was stronger but it didn't work as well. I'm not sure if a heat gun will work since car hoods probably get hotter in the summer time and it doesn't seem to affect it. In the comments someone mentioned that there is a company that sells a chemical that will remove it so I'll just get some of that next time... but hopefully there won't be a next time...
edredas hopefully not.... Unless you want to do a how-to video on it😀. When I get my 924, I might hit you up for the press purchase inspection (if you're available)! 🤔
Sound good! Where are you located? I'll order the product and keep it around just in case! What kind of 924 are you looking to get; 2.0 liter/ turbo/ or S? I mostly work on the 2.5 liter engines but I'm lined up to do a 924 Turbo (931) belt change soon. I'm interested to see how it compares to an S and will be making a video on that! Thanks!
I'm on the other coast in Canada but do not have a problem searching for a sorted 924 (and reasonably priced!) in the Carolinas and drive it cross country! I'm good for any version but would prefer the S. I'll have to see how my search goes and let you know. Looking forward to seeing how you work the guts of the Turbo...should be exciting!
That would be awesome! I'm planning on taking my '88 924S cross country to California this summer. They're very reliable if well taken care of but you got to put money in them since everything is 30 years old at this point.