Yeah that reminds me, i'll need to get my AC re gased before the road trip to SA

I need to get my AC seen to as well, my compressor is on its very last legs starting to whine quite bad so I may need to contact Josh and see if he has some more AC compressors.

Nik_Lee
I need to get my AC seen to as well, my compressor is on its very last legs starting to whine quite bad so I may need to contact Josh and see if he has some more AC compressors.

Yep he said he has quite a few compressors.  And Mitch will make sure NAE looks after your baby.

hhmmm, need to re-think re-spray.  Could be another year or 2, depending on what other repairs need to be done between now & then.
 
went to 2 of the suggested places today.
1.  $10 - 15K and 2 months, but couldn't do it for at least 12 months.
2.  $6 - 10k and 1 month, but not for at least 6 months.
 
They both said sometimes once the job is started things are picked up that need fixing that were unable to be seen until things started coming off, etc.  I didn't realise that a "Closed Door" respray still involved taking windows out, etc, etc,
 
Both back to bare metal, otherwise they don't know what they are painting over, meaning rust having spread under the paint from a spot that can be seen, etc & no guarantee that it wouldn't start lifting/peeling again in a couple of years.  Spent a bit of time talking to the 2nd one while he explained why this & why that.......... made sense.  He even took me out to the workshop & showed me a few examples.

Shaz
hhmmm, need to re-think re-spray.  Could be another year or 2, depending on what other repairs need to be done between now & then.
 
went to 2 of the suggested places today.
1.  $10 - 15K and 2 months, but couldn't do it for at least 12 months.
2.  $6 - 10k and 1 month, but not for at least 6 months.
 

 
Gee, thats a l-o-t of the monies. You may be better off keeping your eyes open for a nice, well kept later model for that sort of spend. They do come up rarely, but you have to be quick - there's a member on here with the orange rev5, i'm pretty sure he picked that car up from the ACT - low milage and killer price too! (it was only on the market for a day or two!)

Bare metal resprays are always going to be a lot of money. It's a cost vs. reward balance.
The paint on my SDUB was less than $4K from memory and was over the top of the old paint and other than the front now being very stone chipped, it has held up very well and still looks good (not perfect).
Bare metal resprays are worthwhile for cars that are worth a lot of money though not for cars that aren't.

Thanks Admin. One of the other recommendations is close to work. Smaller, doesn't have the office set up, etc. Will check them out on Monday.
Maybe they could see how much I love my baby & took advantage of that & my lack of knowledge.
Maybe i should take someone else with me.

Yea you could buy another clean car for that amount of money. I know SW20SC has a lot of sentimental  value but realistically you'd probably regret spending it 2 months down the track. Really nice of them to go through it all with you though. I'd probably just focus on the mechanical things that need fixing, e.g. gearbox, bushes and other mechanical gremlins to make the car run beautifully. Keep the car polished and waxed so the paint doesn't get worse (will cost $60 every 3 months for a decent polish/wax). 
 
Then one day upgrade to a clean turbo rev5 ;) Now that Rob's car has planted the seed of power it will eventually consume you like it has us all haha. 

Matts_SW20
Now that Rob's car has planted the seed of power it will eventually consume you like it has us all haha. 

😁

Prep the car yourself for paint.  The more you do yourself, the less the painter can charge.