[Mike Lopez]

it`s funny that this thread started back up.Right now im in the process of striping and clear coating my a&c.Let me tell you,these guys are right.My paint guy was shocked at the body from a&c.He thought the car was going to need a ton of block sanding,after he saw it he realized he need to do nothing.We talked to a rep from dupont and he said to scrub the car with comet,yup comet,than wash it down with dawn,this is to make sure the release agent from the mold was completly off he said this will prevent fish eye.We scufed it up with a scotch brite pad and I laid out the stripe.My paint guy still thought the clear wouldnt look good because the gel coat lightened up after scuffing and he thougt it would show through.So he took one of the doors and shot 1 coat of clear on it,when I saw it I got a ,well you guys now what I got.It was sweet,better than I had expected.It has depth just like a real nice paint job,when I compare it with the other door it`s like night and day.
I`ll take some pics of it tonight and post them in my gallery so you guys can see the before and after.No kidding by going with gel coat was the best move I made yet,I think it was only $450.00 and as for the clear coat and stripe go all I have to do is repipe the guys hot water tank and were going to call it a wash.Compare that to a ton of body work and than a show quality paint job and figure out the cost differance,as far as I can tell it`s a no brainer.Well thats my .02