what stage kit to do

[rspears9]

i know how to do work on cars like installing things and taking them off,is it better to buy the kit you want and do all the installation your self or pay extra and let the company you get it from and pay them to do some of the stages for you.

[Joe Wicked]

From what I have learned doing my research the same as you are doing, it is a matter of preference or desire. For me, I have 2 separate car dreams. 1 is to own a Cobra, and the other is to build a car from the ground up. My original thought on #2 was to either do a complete tear down on an existing car and restore/rebuild it. But when I started considering Kits, I realized that both my dreams can come in 1 package. I will have satisfied both of my dreams when I finish my kit. What happens after that does not matter. If I don't like the car the way I believe I will, I still had the satisfaction of building my own car from the ground up. That part of it I know I will like and enjoy. I still work on neighbors and friends cars for little to no money, use my garage, and my tools simply because I love cars, I find that they are the 1 complete stress reliever for me. I can work on a car and forget everything. My wife has to stop me to eat.

To sum up how bad I am, last week, I enjoyed removing the heads from a 99 Ford Taurus, they were warped. The heads were not real bad, so they were reworked and it was re-assembled. Car runs great now. I have considered using this to my advantage and doing a lot of cars for a quick cash flow, but not many people will trust a stranger that is not ASE certified. Plus I am afraid of turning what I love to do into something that I have to do.