I just got a quote for painting up my Stohr F1000 car, and both of the local body shops told me the price for what I wanted was going to be approx $10k! Holy crap! Has anyone else tried to price out a full paint job for this car and wound up paying this much?! They freaked out when they saw the finish on the body panels, it seems that most of the cost is going to be the prep work.
So I think I might take up refinishing as a hobby this summer. Ever since I tuned into F1 in the early '90's, I've wanted to drive a formula car with that red/white Marlboro scheme used on the old McLarens. I recently acquired that bizzare red/orange color that McLaren (and Penske) used to use (European paint code RAL3024, it's now used on German fire engines), aka "daylight fluorescent red". So I'm thinking I can just grit blast the body panels, sand them up and do this myself. Any suggestions?