# Rust!! **URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rust/250410 **Category:** Shift518 Automotive **Created:** [February 18, 2010, 11:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rust/250410 "2010-02-18T11:48:52Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 14
### Author: ![NickAlero](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nickalero/32/6440_2.png) [@NickAlero](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NickAlero) #### Post date: [February 18, 2010, 4:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rust/250410/14 "2010-02-18T16:36:00Z")
> [@OFFICIAL Buffalo Sabres Thread](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-buffalo-sabres-thread/25170/5677): > > Once you fix the problems whos going to spot in the paint and blend it? Which isnt going to be easy on that old of a car. you prolly wont be able to just bring the vin to a paint shope, and shoot what they mix up. you would have to have them put a surface camera on and take a reading and mix the paint based on that. But this isnt a show car so i would say just mix up the paint off the vin and shoot it. then buff the entire car so the new paint doesnt look completely out of place. > > Btw they dont make replacement wheel arches for those or hardly any cars for that matter. Usually what we do is buy up a bunch of old cheap SOLID fenders for $5 a pop and use a body gauge to find a section of a old fender that fits the arc close enough and use that for a replacement panel. > > Or bust out the english wheel and make one from scratch! I have no experience blending paint, the way my situation worked out with the Alero was that a few weeks after we finished the repairs, the car was totaled, so I never figured out the paint situation. As for this time, I’m not sure yet how I’m going to take care of painting. I have an air compressor, I think it might be worth it to invest in a paint gun set, but I don’t have a lot of experience in painting. Maybe better left for the professionals, but I don’t have the money to do that right now. I also have minimal experience working metal to car bodies, but I have a lot of past experience with metal work in general. Like I said before I’m a pretty DIY person in general so this should be an interesting experience for me. Gotta start somewhere though! --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rust/250410)._