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im buying a 180sx and going to have it as a project car to work on over the weekends. im going to respray it and fit a new body kit , possibly a front s15 conversion. now i am looking at respraying the whole car myself - i have past experience with spraying , but not as much knowledge with the pros and cons with the 2 different paints . i know 2pak is a carcinogenic - and a lot more dangerous to spray . as far as quality i know 2 pak is a better finsh. im just wondering if i did a whole car with acrylic, could it turn out professional and a good finish.

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I used acrylic when i sprayed my first car - good paint to learn with. If you make mistakes, its very easy to fix, and dont need to worry about the 2-pak going off quickly. Acrylic will look great, a bit more time to finish the job though - with all the final wet sanding and polishing.

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