Fellow racers:
I have placed my order for a new F1000.......all of you have been helpful in the past to assist in my final decision to buy the new F1000. I have asked the builder to employ several suggestions that I have gotten here at ApexSpeed, so essentailly your expertise is going into my build.
Now I need some addtional help. The new F1000 will be offered in a gel-coat finish. The standard colors are white, blue, yellow and red.
My question is this, and perhaps there will not only be racers, but professional body work/painters who race to answer these questions:
What are the positives/negatives of gel-coat vs paint?
If I want any other color like silver, it would have to be painted.
What should I do? and What would you do?
Gel-coat or paint?
I am considering either a red gel-coat or silver paint.
The builder has offered paint at his cost, painted by his professional painter, a base and clear coat, and at my expense, while the gel-coat poses no additional costs.
Added: If painted, I am told the the gel coat bodywork would be pre sanded somehow to bond the painting..........
Richard Dziak
Las Cruces, New Mexico