You will, without a doubt, have to regrain the car as the grain was most likely smoothed out to create a flat paint job. I've depainted a VW beetle, and trying all the methods, I also found chemical strippers to be the best. They will eat plastic or fiberglass though, so be careful. You ought to get in contact with Evil Dan Deutsch (hope I spelled that right) as he has been through the whole process on his car. The final result is stunning. VB, please leave the red cars alone, we all work hard to keep our cars as nice as can be and some of us like the red (as well as stainless steel). You know what they say, if you can't say something nice... John Weaver RED DMC #10527 MidSouth DMC www.msdmc.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/