Pete When we bought our project DeLorean, it was painted. Although we intended on painting our Project D anyway, we went ahead and removed the existing paint that had been put on at the dealership 20 + years ago. The method of paint removal we used was media (bead) blasting. This is alot like sand blasting but does not run the risk of damaging the metal. It came out beautiful and the cost was reasonable. In our case, we removed all of the body panels for the blasting and repainting. On a side note, media blasting will not work on the facia. It just bounces off. We had to use a chemical remover to do the job on the facia. Ron Gullwing Magazine Project "Yellow D" --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, peteh269@xxxx wrote: > I am considering the purchase of a painted Delorean. What would all be involved in terms of removing the paint? Will it damage the stainless? > Pete