thanks for the tip, I tried to spray primer on every piece of bare metal showing, until I can sand them down and paint them. Is there some kind of coating or something that can return rust to usable metal? Also since I plan on painting my self, should I take the deck lid to bare metal, then prime, base, and clear it or should I just wet sand the surface until it's dull and not shiny and just lay base coat on top of that. Another question, if I take the 1/4 panel to bare metal, is there any kind of primer that I can put on before I put on some bondo, or will bondo only stick to bare metal? I thought I had heard somewhere that bondo will stick to epoxy primers. After I lay on the bondo, I still need to prime it before base coat right? Also is there any tricks to painting the bumper? Should I just scuff it up? Will I have to prime it? I don't want to mess anything up, but on the other hand if I do it wont look too much worse than it dose now. thats why I decided to learn on this car.