Should I reassemble before painting?

[Prime Lord]

Since nobody answered in the forum specifically designed for questions like this, I'll ask it here.

So I'm gonna start dissasembing the interior in preperation for my complete color conversion. My question is....the front end is dissasembled right now. Can I bolt the fenders and front end back on before painting? Is that a bad idea?? it would make my life a lot easier if I did, but if the fenders and front end should be painted separately, I'd leave them off. I'm taking this to a body shop to get the actual prep and paint work done. If I put the fenders and front cover back on, will that have a negitive effect on my paint job?

What have you guys done?

Thx.

 

[RsStanG1987]

We are restoring mine and we are painting it with the nose off and the rear bumper off. I figure that it will come out better off of the car.

 

[Prime Lord]

Yeah, I can understand painting the urethane parts separately. I may end up doing it that way. The rear is already off (replacing w/ Cobra rear) and I don't have side skirts at the moment. So maybe I'll just bolt the fenders back on and leave the rest for later. Thx dude.

 

[srothfuss]

You can reassemble the front 1/4 panels. Leave the nose off of the car.