Mine are painted. I blasted them then they were body worked and painted. Once the cars name is painted they will be cleared again then wet sanded and buffed. It is my opinion that paint is the better choice.
Seeing as its spring steel and you want to affect the metal with heat and then not be able to return it to its temporing it will break right next to the weld. Add to it flux core is the last kind of welder you'd want to buy.
my generator was about $800 and the switch was about $300. the only thing that sucks is it only powers 6 circuits.
thinking about adding another one in as i only pull 2200w and i have a 7500w generator. :dumb: