(I don't know if this is where to put this, so if not, please move it... heh...)

Ok, so, I've started doing a few DIY things to my car... I'm putting in some interior neon and painting some of the console parts (some people don't like it but I like a little red accent to my car) and well... first time the neon thing went way wrong, and the painting is ok on everything except the door grooves because the paint dripped a little... and I can't get some of the console parts off yet so it's a really unfinished job... anyway, even though I'm happy I'm learning, I am discouraged a little that obviously the job isn't that great being my first time... but I just wanted to know, for those of you that do this a lot now, how bad (or good) was your first DIY project?