I'm MJ's friend

Welcome to The Forum I think you're going about it the right way. Some people just come in newbie and want everyone's knowledge right out of the gate and then run away. If you introduce yourself maybe show pictures of your project get us interested in what you're doing and show us your interested in what you're doing and helps people give out good advice. But again this is a large pool of people who have varying opinions on what can be done what should be done. I would just go with the people that are giving you their experience of what they have done and then weigh it all out for yourself...
Mopar to you..