Aftermarket paint jobs.

[pr0]

RedTurboEclipse that is the nicest damn 2g I have even seen.

 

[turbo'dtalon1g]

The problem with maaco paint jobs, is that they just skuff the paint and squirt over it. My dad has done all the body work on my car and sanding of the urethane parts all himself, and he's put over like 200 hours in, atleast. My car is straight as a freaking arrow now though, but it still has to get primed and painted. We know a professional painter that works at a paint place and he's gonna paint my car himself in his home shop. It's gonna be like 600 to get it primed and painted with no prep work for him, because my dad has to come in and wet sand it after he primes it. At another place, i was quoted 1300 just to shoot the car with paint with materials included.

 

[ZenkaiRacerDsM]

I found a solution. Ill paint the damn car myself! Im gonna take classes at the local college.

 

[iowaboostin]

I wonder if you could take your car to a nice paint shop and just get it prepped... then go over and get the $500 paintjob at MAACO and maybe save more?

 

[ZenkaiRacerDsM]

I always thought about prepping the car myself then taking it to maaco.

 

[joker151]

HERE IS WHAT YOU DO FIND A SHERWIN-WILLIAMS GET THE COLOR YOU WANT FROM ANY CAR MADE THEY WILL MAKE ANY COLOR YOU WANT THAN YOU DO ALL THE PREP WORK THAN FIND A SHOP YOU TRUST GIVE THEM THE PAINT BE SURE TO GET THE LEFT OVER PAINT FOR ANY NICKS YOU MIGHT GET LATER. OR YOU CAN TAKE A CLASS LIKE MOST PPL DO TO GET STARTEDAND DO ALL THE WORK YOUR SELF THATS MORE FUN

 

[trapspeed]

Sherwin-Williams makes paint for autos? How much paint does it take to paint a car?

 

[4g63swap]

preped and did mine in my garage. if anyone has any questions feel free to drop a PM my way I will try to help out. it turned out ok to me.

 

[Eclipse99GST]

Payed 4 grand for my paint. Candy Green. Painted the inside myself.

Erik

 

[miteclgst]

it took about 1.5 to 2 quarts of straight base to get around my car with 2 coats, and that was everything but the jams and engine compartment. You will need a bit more clear, say at least 3 coats, and I believe I was probably around the 2.5 to 3 quarts clear region. REMEMBER that the mixing ratio will have a lot to do with how much paint you will need, paints will cover differently, a definitve answer that applies to every paint line is non existant. I used Glasurit paint that is mixed 2:1:10% this means that for every 2 quarts of base you get 3 quarts of sprayable paint. The same base in PPG, which is mixed 1:1 would mean that with 2 quarts of base you would get 4 quarts of sprayable paint. Your best bet is to go to an auto paint supplier, talk to one of the guys who works the counter, chances are he/she has sprayed the stuff before and can give you a guestimate of about how much you will need. If at all possible go to a shop that carries the same line and see what they say.
There are a lot of variables that come into play, my car has the dark magenta grey pearl base and I used a black primer. This means that i didn't require as much base as if I went with a white primer. The closer your primer is to your final color the less base you will need to cover the car. A good idea is to put all your cards out on the table and talk to the paint dealers and tell them what your plans are. Once you talk to someone keep going to that person, if at all possible, this will keep you from explaining your situation over and over again. Also the guy you keep going to will probably remember what you were using and what you will probably need.

 

[jeremy0203]

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[MyEclipse5]

I want to do the same color on my car. If i took it to Macco would it turn out ok?

 

[Catbox_95]

Painted my car myself. Took about $350 in materials (paint, hardener, reducer, tack-cloths, etc) and probably about 25-30 hours. Changed the color from what appeared to be red to black and "graphite poly". Changing the color is a pain. I did the door jams and hatch jam and basically took the whole car apart to paint up in the little hidden areas, like around lenses and stuff. Check out my gallery.

 

[blackGSX2g]

Painted my car myself. Took about $350 in materials (paint, hardener, reducer, tack-cloths, etc) and probably about 25-30 hours. Changed the color from what appeared to be red to black and "graphite poly". Changing the color is a pain. I did the door jams and hatch jam and basically took the whole car apart to paint up in the little hidden areas, like around lenses and stuff. Check out my gallery.

That is a gorgous color. I was hoping to do that color to mine last spring, but ran out of funds...I ended up respraying the necessary parts black. I was worried about having a black engine bay and gunmetal car, but I guess its not that staggering of a difference.



Since alot of the difficulty in paint jobs is the prep work and the labor required to do that, do you think it would be safer to do the prepwork yourself and save a bit of $$ at the booth? I resprayed mine, but I would like to have some kind of warrenty with it so I dont' have to do it again if something happens.

 

[Jay123]

Payed 4 grand for my paint. Candy Green. Painted the inside myself.

Erik

dude im not a big fan on kit cars but ur car is candy paint owns man good combination on the green and white turned out good

 

[Scrymerr]

Adam, you know I will be posting a few of pics in here within the next couple weeks.

 

[trapspeed]

I sensed it.

 

[Eclipse99GST]

Thanks Jay123. Try to go for show and go.

Erik

 

[Catbox_95]

That is a gorgous color. I was hoping to do that color to mine last spring, but ran out of funds...I ended up respraying the necessary parts black. I was worried about having a black engine bay and gunmetal car, but I guess its not that staggering of a difference.



Since alot of the difficulty in paint jobs is the prep work and the labor required to do that, do you think it would be safer to do the prepwork yourself and save a bit of $$ at the booth? I resprayed mine, but I would like to have some kind of warrenty with it so I dont' have to do it again if something happens.

I would imagine that since the prep work is the most important job, a paint facility might not warranty the paint if they did not do the prep work also. I don't know this for a fact, just assuming.

Thanks for the compliment. If you want the exact color, it is "1989 Ford Graphite Poly".

 

[91boost]

Got the GS-T back from the bodyshop after almost 6 weeks. Looks great! Please ignore the fact that I am no pro-photographer. It was getting dark out too- I'll take some good daylight pics the first chance I get.

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[trapspeed]

Nice, where did you get it painted at?

 

[91boost]

http://www.therodshop.com/

 

[Dudewith2DSMs]

This is my paint job Its house of kolors cobalt blue candy me my uncle and dad did it

 

[SpYYder]

very nice color... a friend with a 7th gen civic has that paint. looks awesome in person, almost purple, bright as hell...

 

[SlammedSliver99]

here is my baby..it was a little expensive though but worth every penny