need paintjob

[93Pgt]

ive never painted car before, but the owner of the car before me tried to paint and its a sh!t job the clearcoat wore off in some spots and the different undercolor shows through and im wonderin if its even worth tryin to paint myself or find a shop n have them do it

[[[global:guest]]]

I have been asking the same question around lately and I guess the place to go for a good paintjob would be NZ customs or something like that but be ready to pay pretty good money for it.

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I've seen the results of a good DIY paint job, and the guy had definitely done it before with good equipment. Pay someone else to do it and get a warranty.

[93Pgt]

ya i was thinkin i looks like shit already so i might as well try it cause i dont really want to drop load of cash on it

[[[global:guest]]]

If you don't want to spend the money to do it right the first time don't even bother.

[93Pgt]

good call,

[93Pgt]

but a guy i work with has a camaro n he repainted it himself so i was just thinkin havin him help me but i dont know how much a PJ is

[[[global:guest]]]

When I get around to getting my car repainted I figure it will cost arounf $3500 to get the car to better than day it came off the assembly line.

[ichibankilla]

It depends on what color you want to paint it. I guessing labor is pretty closely priced between shops unless it's a specialty shop like aurora or odden's.

[93Pgt]

well whoever did it before painted over stock color with like a reddish maroon and the paint wore off in some spots and im just lookin to get a stock color depending on price cause if i can get a differnt color for close to same $ ill go with that

[green6767]

best thing to do if you dont wanna spend alot of money is to just dig in. The body work isnt all that hard. there's alot of info out there to help you. you just have to apply yourself and you cannot lose patience. spraying takes some skill......some body shops will spray your car for a lower price than the whole job.

[[[global:guest]]]

<u>quick tip:</u> if the factory paint is showing through the new paint, sand down the newer paint until you get to the original color. you want to o this because the person who repainted it obviously didn't take the time to properly scuff the old paint so there is adhesion problems. n e other questions just ask.

[93Pgt]

im thinkin bout doin it but i want to know how much it would cost to have a shop do it anybody got any quotes

[KA-T_240]

i asked at a couple places for my jeep and it would have been $4500-6500 for color change. didnt care about repaint same hate the color but couldn't pass up the deal i got on the jeep.

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Remember that I posted earlier in this thread about a good DIY paint job? Well, it's peeling off now.

[green6767]

its all in the prep work. Its peeling off because the paint isn't sticking for probably numerous reasons. Its not the paint, or how the gun sprayed it on.......PREP WORK!

[93Pgt]

ya then this guy didnt do very good prep work

[solem22]

dude, just go get a quote from five star if ur serious. Scott got his whole color changed with expensive fuckin paint and some body work for 290o which is not bad IMO, it looks really good

[awd95mn]

my dad said he would do it for $1600 not jamming it or anything

[93Pgt]

for 1600 to go back to stock color