Paint Job?

[Demianu27]

Here's a big topic that I know has been covered before... getting a new paint job.


1. What's the best way to get a new paint job?
should i just find an auto paint place and tell them to paint my car?

2. What different types of paint jobs (not colors) for cars are there?
can i get a paint job where they take everything off the car and paint every body piece of the car, including the interior body, painted?

3. How much have you paid for a paint job, what type of color, where did you get it painted, and what was painted?

4. How much would I save if I wanted to paint every body piece of my car, including the interior, but I stripped the car of all it's parts so the paint shop only had to prep the body and paint it?

5. When you get a paint job, do they repair dents and small rust spots?

I'm sure there are other questions, but I can't think of any more at the moment.

[DriftGirl]

it would seriously take a few paragraphs to answer your questions.

The best advice I can give is to go to the nearest body shop with your car and get an estimate and then have them explain it.

- Paint jobs can range from $10 (rattle can) to $100,000+ (usually somewhere in between )

-The most expensive paint jobs are the ones like youve described that remove and strip parts. Painting the interior will seriously add to the cost of the paint job.

- The more work you do yourself, the cheaper it'll be

- Paints are single stage, 2 stage, 3 stage (Kandy) and pearls....
Considering your question (and the fact that its a Drifting board) Id strongly advise against any 3 stage (Kandys) or pearls

I just got hired to help build a car recently. I'm charging an arm and 2 legs to lay down a silkie pearl/kandy

Ive got a Drift car thats half flat black rattle can primer and half macco Ive got another car that I roll on the weekends and even pull it into car shows every now n then. Its a Kandy and was hella expensive just for the materials to paint it



It seriously depends on what you want to do with the car.


Good luck!!

[Demianu27]

Does MAACO remove dents and small rust spots?

I'm not looking for a flashy paint job or cool colors, I just want my car repainted it's stock white color.

I'm taking most of the interior in the car out for good so I wanted that part of the body painted too.

Also, I want the engine bay repainted.


So I was thinking I might do something like this to save a lot of money;

1. Find someplace very respectable to buff out the dents and sand down/prime the small rust spots. (that's only if MAACO doesn't do that)
2. Get the exterior repainted at MAACO
3. Finish removing all the interior pieces that I don't want and find a shop that will paint it.
4. While doing a rebuild I'll take everything out of the engine bay and get it painted by the same shop that did my interior.

Is this a good plan or should I change some things?

[DriftGirl]

Do it all at once.

Everytime you take it in they'll have to use more materials to prep the car. Let them prep it once and finish the job.

Any paint/body shop can remove dents and such......

[Demianu27]

but doesn't MAACO only do cheap exterior repaint jobs?

[DriftGirl]

Money talks.......whats your paint budget?

They'll paint whatever you need painted....for a price

[EvilPenciler]

I'd take it to reputable shop. Then again the Maaco here sucks. It's a bunch of highschool kids who can't even feather *Censored**Censored**Censored**Censored* out right. You can get a decent job done for right around 2-3k.

[Chachi]

Originally Posted by Demianu27

Does MAACO remove dents and small rust spots?

I'm not looking for a flashy paint job or cool colors, I just want my car repainted it's stock white color.

I'm taking most of the interior in the car out for good so I wanted that part of the body painted too.

Also, I want the engine bay repainted.


So I was thinking I might do something like this to save a lot of money;

1. Find someplace very respectable to buff out the dents and sand down/prime the small rust spots. (that's only if MAACO doesn't do that)
2. Get the exterior repainted at MAACO
3. Finish removing all the interior pieces that I don't want and find a shop that will paint it.
4. While doing a rebuild I'll take everything out of the engine bay and get it painted by the same shop that did my interior.

Is this a good plan or should I change some things?

You in Hawthorne? I got a paint sponsor that will do your car nice...better than Maaco and around same price. He does the paint for our group. He will strip it down properly, pull/fill in dents, full primer paint/buff etc. Maaco has done some shitty work before depending where you go, but Ive seen too many sheety jobs there. hit me up chachi@@@ driftbrigade com (typed my email wierd so I dont get spam, but its obvious

[SpeeDrifter]

Originally Posted by DriftGirl

Money talks.......whats your paint budget?

They'll paint whatever you need painted....for a price

$ 50 bucks???

http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/...0&fpart=1&vc=1

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