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How much is a good paint job?

you getwhat you pay for 400 bucks to a couple G

they got the crappy kind for like 200 but for a paint job that makes ur car look like it came that way from the factory is like 800 to 900 even more if ya want it custom bullshit

Anywhere from 1200 to 3000 depence where you go and what kind of materials are being used. I use to work at a body shop as a body man and a painter, if you are interested i can hook your ---- up good for around $1500 with top of the line materials. Let me know...

Well 800 or 900 dollars it will look kind of like it came out of the factory but won't last long and still you wont get that mirror finsh look for that kind of money

Hmmm... I got my rex painted for about 30-40, maybe 50 bucks. Yep, primer black baby. Sexiest color on in exsistence.

BLUEHATCH

where you from?

Also what do you think of sanding down your own car, primering it up double coat, wetsanding it, and then sending it off to MAACO for a paint job??? I know MAACO is not the best but shiet I dont wanna spend 4g as a shop quoted me for my paint job...

Hey drag i live in Kent, WA. If you want that ---- to last don't go to MAACO, they use the cheapest materials know to man- that's why their paint starts to faid in a couple of years if it doesn't fall off by then, they supouse to spray couple of coats of sealer on your car before the paint, but they don't, i know because i have a friend that use to work at MAACO and he said that they never sprayed sealer like they supouse to, that is one of the reasons why MACCO paint starts to peel off after a while.
I wouldn't recomend primering the whole car, only places where body work had beed done, if any work had been done at all. It's just not nessesary. Get some wet/dry send paper 600 grit and take your time wet sending it, then if you go to a desent shop they will seal the whole car and then spray 2-3 coats of base coat(paint) either PPG or DuPont both are GOOD types of paint and then 2-4 coats of clear there are a few good brands to use. And then after about a week you could use a good cut and buff to smoth out the clear (just make sure that the guy who's going to do it knows WTF he is doing otherwise your expensive paing job is fucked, by getting buff burns in the clear) and cuting and buffing is something you can't do even with an 800 or 900 hundred dollar MAACO pain job because bustards are spraying only one coat of clear instead of 2-4. I can give you many reasons not to go to MAACO but the choice is yours buddy. GOOD LUCK Sorry for making it long... ;)

I kind of got the feeling they will f up my paint, but I'm just trying to reason myself about why I should spend more than $500 on my paint job because some lil ------- at the grocery store is just bound to slam their door on my car!

Thanks for the advice... Maybe I'll put my once-a-mechanic uncle to spray my car hah =) hm... I wonder how hard it is... Maybe I should experiment! haha

spraypaint......so many colors to choose from