where to get my car painted

[frostbyte]

slaps forehead agrees with bucky... paints gone upand so have rates. i guess if u can sand the car and seal it and tape and everything y not try painting it too... lol
anyways well good luck on the paint and enjoy...

[SixSquared]

[The BUCKY]

so is that your work?

[SixSquared]

so is that your work?

Patrick painted it... I don't have enough experience to paint a whole car yet... I do small things lol. That car's coming back to us (by our request) because we weren't 100% happy with it... hence the reason we're not using single stage anymore... a week to fully cure = car has to go away and come back, which sucks.

--edit-- I'm realizing that those are pics from before it was buffed all the way. I have pics of how it looked afterwards on my camera.. I'll put them up tonight.

[Complete]

wow this page went to 3 pages in 12 hours? hmmm ... thanks everyone i guess... haha well i went to the maaco in lawrenceville today and the guy bob told me it would be 300 to paint my car if i sanded it myself, he said it would be 450 if they sand it

[redrumracer]

**** that, i'd only pay 4500 for paint on a damn Ferrari or something exotic needing extreme detailed paint work lol.

well he would do your Ferrari for that as well. keep in mind that is ALL the work, you just bring him the car, tell him the color, and he handles the rest.(all body work is included). this is some of his work


oh and he also free hands all of his stuff. not to mention he also can do a whole car inside and out.

[speedminded]

Patrick painted it... I don't have enough experience to paint a whole car yet... I do small things lol. That car's coming back to us (by our request) because we weren't 100% happy with it... hence the reason we're not using single stage anymore... a week to fully cure = car has to go away and come back, which sucks.

--edit-- I'm realizing that those are pics from before it was buffed all the way. I have pics of how it looked afterwards on my camera.. I'll put them up tonight.

Gotta have the equipment if you wanna play...my Integra is a single stage acrylic urethane but it was baked for a couple days

I don't like the quick dry polyurethane high volume bodyshop paint that cures in literally a matter of hours. Sure it pays the bills for a shop but as a customer I'd rather pay more for a better more durable paint job.

[Tech5]

AutoZONE FTW!

[SixSquared]

Gotta have the equipment if you wanna play...my Integra is a single stage acrylic urethane but it was baked for a couple days

I don't like the quick dry polyurethane high volume bodyshop paint that cures in literally a matter of hours. Sure it pays the bills for a shop but as a customer I'd rather pay more for a better more durable paint job.

word to that.. when we have an actual booth instead of using the whole building as a booth we're gonna revisit our options.. but for now, base/clear is where it's at.

[The BUCKY]

build a booth

[SixSquared]

build a booth

Welcome to priority 1 on our list lol.

[B18c1Turboed]

Shoot i painted mine in my garage, it came out nice besides the fact of the car being 2 colors. When you buy the paint make sure you got enough to do the whole car at 1 time...... thats what ive learned!!!

We got a new machine that heats the paint as you paint, the machine is like 3k .. hopefully next car we paint will come out alot nicer!!!

[SPOOLIN]

I've been painting my own cars in my own garage since i started this ****. You don't have to have a booth to have a slick paint job, even black. My blue car is the longest running color i've ever owned on a race or show car. I usually change the color after a maximum 2 year period mainly because race cars get all banged up.

I use dupont.

[X-Runner]

I've been painting my own cars in my own garage since i started this ****. You don't have to have a booth to have a slick paint job, even black. My blue car is the longest running color i've ever owned on a race or show car. I usually change the color after a maximum 2 year period mainly because race cars get all banged up.

I use dupont.

Using race car to describe a honda

[OTG Signs]

**** that, i'd only pay 4500 for paint on a damn Ferrari or something exotic needing extreme detailed paint work lol.

No Ferrari owner will let you spend $4500 to paint a chin spoiler on his car. If you can't afford the maintenance (paint included), you can't afford the car.

I've heard of (but not seen) a $100,000 paint job on an older Ferrari locally.

[SPOOLIN]

Using race car to describe a honda

wow, your an idiot.


[edit]

whoops, forgot to show you how stupid you are.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJLUTKJ90Fo

[X-Runner]

wow, your an idiot.


[edit]

whoops, forgot to show you how stupid you are.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJLUTKJ90Fo

Ive had hondas... I know what they are capable of.

[SPOOLIN]

Apparently you don't. My sister owns one to? that doesn't mean anything so "STFU" and leave your ignorant comments out of this PAINTING thread.

[X-Runner]

Oh go cry a river... it was sarcasm from the start. Stop trying to defend your honda so much.

[SixSquared]

Using race car to describe a honda

lmao dude... do you have ANY idea who you are talking to? Seriously... take it back and STFU... Matt/Spoolin is a GENIUS, and a cool guy to boot. Quit trying to start shizz with him.

[speedminded]

**** that, i'd only pay 4500 for paint on a damn Ferrari or something exotic needing extreme detailed paint work lol.

Completely disassemble a car for the average shop rate of lets say $75p/hr, including removing all glass and trim, prep and paint it, then reassemble it at said rate and tell me what the total is...

Ive had hondas... I know what they are capable of.

How many Honda's have you owned with over 500, 600, 700+WHP?

[JessAlba452]

Agreed that cheap isn't always the best.

Spent nearly $200 in just supplies (dupont) to paint a full body lip kit. That's not even considering labor. As I've learned cheaping out means you do it twice (used cheap primer)...or in my instance more than twice.

I would think 1k for a car is still cheap.

Do it right the first time unless you want to pay more in the end. That's the best advice I can give.

[Elbow]

No Ferrari owner will let you spend $4500 to paint a chin spoiler on his car. If you can't afford the maintenance (paint included), you can't afford the car.

I've heard of (but not seen) a $100,000 paint job on an older Ferrari locally.

Ya think, I work with them, but if it was MY car...different story.

[X-Runner]

lmao dude... do you have ANY idea who you are talking to? Seriously... take it back and STFU... Matt/Spoolin is a GENIUS, and a cool guy to boot. Quit trying to start shizz with him.

IT WAS A GOD DAMN JOKE! STFU

[SPOOLIN]

Agreed that cheap isn't always the best.

Spent nearly $200 in just supplies (dupont) to paint a full body lip kit. That's not even considering labor. As I've learned cheaping out means you do it twice (used cheap primer)...or in my instance more than twice.

I would think 1k for a car is still cheap.

Do it right the first time unless you want to pay more in the end. That's the best advice I can give.

Yeah i normally pay about 200 for my paint materials. The color changes the prices.

I know a couple of shops in the area that can do you an all over paint job that is very decent for 1000ish dollars. Ive seen a few and they were good, vinh's body shop in hapeville did my blackroof and hood on my blue car. came out really nice.

[BLK JDM]

lmao dude... do you have ANY idea who you are talking to? Seriously... take it back and STFU... Matt/Spoolin is a GENIUS, and a cool guy to boot. Quit trying to start shizz with him.

Bwahahahaha-I almost fell out my seat. I didn't know building a 10 second Honda made you a genius. D1ck sucking at it's finest!!

[redrumracer]

lmao dude... do you have ANY idea who you are talking to? Seriously... take it back and STFU... Matt/Spoolin is a GENIUS, and a cool guy to boot. Quit trying to start shizz with him.

oh im sorry Emily but who the hell still says TAKE IT BACK.

[Infamous_1]

wow this page went to 3 pages in 12 hours? hmmm ... thanks everyone i guess... haha well i went to the maaco in lawrenceville today and the guy bob told me it would be 300 to paint my car if i sanded it myself, he said it would be 450 if they sand it

dont do it!!!!!

they dont even paint the inside of the door panels. lol! dont do it.! youre gonna have sanded inner door panels with painted outer. look at bill's gsr. maaco didnt even paint the rest.

[SPOOLIN]

...............I didn't know building a 10 second Honda made you a genius. D1ck sucking at it's finest!!

Nah thats not her cup of tea. Shes just overly nice on her comments and knows that i am not an idiot.

[JessAlba452]

emily doesn't suck it LOL but anyways if the op only has 300 to spend on a paintjob then macco might work. I would refer you to sprayglow first just call them and ask to see if you can get a good deal.

[SixSquared]

Bwahahahaha-I almost fell out my seat. I didn't know building a 10 second Honda made you a genius. D1ck sucking at it's finest!!

ummm not even d1ck sucking. Matt's a good friend of mine, and I have seen quality work in his vehicles time and time again. One well built car can be chocked up to luck.. but when you consistently turn out cars that are beautifully done, then that's something beyond luck. And 10second hondas? Pshhh. Try again, this time with single digits involved.

[BLK JDM]

ummm not even d1ck sucking. Matt's a good friend of mine, and I have seen quality work in his vehicles time and time again. One well built car can be chocked up to luck.. but when you consistently turn out cars that are beautifully done, then that's something beyond luck. And 10second hondas? Pshhh. Try again, this time with single digits involved.

When has Matt run a single digit? He and the car have POTENTIAL to run 9s but you can't say he's done it yet just off potential. SO FOR RIGHT NOW IT'S A 10 SECOND HONDA!! Sounds like some more d1ck sucking going on.

And I'll agree Stover has built some clean cars but I still won't call that genius. I'm not calling him stupid either but I haven't seen any Tony1 action or I'll even take it to a higher level and say Tim Lynch or even Boyd Coddington action-now that's GENIUS when it comes to cars.

[josh green]

When has Matt run a single digit? He and the car have POTENTIAL to run 9s but you can't say he's done it yet just off potential. SO FOR RIGHT NOW IT'S A 10 SECOND HONDA!! Sounds like some more d1ck sucking going on.

And I'll agree Stover has built some clean cars but I still won't call that genius. I'm not calling him stupid either but I haven't seen any Tony1 action or I'll even take it to a higher level and say Tim Lynch or even Boyd Coddington action-now that's GENIUS when it comes to cars.

She isnt into guys, so I doubt there is any d1ck sucking going on. Was your OP really necessary though?

Back on topic. I got a color change from Vhin's body and I went on what I had seen from other peoples paint jobs and even Matts car. I was dissappointed, I need body work from where I was side swiped. They fixed the 1/4-door edge but the rear fender well was whiped and blocked flat. There were plenty of clear runs for me to sand and buff out as well and some paint runs. I paid $1500 and was willing to pay more but I was told that they would fix it all and paint it for that price. I didnt hastle them, I just dropped it off and told them to call me when it was done. I know I should have taken it back to them to fix it but its too far for me and I just did it myself. Then on the flip side they did a great job on matt's hood and roof.

[SPOOLIN]

you can go on honda-tech and search maaco paint jobs, you'd be surprised at some of the paint jobs youll see, most of them were self prepped but can really surprise you on a budget.

[BLK JDM]

She isnt into guys, so I doubt there is any d1ck sucking going on. Was your OP really necessary though?

Back on topic. I got a color change from Vhin's body and I went on what I had seen from other peoples paint jobs and even Matts car. I was dissappointed, I need body work from where I was side swiped. They fixed the 1/4-door edge but the rear fender well was whiped and blocked flat. There were plenty of clear runs for me to sand and buff out as well and some paint runs. I paid $1500 and was willing to pay more but I was told that they would fix it all and paint it for that price. Then on the flip side they did a great job on matt's hood and roof.

I didn't know xPhantomSilviax was even a female?? When I said d1ck sucking I didn't mean it in a literal sense. Just saying "they" were jocking Matt.

And I'm w/ you Josh-I've gotten paint jobs done at supposed reputable places that everyone else goes to and their sh1t turns out good. But when I get even a touch up job done-my paint will look like pure sh1t. I have no luck when it comes to bodyshops and paintwork.

[SixSquared]

She isnt into guys, so I doubt there is any d1ck sucking going on. Was your OP really necessary though?

Back on topic. I got a color change from Vhin's body and I went on what I had seen from other peoples paint jobs and even Matts car. I was dissappointed, I need body work from where I was side swiped. They fixed the 1/4-door edge but the rear fender well was whiped and blocked flat. There were plenty of clear runs for me to sand and buff out as well and some paint runs. I paid $1500 and was willing to pay more but I was told that they would fix it all and paint it for that price. I didnt hastle them, I just dropped it off and told them to call me when it was done. I know I should have taken it back to them to fix it but its too far for me and I just did it myself. Then on the flip side they did a great job on matt's hood and roof.

I second being not impressed with Vinh's. I took my del Sol there, and I had MASSIVE paint runs in the clear coat, dull areas where they had tried to just "buff/sand out" paint runs, flaking paint the day I got the car home... to this day I don't know if they ACTUALLY replaced the quarter panel that they claimed to have replaced or if they just filled my old one back up with bondo... I saw the donor car, and the quarter panel was cut off on it, but when I asked them to show me my car's old quarter panel, no one could tell me where it was and then finally someone said it had already been hauled for scrap, but there was other scrap metal hanging out there. I had bugs dried into my clear coat, and an area of rust that I had asked them to patch was never patched. The engine bay looked like absolute ****, and I'm not even gonna go there on the fact that my rear bumper was held on by the incorrect screws so that it pulled itself loose on the highway driving back to Savannah. The trunk lid was only held on by two bolts when I brought it in with 4, which made for some interesting episodes of "hold down the trunk on the highway". I came and got the car on the Thursday before Nopi Nationals 2006 and literally spent the next 48 hours awake trying to fix all the things that were wrong with the car.

Li said he would "re-do" the car, but never made good on it. Never offered me any kind of partial refund or anything. I'm definitely NOT going there again.

[RL...]

I just picked up my car from sprayglo in duluth. I got my maxima repainted black for $400. Keep in mind you get what you pay for, but it came out better than I expected. It is not a nice paint job by far, but my max looks a lot better than it ever did. I just wish I would've had another $300 to get the base/clear though....

[B18c1Turboed]

I took mine to Spray glow 2 years ago. I paid like 1k and the paint job sucked! They where willing to repaint the car, but i didnt want too take it back.. I think you get 1 shot, if you cant do it the way it suppouse to be the 1st time, what says the 2nd time will be better!!!

[josh green]

I didn't know xPhantomSilviax was even a female?? When I said d1ck sucking I didn't mean it in a literal sense. Just saying "they" were jocking Matt.

And I'm w/ you Josh-I've gotten paint jobs done at supposed reputable places that everyone else goes to and their sh1t turns out good. But when I get even a touch up job done-my paint will look like pure sh1t. I have no luck when it comes to bodyshops and paintwork.

I know you didnt mean it literally, I'm just trying to keep things civil. We dont say anything negative about anyone else, and cannot help what other people say.

Dude, I get the shaft on a lot of things like this. Honestly next time I will buy the stuff and do it myself. The only reason i took it was b/c of the body work that needed done and I couldnt do it myself.
I have the flaking paint from them, I was told that it was from a contaminant that they couldnt remove and the paint wound up wrinkling up. It was on a door handle and a mirror so its not hard to re-spray. I also had the trash and bugs in it. I got him to sand out a "stone" or so it looked while I was there. It wound up coming up and went beyond the base. This thread makes me want to paint it.