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lol, i have some friends of mine that know how to do body work, so i'd bring the car to their house, spend the night, and i'll do all the prep work while they help fixing the rust and paint it afterwards. This would cost me bout 150-200 bux just to buy the supplies etc. I'm not really sure i'd be able to stay there and do the car myself, especially since it'll take 3 or 4 days to do it properly...

There's a shop around here called econo auto body and paint, something like that. I went and got it quoted, around 500 bux to do the paint job, fixing the rust etc. However, there is rust behind one of the taillights, and i know for that price they won't fix the rust behind there, since you don't even see it. Should i even worry about the rust behind the taillights? Or should i try to fix that part myself? I'm not really sure what to do. I'm sure if i brought it to another shop, they quote me at least a grand or 2. I brought it to one of the nice shops, and it was about 3 grand, more than i paid for the car.

But anywho, to go with your post (and ur topic so i dont hijack ur thread lol), take it to a few shops around your city and go quote hunting, and if you get something in your price range then go for it. But if you cant afford it now, save your money, because even if doing it urself costs less, if you mess up and hafta do it over again, for the time and work involved it woulda been easier to let someone who alrdy has the tools, etc, to do it.