how much for a paintjob?

[Samurai_Shampoo]

i saw this sweet color in Need for Speed Underground 2... lol
no... but seriously, it's one of those dark gray colors, and it looks great.
that doesn't make me a ricer, does it?

[sidewayzS13]

i dont think so i mean a good color to u is a good color regaurdless of where u see it u could still be a ricer i dont know but just cause u like a color u saw in a game u arent a ricer

[Ace$nyper]

i know people who paid 50 for a paint job and i know people who shelled out a few K

narrow it down a bit tell us the real color planning on preping your self plan on mixing paints

you know what i quit open ended questions piss me off

[Samurai_Shampoo]

Originally Posted by Ace$nyper

i know people who paid 50 for a paint job and i know people who shelled out a few K

narrow it down a bit tell us the real color planning on preping your self plan on mixing paints

you know what i quit open ended questions piss me off

lol my bad.. 5 seconds after posting, i decided to quit being lazy and google'd.
there are some hilarous Maaco horror stories all over the net.
it seems a quality PJ is way out of my budget for now, so i'm putting that idea on hold...
ps - $50? what is that, the do-it-yourself sandpaper-and-walmart-spraypaint-paintjob?

[Chuki_breath]

dude you cant go wrong with spray paint lol j/k......yea a good quality paint job in a custom color like you want will cost some ghetto cheese unless you know someone in the business that will hook you up with a good price...which will still more than likely be over 1500 for the WHOLE car to be painted. including jams, engine bay(up to you), under hood, etc etc etc.

[Importboom]

PJ is gua cost your anywhere from a base just the base coat is guna run 1500k atleast not including gloss # of layers metal flake ghosting etc, find out the exact job of the apint and i mayb will b able to give u an estimate

[logik23]

Best paintjob I've seen on an S13 is, honest to god, the spraypainted flat black, no clearcoat, SCC project S13.

[Importboom]

Amen nuff said^^^^^^^^

[Ace$nyper]

Originally Posted by Samurai_Shampoo

lol my bad.. 5 seconds after posting, i decided to quit being lazy and google'd.
there are some hilarous Maaco horror stories all over the net.
it seems a quality PJ is way out of my budget for now, so i'm putting that idea on hold...
ps - $50? what is that, the do-it-yourself sandpaper-and-walmart-spraypaint-paintjob?

macco vary hardcore man

the one near me redid my dads rex hood and it was MINT just find out if its good one and get the top of the line. I will be using them soon .

and yes 50 is all DIY but guy had hook up got the OEM paint cheap came out well.

[Chuki_breath]

but also thats a hood....iv painted a hood and it was mint too...so thats not saying much. Under my uncles supervision of course, so i guess thats why he prevented me from creating a cluster fuck.

[lucki17]

if you really want a good paintjob for cheap, just strip your car yourself, bono it yourself sand it yourself and rent out a paint booth from a good paint shop, then buy the paint and go at it, do alot research first of course, but its really not that hard, im 17 and did the same thing to a lincoln i had, i painted it gold with lots of flake, my uncle helped me out a little but not that much, it turned out so good that i was able to sell the car for 2k and it didnt even run!

[Chuki_breath]

dont lie it had runs like a mofo lol jk. Nothing sanding cant get rid of anyway. But i wouldnt say painting a WHOLE car is easy enough for a first timer to just go out and do it. He wont even know how to mix the damn paint. Where to tape it off? Take the doors off(for jams)? its more work than it sounds.

[sidewayzS13]

the SCC paint job is pretty badass but what really makes it badass is how they did the sponsor logos on it

[sidewayzS13]

damn a 50 paint job u cant even get hookers for $50 anymore

[LaYzIeNoY]

fact-o-bake and maaco have done some really shitty jobs around me

you can really see the grinder marks, and on a few of them you can see the factory paint coming through, like they dont sand it or anything just spray on another coat a different color

the only one that was decent was my friends, it was actually pretty cool because the way the paint came out it had a blueish shine to it in certain light, even through it was supposed to be flat