New Paint

[Mayday0017]

I'm looking to give the s13 a new paint job, the paint was laid good by whoever painted it the first time they just didn't take the time to cut in the door jams, hatch, behind tail lights masked along windows, engine bay ect. I am going to pull the engine pull bumpers fenders doors hatch glass and everything to try and get a perfect or near perfect color change on the car. My question is, how much paint should I buy to get that much coverage?

Robert

[D-Bo]

that whole job is gonna cost you $6000.. you know that right??

as for how much paint.. they'll tell you how much you need wherever you buy it

[SHIFT_KA24DE]

wow... that will take a big bite out of your wallet.

It would depend what kind of paint your using... number of coats and the varieties...
white is the cheapest for obvious reasons... if you want some fancy metallic color then you would need more paint for the layers etc...

[johnnyboy5]

$6k!!!! thats if u want a prefessional finish, right, and for the whole car.
For my car, i have a silver-gold color, to me its cool (i got a different color on two of my parking citations, one said silver and the other gold, lol) Anyways, for two of my fenders, the lights and part of the right door, the paint, base, etc. cost me $100, its dupont, but im not gonna do a professional paint job. But at least it will match and not show much difference. My friend told me a reg paint job will cost you $1k.

[D-Bo]

well you can go cheap with paint but it won't last you long and it won't look as good as you want it to.. the labour is whats gonna kill you.. taking the engine out and all that.. doors aren't as bad cause they're not hard to take apart.. but my buddy got his corrado vr6 quoted to $8000CDN, taking everything out of the engine bay and getting a professional paint job done.. you could probably get away with that job for maybe 4 or 5k but the paint wouldn't be the same.. a paint job can cost anywhere from 1000 for stripping the body and repainting it to 6000 for taking the engine out, stripping the body, engine bay and doors, priming everything and repainting with maybe 3 layers of paint, 2 of clearcoat and a sealant.. depends on how durable you want it to be

[logik23]

The killer is the prep work, all that filling and sanding and taking stuff apart, and after the paint job you gotta wet sand which is a bitch and all that, so D-Bo's price seems about right.

[sidewayzS13]

i want chrome paint

[sidewayzS13]

then ill be bling blinging and all the bitches will want me woot woot ill have so much ice you can skate on a nukka

[logik23]

Yeah, they had cars like that at TAS, I think or some other show, it was a M3 and an SL, I think.

[monooxide]

If you guys dont talk to mayday much he seems to have some pretty good connections also hes a big DIY guy...so dont expect him to pay 6000 for the paintjob he wants.

[D-Bo]

i had other pics but don't know where they went

[orestes]

are you keeping that color mayday? i think you should it looks good.

[Mayday0017]

All of these post and my question never got answered. I am gett a pro paint job with bake/down draft booth for cost of paint, I just want to go ahead and start pricing my paint. I have a friend that is going to a "trade school" here locally to paint and has been for 2 years and they can't charge for labor just materials. soo... lucky me once again how much paint? I got to talk to him today and he said about a gallon should cover it. I do think I'm going to go back w/ the dayton blue it is very pretty color.

[Chuki_breath]

yea painting a car is relatively easy, its just tedious work. Jams are easy. The glass and engine are the bitch parts. Is your roof black? or you painting it blue also? All i have to say is "keep sanding". When you think your done, do it again lol. Thats what every boss has told me. I usually sand till my fingers bleed, then stop or tape them up. Makes for leather like skin though.

[R.W.240]

Im gonna do my paint myself and Im not gonna pay over $600 for it.


ask it on Zilvia, nobody here knows anything more than what they heard from a freind (including me)