paint

[97cavalier]

Ok, so i think i am going to get my car painted first instead of doing the engine swap. My car is a dark green color, and it is chiping on the back spoiler and it is almost like the car don't have a clear coat any more. It don't have a shine to it, it was buffed be for i bought it and it still don't have a shine. Well any ways i don't like the green to much any ways so i am going to have it painted black. I was wonder how much does a normal paint job cost? I don't want door jams painted i just want you know the car painted. There will be no dints to be pulled, all they have to do it sand and paint it. How much do you think this will run to get done? I don't want to pay to much. I don't want a show car paint either, i just want someting that looks good and the paint will stick and not peel.

[malletslinger]

Ah...you want a sheib...http://www.earlscheib.com
A little over $700...hopefully there is one near you...

they have cheaper packages too, but if I get a paint job from them(which I intend to this summer) I want the better package...lol

[97cavalier]

it this like maaco or something? And there is not one of these places you just said any where near me,lol

[malletslinger]

sorry...and yes, kinda...its a paint shop that focuses more on painting cars rather than body work...so they just paint...not all of us need a show paint job right.lol
Just look through the yellow pages and see what is close to you

[97cavalier]

what do you guys think abotu maaco? if i pay more like close to a grand do you think it will be a good paint job?

[Morley]

Originally Posted by 97cavalier

what do you guys think abotu maaco? if i pay more like close to a grand do you think it will be a good paint job?

No, spending more with Maaco won't always get you a better paint job.
Do this instead. Remove the door handles, body molding, mirrors,headlights, tail lights, door locks and any other trim that you can. Buy an electric D/A sander (Walmart has one from Skil) and a bunch of 150-180 paper and completely sand the car yourself. Start by washing it in Tide and water, rinse throughly then sand. You don't have to go to bare metal, just get the factory clear off along with any flaknig paint. Get it all sanded nice and smooth, wash again in Tide and water, rinse throughly. Take it to Maaco and have them do the basic base coat/clear coat paint job on it. when painting a car 95% of the final result depends on the prep and 95% of the cost is in the prep too. Maaco doesn't do prep and doesn't mask off much more than the windows. Once you get it to Maaco, coat the wheels and tires in petrolium jelly (not a thick coat, just enough to make them slick). This way paint overspray won't sitck to them.

[97cavalier]

will they prep it if i ask them to ?

[Morley]

Originally Posted by 97cavalier

will they prep it if i ask them to ?

They may say they will and you won't know if they did or not until the paint is a couple years old.
A wise man once said; "If you want something done right, do it yourself".
When I painted my car It took a day to remove all of the removable parts (ground effects, nose & tail bumper covers too) and another day to sand the car down. Very little time invested for a big return on finsih quality.

[97cavalier]

no matter who paints it, i am going to sand it my self so i know it is done right and to save some money. Do you guys think black will look good with peral mixed in with it?

[Rally Sport]

No.. pearl looks wrong on anything, just get it straight black

[97cavalier]

ok, i saw a 92 rs camaro yesterday all black with chrome rimd exhaust and black windows, it looked so bad, it was excetly what i am going to do with mine.

[97cavalier]

oh ya, by the way, how hard is it to fix spyder webbing on the front bumper? mine is doing it bad, do i just sand over it and who ever paints it fixes it or is it something i can fix?

[Rally Sport]

Spider webbing? if its onto the paint, when you're sanding it, it'll come off with everything else.

[97cavalier]

sweet, because it looks like there is a huge amount of clear coat on the front end nose and it is comming off like spyder web. So i think it will come off when i sand it.

[Rally Sport]

Ofcourse it will.. its just paint, and you're taking it off..