Car painted?

[Mtn.man]

I paid $300 just for the last gallon of clear I bought.

My thoughts on car painting. If you do ALL of the prep work yourself and just want to sell the car in a couple of years then a Maaco $300 job may work out in the original color.

If you are wanting to keep the car and change color there are some brands of paint that are lesser lines and can help keep the cost down. Color change mandates new weatherstripping and rubber pieces along with a bunch of labor to do it right.

If it is a newer car or some of the older ones where the engine compartment is body color then more $$$.

So many variables. Years ago people would see one of my cars and would ask if I would paint theirs. My normal reply was "I start at $5,000 and go up". Mtn.man does paint ask him.

The actual painting is 10% of the work. It is all about the canvas ya put it on and the work to get there.

Yes very expensive if you want a fine finished product. All our rats are rattle canned or natural patina by nature. I have spent 10k on paint before so you get what you pay for.

[JackImpact]

I just want the little hail dents taken out and the scratches on the front repainted.

[jerrymrc]

I just want the little hail dents taken out and the scratches on the front repainted.

Call up one of the paintless dent repair guys and let them do there stuff. As for the scratches on the front you use touch up paint or have the nose done.

If your hail dents are too much for the paintless guys then the only way to fix it is a complete strip and skim.

Can we ask what kind of car we are talking about?

[JackImpact]

2004 Honda Civic. Anyone youd recommend to take the dents out?

[Zundfolge]

Painting a car is not about painting its about prep.

Doesn't matter how good the guy shooting it is, if the car isn't properly prepped it'll look like ass (especially when changing colors ... to do that right you really need to strip the car down to the bare frame and paint the whole thing inside and out and then reassemble).

With good prep work I've seen a guy paint a car with a roller and Rustoleum it worked well.

Call Fine Line get a full co-ar 15 graphic for the whole thing.

Only problem with that is that full wrap vinyl on a car is going to cost about as much as a good paint job (unless you do it yourself ... but again, if you're going to go to a bunch of trouble doing something like this and you've never done it before you might as well paint).

[Gunner]

How much did you spend on it?

[JackImpact]

On the honda? 4.7 as the sticker. Was originally 6.

[Gunner]

So you need to keep that in mind when putting work into it. How long will this car last me?
Do i want to put money into my or guns?
Is this my pride and joy or a commuter?