My car needs a paint job so now I have to sell it - or do I?
05-18-2009, 03:35 PM
#11
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Iowa
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i cant hear all that complaining over my rust issues.
when your car is that bad^^^, then you can complain. btw if you cant tell what you are looking at...that is the frame rail, to be more specific, where your K member bolts to it, thats all that was left.
when your car is that bad^^^, then you can complain. btw if you cant tell what you are looking at...that is the frame rail, to be more specific, where your K member bolts to it, thats all that was left.
05-18-2009, 03:37 PM
#12
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: San Diego, CA
Posts: 13
I had my car painted for 2 grand and it is a base clear job.
Plus I had a lot of body work done to the car.
I would sand the car down myself, do the body work and
then take it and have it painted. That way, you may be
able to save a little money. Body work isnt hard, just very
very time consuming to do it right. And use good products,
not cheap shyt.
Plus I had a lot of body work done to the car.
I would sand the car down myself, do the body work and
then take it and have it painted. That way, you may be
able to save a little money. Body work isnt hard, just very
very time consuming to do it right. And use good products,
not cheap shyt.
Check it out: someone more experienced than I am and
who's pretty darn sharp told me I wouldn't need a complete
paint job! Basically, he said this:
"I doubt you can get a quality, custom paint job for $1000,
even in Tijuana, Mexico. But then again I'm not that familiar
with cross-border car mainteanance operations - that's more of a
California west coast thing.
"Look, you definitely do not have to paint the car all over to
fix this problem!
"See if you can find a detailer to do the metal prep 'trick'.
"I always like doing this sort of stuff myself since
I know exactly how aggressive I want to get, no
one but me can know that, and I can't know it till
I am hands-on with the work.
"But, again, this is not a now-or-never situation, if
you like the car, you can certainly hang onto it for
several more years without doing *anything* and
it won't get noticably worse."
05-18-2009, 03:40 PM
#13
For less than three or four thousand dollars? Are you sure?
I'm talking about the type of job where they strip the parts off and put 'em back on after they paint it. I mean, as opposed to a paint job where they use 100% masking tape and where they don't take any parts off the car. They paint the door jambs and everything. That's the kind of paint job I was thinking about.
I'm talking about the type of job where they strip the parts off and put 'em back on after they paint it. I mean, as opposed to a paint job where they use 100% masking tape and where they don't take any parts off the car. They paint the door jambs and everything. That's the kind of paint job I was thinking about.
If it was mine and I wanted to keep it, I would get the thoudand dollar paint job that covers the door jambs and outside rust. Then do the motor area myself. Unless it is a show car, no one will ever know. Just keep oil on the inside spots untill you can do it yourself.
Last edited by TrimDrip; 05-18-2009 at 04:41 PM.
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