ever heard of earl sheibs? http://www.earlscheib.com/
but you are right, i've never had a car painted. i've seen earl's $200 and $300 paint jobs, which are ok - lasting for 3-4 years, and was assuming another few hundred would take care of it.

 

My dream car was a 93 Rx-7 twin turbo all through my teen years. Then I actually tried to work on one, and found that not only do they need serious engine work fairly early in life (before 100K miles), but there're only a small handful of people with the expensive equipment needed to conduct the repairs! Cooling the turbo rotary engine isa real problem. This means that it could cost a tremendous load to maintain an rx-7. When I bought my stang, things changed. I know I can hit the 200k mark easy and still keep galloping without having to have an engine rebuild because the tiny thing has overheated AGAIN. Take the stang, and drive to the moon and back. F'get about it.

gaspi

 

Yes of course I have, but you get what you pay for, and you said "a nice" paint job. Paint and work is retardedly expensive, My Cutlass will have near 40-50 man hours just in body work alone, and it still won't be perfect.

 

ah yes, i did say "nice" too bad for this discussion that nice is entirely subjective.

but anyway, now many cars you got man?

 

Im really leaning towards the Stang, but the sad fact that still remains is that I cannot buy anything until I sell my Cougar. If anyone is interested check out my website. 2000 Modded Mercury Cougar

 

Umm right now I have three, four if you count the wifes Jetta
01 SS
03 Jetta
74 Cutlass------soon to be gone for a bike, maybe
70 Cutlass Vert.
What can I say, we all have our addictions

 

get a mustang...i mean...i have a 93 4cylinder thats ****ing rusted to ****...i mean my shocks, brakes, and body are totaly roated away..lol...and guess what i'm about to buy again...one mustang back with faded paint and faded interior and its a 4 cylinder 5 speed...and a 5.0 mustang...now even though i hate my mustang i love mustangs...i love to drive mine and its so much fun...even with the problems

 

i suppose you asked on an rx7 board too and they told you the 5.0 stangs suck because the engines last forever and are very reliable. you should get a car where you're going to be working on it more than driving it. i think the choice is clear. clear eyes!