Paint Jobs???

[PAGZ]

paint jobs are hell... 4k for a respray? there has to b a cheeper way to get a new paint job than that... im after a matte black or just a black respray as my paint is totaly sizzlled can any1 help me? :dunno:

[iluv2moan]

do it yourself :)

[DCIEVE]

fuk man 4k for a quality paint job is cheap, on the list of fun things to do to your car painting it must be right at the bottom along with wiring and removing sound deadening. just ask iluv2moan haha

[PAGZ]

man... if you have seen my paintjob u would see why i want to do it.. biggest 89 shitter in perth. they dont even have to paint inside the doors engine bay blah blah... aslong as from the outside it looks good, would love a matte black but dont no how much that costs but a plain black respray would b awsome aswell.. doesnt have to b autosalon worthy

[DCIEVE]

sounds like cerbera had his s13 done matte by bbk for a good rate....

[PAGZ]

might give em a call, is matte cheeper than normal gloss or metalic?

[Lonewolf]

paint should be the same price, and likely less work required to buff etc.
Matt is apparently really hard to get looking really good.

glad my cousin is a panelbeater, need some spray work done myself.

[joshg123]

You have obviously never sprayed a car,

firstly, black is the hardest colour to get right. And no spray painter is going to send a shit job out because you wanted it done cheap, because when you say "Ahh yeh i got my car sprayed by BBK", you will always leave out the fact that you said "Oh yeh i couldnt afford a good spray so thats why it looks shit". So his reputation would eat the shit, and no one wants that in this day and age.

Either pay for it to be done right, Or do it yourself.

I did mine, as thats the kind of person i am. And looks like shit but im still proud of it cos i did it.

[PAGZ]

i dont have the facilitys to spray it my self but would love to just get the outside sprayed duznt matter abt the inside of the doors etc...

[iluv2moan]

2xbunnings compressors ($200), a spray gun (100 bux - 2nd hand cashies) some sandpaper, bog (if needed), masking tap, newspaper, primer and paint....

u can hire out spray booths these days or just line the walls of your garage in tarps.

theres bulk information on the next for tips and guides on how to go about starting if u have never done it b4 and at the end of the day, actually spraying isnt all that hard, its just the prep work that u put into it which speaks for the results.

if u want some inspiration

http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/9853/dsc00132re7.jpg
http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/7027/p1020203ez3.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb146/hr31rb26coupe/AHG/trackday29.jpg

have fun, its a shit of a job, but atlest u will appreciate your car more if u do it yourself. it also wont take long to realise that painters dont ask all that much to spray cars hahah

[Ja50n]

Or...

Carton of Matte Black spray cans

Newspaper windows up. Spray spray :)

Been there, done that.

[big o]

I'm with josh on this one you guys a fucking dreamers thinking you are going to get spray jobs cheap these days.

panel shops especially the good ones are booked solid for months we have 50 cars in our shop every night and we are book 4 weeks in advance.

it is not something you can tackle in your shed, if you have a dodgy neighbour who decides to call the EPA your screwd, we had to spend 8g's on a water drain back system just so we could wash our customers cars.

get out of the dreamland.

[ben351]

dont be stinge

with paint jobs you pay for what you get ... want your pannels to fall off when you drive home call a cheapo guy that does cahsies ... want your shit to last for ever and look decent ... fork out

[DCIEVE]

I'm with josh on this one you guys a fucking dreamers thinking you are going to get spray jobs cheap these days.

panel shops especially the good ones are booked solid for months we have 50 cars in our shop every night and we are book 4 weeks in advance.

it is not something you can tackle in your shed, if you have a dodgy neighbour who decides to call the EPA your screwd, we had to spend 8g's on a water drain back system just so we could wash our customers cars.

get out of the dreamland.

did you even read the thread? dreamland is two people in this thread who have painted there own cars
no one is saying you can get a quality paint job cheap either... so im not sure what your getting at.

[iluv2moan]

i think he is somehow comparing painting A car in a residential garage to running a panel and paint business with regards to epa

and that he has a fucking big shop to store 50 cars booked weeks in advanced waiting for paintjobs each night

[big o]

i think he is somehow comparing painting A car in a residential garage to running a panel and paint business with regards to epa

and that he has a fucking big shop to store 50 cars booked weeks in advanced waiting for paintjobs each night


what i'm saying cokk is that you will get done and then you will have a nice bill in the mail the next week.

the epa and the residents in your area will not like it.

and the point i was making bout our shop is that panel and paint is so busy these days you will struggle to get a booking, and evan more lucky to get a respray on a old car, that is why shops quote a big $$$$ value so that if you agree it is worth pulling a tradesman off the insurance job he is doing to do your car, unless the shop trades as a place for cheap resprays dont bother asking.

we dont even quote cars unless they are going through insurance.

panel shops dont need shitters in there shop to survive.

[PAGZ]

lota tension in here

[joshg123]

Owen doesnt usually bring flowers and smiles to threads but he raises a good point. And seeing as hes in the industry id be going off what he says.

I know for a fact if someone came into my shop, asking for a gas conversion done cheap cos its a shitter. Id tell them to turn around, and go home.

[ben351]

then again you get small businesses like Bensons BBK Custom who do little insurance work and mainly resprays and touch ups and survive well too so different strokes

[CyberNetiC]

just spray it in ya garage in the middle of the day when no ones home.

i had mine done in ford ego, engine bay, inside and out (door jambs, boot everything) for a little over $1500.

but i paid for nothing but the paint, thinners, blah blah blah.

i helped him do the prep, he did the majority though to make sure it got done right.

the pain job is fucking flawless, and i understood afterwards why it costs so much to get it done, prep work is INCREDIBLE!

[masTers]

Doesnt matter what you pay either, insurance work will always take preference over your car - even when you pay retail.

[CyberNetiC]

like at the casino, where the guy with more money, thatg brings in more business always gets the seat first :P

or pretty much any business! fuckers! i was there first!