I can't drive it another day like this - time for paint, she's ready !
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agree with repainting the original color, if that 202 thats would be my choice. I prefer a single stage paint as well.
lmao I can't believe you drove it around like that! I couldn't do that... hahaha
+1 for braveness!
If your car was 206, repaint it 206 if you can! I love the color, personally. I can remember seeing my car the first few months I had it, sitting at a gas pump while I was paying, and looking out at it only to see a dark ruby supra sitting where my black one was
I'd go with the stock color, but I love that color a lot. If I weren't painting my entire chassis, I'd go with 206 again.
+1 for braveness!
If your car was 206, repaint it 206 if you can! I love the color, personally. I can remember seeing my car the first few months I had it, sitting at a gas pump while I was paying, and looking out at it only to see a dark ruby supra sitting where my black one was
I'd go with the stock color, but I love that color a lot. If I weren't painting my entire chassis, I'd go with 206 again.
wow. you are brave.
why so many spots of filler? if that is filler... little dents?
hope all goes well...good luck with the paint and get some good pics!
why so many spots of filler? if that is filler... little dents?
hope all goes well...good luck with the paint and get some good pics!
Don't worry, I'm not letting that guy do it. I can't afford having my car down for three months. I was originally going to do it myself but I decided that having someone else do it was going to be cheaper. I am doing all the prep work to save some $$$ though.7Mk3_91 said:
A whole bunch of little dings down the sides for some reason, I don't know, that's how it came.Figit090 said:
I didn't want to say it yet because you will all flame me, but it's going to Maaco. They have a half price special for right now. I cut a deal with the guys there as long as I do all the body work and prep they are giving me their best paint for cheap !!! It is going to be a single stage acrylic urethane with some extras. I've seen their work and it looks pretty good from what I can tell. The hardcores on here will have a field day but I'm not too concerned.HellsLegion said:
Hey itll look good for a few years. Just bring it back in then!
Cant wait to see it finished Chris.... W should have the BBQ when its all done. Christen it alive once more
Cant wait to see it finished Chris.... W should have the BBQ when its all done. Christen it alive once more
There is nothing wrong with most macco paint jobs except one thing...prep!
They spend next to no time prepping the car properly for paint. Since your doing this all yourself and your basically just having someone with a booth shoot it, I would bet it comes out real nice!
They spend next to no time prepping the car properly for paint. Since your doing this all yourself and your basically just having someone with a booth shoot it, I would bet it comes out real nice!
Exactly, basically that's it. I am doing everything, the only thing they are doing as far as prep is to make sure that the paint will stick. They are going over everything with a higher grade paper and if my repairs aren't perfect they are going to do them right. But I am a perfectionist and a cheapskate so I am doing them all myself. I was planning on painting it myself but just the cost of the paint was going to be over $400 plus the cost of a enclosed canopy ($200), the cost of the spray guns $150 (which I already bought) and another $100 for laquer thinner, sandpaper, etc... And the environmental concerns of my politically incorrect pussy ass neighbors was another wrench in the gears. I figured, let Maaco shoot it. They have a five year warranty (whatever that means), so I'm not too concerned. In fact, how bad can it be???theWeezL said:
Who is Christen??? I thought your car was named something weird like Zelda. Btw, Kyle you are a post whore !!!HellsLegion said:
jk
I think you should spray the thing in your driveway as a way of flipping off your pussy ass enviro neighbors. Leave beer cans laying around the canopy you leave up for 3 extra months, "accidently" spill some laquer thinner on the ground and set it on fire by dropping a cigarette butt on it, and make sure you overspray nearby trees. Give them something to bitch about. When it's all said and done, they might be suprised that they survived it. Sounds like fun!
I just started another paint thread this morning, and I was hoping somebody like you could comment on whether it's worth the money saved to prep yourself, or if it's an assload of work that's hard to get right and worth $1,000 to never have to mess with in the first place.
I just started another paint thread this morning, and I was hoping somebody like you could comment on whether it's worth the money saved to prep yourself, or if it's an assload of work that's hard to get right and worth $1,000 to never have to mess with in the first place.
that would look pretty cool if it was painted to that design on purpose :icon_razz Looks like a holstein cow
It most certainly would be a Moopra....Thats something to be proud of right there. One solid color for a car, HAH! What a dumb idea :icon_bigg
Car is currently in the shop for the makeover, I should have it back mid next week they said. ::w00t::
I dropped it off at 6:00 this morning and when I came home from work and didn't see her in the driveway, it was almost as when the dog doesn't meet you at the door.
I miss her already.:cry:
Maybe I'll go see her tomorrow for a little while.
I dropped it off at 6:00 this morning and when I came home from work and didn't see her in the driveway, it was almost as when the dog doesn't meet you at the door.
I miss her already.:cry:
Maybe I'll go see her tomorrow for a little while.