I have painted some with a friend who has since passed away, but have a good friend who has done finish bodywork and paint for 40+ years. He said he'd teach me to paint. I also have a friend who does paint and fiberglass work. Another friend who owns a machining shop (Lots of CNC machines) who I need to talk to about machining parts (like Grabber Spoilers or grill medallions, etc. If anyone wants an AR15, look him up on FB - Barnes Precision Machine (BPM)
Some of the quotes I have saw posted will not cover the costs of the materials for some paint jobs. You should price top of the line primer and paint.
Yeah I am going to check a lot before I make a decision. I am going to go ahead with my swap and carbon fiber installed and search for the right paint job. I don't need a $25,000 job but want it to look nice for going to car shows. I want to be able to drive the Mav on weekends and to shows.
on the other side of the coin...maybe Jeff will share his paint job story. it's one in several million...
Took little over a month to go from this to this. http://mmb.maverick.to/threads/paint-body-shop-here-i-come.84907/
Very nice, Jeff. You mean they actually did the job in the order that it cam in? All right.. which cousin works there? lol So, how much for what they did?
This is very true. Premium products are not cheap and they never were. I still have a few gallons of the non-VOC stuff stashed and it's SOOOOOO much nicer to work with than the newer stuff. Just wish I would have gotten some Pure White for the Comet. Can still get some great non-VOC stuff but it's far beyond my budget and needs for this car. On the other hand, as a painter I know for fact that premium products can also help you save additional costs on the back end. The more you pay.. the higher the solid contents and greater the productivity with fewer coats required to achieve the desired results. Not to mention the improvements in UV packages and greater long term elasticity(chip resistance) aid in overall lifespan. Basically, fewer paint-jobs required to keep it nicer longer.
I talked to the body shop a couple days earlier about getting paint. The next day he called and he told me the glass bead blasting people will be there tomorrow. I only had time to remove bumpers, marker lights and grille that day. I drove the car the 2 miles to the shop the next morning and started removing body parts because I was doing a color change. I called Frank for help and he drove the 50+ miles and we blew the car apart in the parking lot. The body shop also did a little rust repair around rear wheel openings/lower quarter trunk drop-off and filled holes from where the side molding and emblems were attached, also working the door dings. It cost $3000 for the body shop and $850 for the glass bead blasting. The paint is DuPont base coat/clear coat on top of epoxy primer. I had to pay someone else $250 to buff the paint.
body and paint is 95 percent prep 5 percent paint I spent 3 months last year doing a five stage paint job on my motorcycle but the satisfaction from some one saying ''Who painted it''? And me saying ''I did it all myself''' is priceless
a retired body Guy did the prep on a car for me. he cut in the doors, trunk and fenders. I had a shop shoot the paint. two months later the paint came off in sheets. they told me "the primer was too slick". strange, the cut in that my prep Guy did didn't peel...
