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Oct 29, 2004, 03:28 PM
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Originally Posted by smittyinva
I paid $11,000 for my M3 and it was not a color change.
Paint is all about quality. You can get a paint job in varying degrees starting at a few hundred at Maaco up to $60,-70,000 for a vintage car. The question is "How much am I willing to spend?" I used Herbert Standox products. Three coats of primer, three coats of color, one coat of metallic and six coats of clear. Materials alone were $5,000. You need to decide your budget and work from there.
Paint is all about quality. You can get a paint job in varying degrees starting at a few hundred at Maaco up to $60,-70,000 for a vintage car. The question is "How much am I willing to spend?" I used Herbert Standox products. Three coats of primer, three coats of color, one coat of metallic and six coats of clear. Materials alone were $5,000. You need to decide your budget and work from there.
to get your money's worth.
Oct 29, 2004, 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by VTECH8TR
Holly **** 11k for a paint job, bro i hope you borrowed Pamela Anderson for a week to get your money's worth.
to get your money's worth.
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Oct 29, 2004, 04:18 PM
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Originally Posted by blacklancer03
buy a spray gun, buy your professional paint and do it in a non buggy environment! i did my whole body kit for 300 vs. 1000. it was perfect till a semi full of rocks pulled out in front of me..
hahahahah that sucks man anyways i have an 03 lancer but i am trading it in cause i cant afford the insurance and car payments (insurance is 500$ a month and car is 300$) NJ is raping me so im gonna trade it in to buy a car cash and im getting this
its a 97' 3000GT the car itself is amazing but the color is horrific i was thinking going black would be good but any color except that would be fine and price range no more that 5k, thanx for the help everybody
Oct 29, 2004, 09:06 PM
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Lucky me I took Class Automotive Collision and refinish class also this year i took Custom Paint.. that color to color (fade color) That call Tri coat that expesive... at body shop or local paint charge you 2,000 for Paint also depend on Labor Hours... Labor hours like 20- 100 a hours.... If i do that myself i can do about 400-1,000 dollar job.. I used a PPG.. I did Trick Flames job on 66' Nova SS with Pearl Blue with Peral White with Ghost Flame.. so cool..
Depend on Cost i know it hella expesive!
Depend on Cost i know it hella expesive!
Oct 30, 2004, 05:19 PM
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Originally Posted by jayvee
^^^^^That's a sweet looking car, nice job. 
Originally Posted by ru4real
^I have to change my underwear now. That M3 looks amazing.
Thank you.
Originally Posted by memo3
Isn't that the Steel Gray on M3?
It is Steel Gray with a few grams of pearl. The additional clear makes it look darker.
Oct 30, 2004, 05:50 PM
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Maybe I'm slow but...
You have a 120 hp 4 door car and pay $500 for insurance and $300 for your car. How will getting a 2 door car that is obviously faster gonna fix that? I'm just confused by that. Can you explain that to anybody else why that makes sense or is Jersey that a$$ backwards? Anyway, it would be better to have a 3000GT! I just don't think your insurance will go down, but maybe it won't be too bad with it being an older car!
Originally Posted by LOTL
hahahahah that sucks man anyways i have an 03 lancer but i am trading it in cause i cant afford the insurance and car payments (insurance is 500$ a month and car is 300$) NJ is raping me so im gonna trade it in to buy a car cash and im getting this
its a 97' 3000GT the car itself is amazing but the color is horrific i was thinking going black would be good but any color except that would be fine and price range no more that 5k, thanx for the help everybody
its a 97' 3000GT the car itself is amazing but the color is horrific i was thinking going black would be good but any color except that would be fine and price range no more that 5k, thanx for the help everybody
Last edited by BensLancer; Oct 30, 2004 at 05:51 PM. Reason: typo
Oct 30, 2004, 06:16 PM
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Originally Posted by BensLancer
You have a 120 hp 4 door car and pay $500 for insurance and $300 for your car. How will getting a 2 door car that is obviously faster gonna fix that? I'm just confused by that. Can you explain that to anybody else why that makes sense or is Jersey that a$$ backwards? Anyway, it would be better to have a 3000GT! I just don't think your insurance will go down, but maybe it won't be too bad with it being an older car!
Oct 30, 2004, 06:41 PM
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Oh OK!!!!
Thanks for clearing that up! Go ahead and get that joint man!!!! I was just confused for a sec! Good luck!
Originally Posted by LOTL
its gonna be cheaper for me cause i am buying it in cash so i can put whatever insurance i want but in financing a car you HAVE to have full coverage but when the car is yours already you can put liability
Oct 30, 2004, 06:56 PM
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It all depends where you live and how desperate the paint shop is for a job. My friend had his lancer painted for $688 and it was a $1000 + job at maaco. The guys appointment sheet was almost empty. He even said "I shouldn't even do it this low but I need the work." You could also get discounts if you have two of your cars done too.
Oct 31, 2004, 01:23 PM
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i found one my friend got his civic painted there for 1500 he went from red to black and it looks nice and clean **** looks brand new he had it painted for about 4 months and still no problems, his brother owns a body shop
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