So what are some general tips about getting a whole car repainted?
I'm so in love with my mid 00's boring sedan i want to do a complete service, consumables, clutch, brake job, etc and a repaint cause its got various dents and scratches here and there. Plus i always thought it'd be cool to own a midnight blue car.
I saw rob spaghetti get shafted with his maaco deal, on the other end i guess i could get it to the stealership and get fleeced, what are some tips and general ideas you guys got about this
Isaiah Clark
in general you want to look at past jobs from the guy. especially with a color change, its not a small task. so look at his prior work.
Oliver James
Changing the color is a huge amount of work since you have to paint all the jambs, engine bay, etc. There is no possible way you will fine anyone that will do a half decent job for less than $4k.
Hudson Green
This.
Sometimes you get even just a dent repaired or something and then wonder if they guy is colorblind or what.
Dominic Green
how much should i expect to pay for a repaint of the same colors. car is 22 years old, close to 300k with lots of highway paint on the front. a few scratches here and there. Otherwise fine as it lived 22 years being parked i the garage at night.
also, why isn't senna using a hose nozzle, surely he could afford one.
Juan Butler
Matching colour is not as easy as having a good eye.
Selling auto paint and doing the painting are two different businesses
Andrew Jones
>matching color is not as easy as having a good eye
>look at vin >look at dealership >color code found wow so hard.
Dylan Edwards
if you are painting the entire car its easy. If you are painting a panel or damage repair it can be tricky as paint ages and changes color.
Jonathan Kelly
>the color code is the same therefore the paint must be exactly the same shade 22 years later!
how fucking retarded are you? why do people in this board feel the need to act like smartasses when they don't know the first thing about the topic? idiots like this guy should be banned
Carter Allen
Your assumption that paint will magically match as long as it's mixed right is wrong. It's up to the painter. Conditions and technique change the way a color looks drastically. Typically a painter will make something called a letdown panel where they try the color over different colored sealers and at different thicknesses then hold it up to the car to see what matches correctly. Even then it's extremely difficult for a perfect match which is why the color is blended so far out on spot repairs.
