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ya so im getting it painted the original blaze red with an orange pearl... i donno how its gonna turn out but for $300 cdn im not gonna complain much. so ill have pics up as soon as i get it back ( probably next weekend)

Wow where are you going to get a 300 dollar paintjob?

well i got alot of hail damage so half the car is getting painted for insurance and then i just have to pay the painter at work 300 to spray the rest of my car and buy the bodyman a 60oz bottle of gibsons finest. so well its a pretty good deal for say $550 cdn.

I got my car painted for 300 us dollars check my cardomain page but then again i did most of the work... paint is only like 80 dllrs in materials. These body shops make thousands of dollars in profits. THOUSANDS.

ya i seen your car and thats where i pretty much got the idea for the pearl. you have a sick ride mine. they are doing all the work to it so it would have been oretty pricey since there shop rate is about $75.00 cdn an hour.

Both me and my sister had our cars painted, and we have learnt that you get what you pay for (atleast in this area, I can't speak for every place). I spent thousands and she spent hundreds. Mine is very very clean, with only a few specs of dirt on the whole car, perfect all around. Hers has a decent amount of dust specs, and kinda patchy in places, and rust starting to bubble through a month later, even though they claimed to have put new metal in. Also the shine is much better on mine. I'm sure in a year or two you will notice even more of a difference when the cheap paint and finish fades and mine doesn't.

Hopefully the person you took it too has the same mentality as my guy, there is only one way to do things... the right way. If something isn't right, he fixes it. We had a bit of an issue with the way a couple things turned out and he repainted the whole car for free. My sister went back to her people to have them fix her trunk lid that is kinda uneven in paint and they wont do anything, they say it's good enough.

ya im getting it done at work and its probably one of the best painters and bodymen in town that is working on my car. the whole insurance claim is worth $2500 so im just paying so little since i get a deal on shop rates and all.

any update... How did it turn out ?

well all the body work (hail damage) is pretty much done now and tomorrow it is going to get prepped. i should have it back by wednesday or thursday of next week since it is really busy at the shop since they6 are short staffed. ill get a car domain thing happening and ill post the pics up there when it is completed. if anyonne wants to see what the car looked like before feel free to email me at joe_dirte50@hotmail.com.

post pictures when its completed..
debating weather or nto to go red

will do...... they painted the mudflaps and the mirrors and spoiler today and well it looks sick..... the car will be done monday since they have an old 72 ford ltd to paint tomorrow cuz its an old cranky guy and hes complaining. so ya the stuff that is painted now is looking amazing.... it shall look good..

the car is done and ill have pics as soon as its sunny outside

*taps foot* ... waiiiiiting ... i have to see this 300 dollar CDN paintjob

ok ill get it soon....... ive just been busy latelty since i just bought a house and trying to get stuff in order......... my car got hit on wednesday by some idiot who somehow drove into my rear quarter panel....... im getting it fixxed as soon as i buy a guy at work a 66oz of rye..... so ill probably gey dome pics of the good side of the car tomorrow.... sorry for the delay...

DJ wrote:Both me and my sister had our cars painted, and we have learnt that you get what you pay for (atleast in this area, I can't speak for every place). I spent thousands and she spent hundreds. Mine is very very clean, with only a few specs of dirt on the whole car, perfect all around. Hers has a decent amount of dust specs, and kinda patchy in places, and rust starting to bubble through a month later, even though they claimed to have put new metal in. Also the shine is much better on mine. I'm sure in a year or two you will notice even more of a difference when the cheap paint and finish fades and mine doesn't.

Hopefully the person you took it too has the same mentality as my guy, there is only one way to do things... the right way. If something isn't right, he fixes it. We had a bit of an issue with the way a couple things turned out and he repainted the whole car for free. My sister went back to her people to have them fix her trunk lid that is kinda uneven in paint and they wont do anything, they say it's good enough.

exactly, $300 paint job wont last as long as 1200 dollar job period.