10 foot paint job

[Andy]

Hey, I'm kicking around the idea of painting my car. I don't want to spend more than 500 bucks to do it. Some of the Maaco stuff doesn't seem that bad for a track car. Any of you guys have any suggestions or knows a guy . . .

[Evan]

Alan got his racecar painted for $500 and it looks good, ill ask him where

and I have an HVLP gun and a compressor.......

[Andy]

and I have an HVLP gun and a compressor.......

You'd paint my car pink with a hammer and sickle. No thanks.


Please ask Alan though. His car does look pretty sweet.

[PDenbigh]

Yeah, and share the results here please...

[Evan]

and I have an HVLP gun and a compressor.......

You'd paint my car pink with a hammer and sickle. No thanks.

nah, red (as in state) with a silhouette of Reagan and an elephant hood ornament....

[WRXtranceformed]

Just get us drunk and we'll paint it like we painted Maeng's Miata's hardtop :lol: :Looool:

[Maengelito]

beware the wrath of mikey though. one "MM" of spray paint will kill all the trees in a 100 mile radius

[Andy]

This is my car this past weekend. It's pretty beat. It's much worse than I thought.

[Scott]

This is my car this past weekend. It's pretty beat. It's much worse than I thought.

Your passenger door and fender look nice.....

[.RJ]

Andy, you want to give buffing it a shot?

[navin]

Andy, you want to give buffing it a shot?

Yah, wheres the thread with Evan's miata where he buffed it. Looked pretty damn good.

Andy - you need to paint over the interior too, and clean up that left over tar residue

[Evan]

i think one of andy's fenders is mismatched color anyway. might as well repaint.

[navin]

I THINK they are all pink.. but i can barely remember seeing the car last weekend, and what i did 4 hours ago.

[Andy]

The front passenger fender and door were resprayed by a previous owner when a tractor trailer's tire separated and scratched the whole side.

The front driver fender and headlight cover met VIR's tirewall.

So far as I can tell, there's about 6 shades of red on the car.

RJ, if you want to see how much magic you can work, be my guess. If anything else, it'll be a good excuse to drink beer in the daylight.

[ViPER1313]

I think a good buff would do that car magic - I have seen cars with way worse paint look great after a good buff.

It won't last long though.....

A good rattle can job would be perfect :twisted: .

[Steve85]

My bmw looked just like that, a few shades of red. We had it done at Maaco and here is an after shot. I had the clear coat done so it was a little more around 800 I think. It's a good way to go. It had 2 very minor oversprays and one tiny run.



And yeah buffing is temporary lasts about 2 weeks after all the effort.

[.RJ]

And yeah buffing is temporary lasts about 2 weeks after all the effort.

Evan's car still looks great 8 (?) months later.

If you do it correctly it should last quite a long time as you'll remove the layer of oxidation from the surface of the paint.

[Jeff]

cut it down with compound, polish it, wax it...good for as long as you keep it that way.

[HAULN-SS]

Have you ever thought about just re-clearing it? Strip it of all wax and oils currently on it, and clear everything. it'll look pretty good, and last a lot longer than a buff.

[Andy]

Toyota's didn't have clear coats for red, white and black cars in the early nineties. The pink isn't oxidation, the paint isn't there anymore.