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Old 03-17-10, 04:09 PM
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Flat Black Rust-Oleum Spray Paint in cans from Ace Hardware.
Cheap, Rust Preventative, looks good from 20 feet away, and that's all you need.

You get what you pay for...you just got FREE advice.
Want a new car paint job? Buy a New Car.
Old 03-17-10, 06:53 PM
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Originally Posted by SCereal
I was going to do my 4x4 with the modified $50 paint job technique. Brightside boat paint using the roll and tip method. Abandoned the project and parting it out so never got to test it.
This is supposed to be much easier and better results.
Old 03-17-10, 07:24 PM
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Hey I got Earl paint job for 450! and it did not look like a 450 paint job ether! What you need to do is research the earl or macco. The 1st earl's I went to screwed me!! left with a free paint job after complaining to district manager about how I was going to have replace all the body trim on my 17 year old s13 because he painted it and the fact the **** used the wrong color!!!! they paid for the trim and I got a free paint job (my s13 was in four diff color from the jdm conversion). The paint job was not bad, no orange peel, bubbling or fading but the **** painted the whole car blue!!!

The next time I needed a paint job I went to another earl's for paint. Told the guy what happened the last time I had a car painted by them, he told me " all my guys are old school" and they are old school! I pre-tipped the spray man (50's something guy) and the body man 20 bucks each. I took all my lights out F/B, covered my coils, and removed the sides, rears, and front lip and they took her from there.

When I picked up the car, I went from a four color s13:

To this for 450 and 40 in tips:

Old 03-17-10, 07:46 PM
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Do all your prep work yourself and take it to maaco, I've had my mkiii supra sprayed there and they did a very good job, not too many fish eyes
Old 03-17-10, 10:16 PM
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Thanks, guys
Old 03-17-10, 11:38 PM
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Originally Posted by tavarish
1. Prep the car yourself
2. Take to Maaco/Earl Scheib
3. Colorsand/Polish
4. Great paint job.
^this.

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