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Just dropped my lady off with the painter

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Old 02-28-10 | 01:10 PM
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Thumbs up Just dropped my lady off with the painter

Well.....it's in the booth now. Supposed to be ready in 10 days or so. Going from DWP to Super White, but no big changes other than that.

On the way up back home actually ended up at a redlight with a beautiful white Porsche GT3........what I would have given for that to have occurred on the way up while still in the SC. Guy was driving like he stole it too. My buddy was driving me home in his SRT-8 Magnum and apparently the Porsche driver wanted to play
Old 02-28-10 | 01:58 PM
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super white is gonna look niiice. too bad you couldnt run the porsche; that'd be a story worth writing about
Old 03-09-10 | 09:19 AM
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The suspense is killing me Painter is 70 miles away so I can't just run up but he's sent a couple updates......can't wait till the weekend. This car was super clean to start with, literally not more than a handful of door dings, but the painter is super OCD and you can see the extent of his obsessive bahavior in the amount of prep he did. Should be an excellent result. He doesn't even have a downdraft booth and the finished cars I've seen from this guy are rediculous. Normally he does classics and restomods so I think he enjoyed having a project car not requiring major work...LOL.



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Before anyone comments the painter put in spring rubbers to raise the car so he could better tape the wells. Confused me when I forst saw it given I couldn't normally get a finger between the fender and tires.
Old 03-09-10 | 09:38 AM
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Good stuff..car is gonna look brand new
Old 03-09-10 | 09:44 AM
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How much is this running you ? If you don't me asking. I'm looking to get my SC painted this summer if possible.
Old 03-09-10 | 10:16 AM
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Were trading labor for a turbo LS1 Camaro he's building but my material costs were over $800. I'd say with the amount of effort he's put into this correcting every single blemish labor on a job like this would normally run around $2500. If you use cheaper paints and just want a decent respray (not pulling all trim, handles, mirrors, bumpers, etc) expect to spend $2000 minimum out the door.
Old 03-09-10 | 10:25 AM
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looks good man so far cant wait to see the final project. im in the same boat right now wit mine. its in the body shop gettn repainted and all my dents pulled out. and only paid up to 1500 and my body kit is gettn installed
Old 03-09-10 | 10:30 AM
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Originally Posted by jonboyb
Were trading labor for a turbo LS1 Camaro he's building but my material costs were over $800. I'd say with the amount of effort he's put into this correcting every single blemish labor on a job like this would normally run around $2500. If you use cheaper paints and just want a decent respray (not pulling all trim, handles, mirrors, bumpers, etc) expect to spend $2000 minimum out the door.
Price seems fair. With the current condition of my SC4 it's going to need the works. I'd like to see the finished product of your car when it's done .
Old 03-09-10 | 11:03 AM
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I want to see it after the body shop.
Old 03-09-10 | 11:08 AM
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Nice, so far so good
Old 03-09-10 | 11:25 AM
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hood already looks awesome
Old 03-09-10 | 02:00 PM
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I can't wait to see it as well! It should turn out really nice.
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That seems kind of pricey but if it turns out amzing it will b worth it
Old 03-09-10 | 05:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Snx37
That seems kind of pricey but if it turns out amzing it will b worth it
$2500 is pricey? i'll have to disagree here....
but anyways, congrats!...nothing like a freshly painted car


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