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Mon Jun 30, 2008 10:36 am
$300 is about the cheapest paint you can get - around here the cheap paint shops are called "Earl Scheib" and "one day paint" - you will have tons of overspray, no clear coat, dull, lack-luster paint..... anybody who knows paint will be able to walk up and say "this is a cheap paint job"
$300 paint job takes one day - and does NOT include door jambs and under hood, so its not usually good for color changes. My buddy who sells cars gets the $300 paint job aand tips the painter an additional $100 to do a great job and it comes out pretty good.
From 20 feet away however they look pretty good. Its a good solution for junk, crappy cars that are primered, rusting, ugly etc A complete quality 3 stage paint job using OEM paint (PPG), by a professional shop, is going to run you $2000-$3000 and can take up to three weeks. To do it right, u pull out all the windows, pull out the engine, pull out the interior, etc AGAIN $500 paint looks fine from far away. You can only tell close up, in person. Examples:
$400 paint from Maaco.
$2500 paint from a Honda authorized body shop (but before final wetsanding)
As u can see, from a distance, the cheap one might even look better (but the reflection is not clear) but when you walk up, you can easily see all the imperfections in the cheap paint, whereas the white one looks like it just rolled off the showroom floor in 1996 Its up to you to make the call. Oh yeah, cheap paint doesnt last long either. Give it 5 years and you'll look like you bought your car in Tijuana.
Modified by fueler at 2:18 PM 6/30/2008