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bullittandy
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Haitian_King wrote:I see.

It be easier to do a black car right? Whenever you get the time, you think you could do a write up on Q body painting? You have to strip the car down to it's primer base right?
Getting a black car straight and shiny is very difficult but matching a black car is relatively easy, black is black is black. As compared to white which forgives all kinds of bodywork errors, scratches, dents, orange peel etc. However, matching white is incredibly difficult, one extra drop or one less drop of any added color changes the entire can.

You can trust MAACO, most of the result is in the prep like Wes said. If your car's body is straight then all you have to do is tip the tape guy $20 and the painter $30 for an extra special job.

If you wanted to spray yourself, you need a big air compressor and a $100 HVLP (High Volume Low Pressure) spray gun. The gun I used cost $95 at Napa auto paint and Iused the cheapest paint line they carry.

Painting is an art and a science, you have to luck a little bit with the color and the texture of the paint but everything else is predetermined.

Try it-don't be scared all you can do is screw up the paint on your car.....


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Hmmm. I might do that then. I'd like to just keep the black, but fix the flaws and have it a deep glossy wet black. You know? Oh well, I have until the beginning of summer to get my ducks in a row.

What's prep work include? I know the taping is important, but I can't just spray over what I have on now right? Isn't there a "baking" process involved somewhere?

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Haitian_King wrote:Why?
See original post. Like Dennis said, every Q owner should keep a spare in the yard.

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1999 Q45 touring is back on the road!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Finally got the car repaired, inspected and am waiting on the title. So far, I've got $1500 invested in the 99 and that will continue to drop if I can sell some more parts off my junk 97. Its weird because i went through a phase where I was selling 2-3 items a week but recently haven't had a call/email in months-who knows?

I'll some pics soon.


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bullittandy wrote:1999 Q45 touring is back on the road!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Finally got the car repaired, inspected and am waiting on the title. So far, I've got $1500 invested in the 99 and that will continue to drop if I can sell some more parts off my junk 97. Its weird because i went through a phase where I was selling 2-3 items a week but recently haven't had a call/email in months-who knows?

I'll some pics soon.
Congrats Andy! It's always nice to finally finish a project like that.


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