Paint Job

[ehojefua]

How's everyone doing? I recently was involved in a fender bender that damaged my driverside bumper end cap, driverside turning signal light, and dented part of my hood and front quarter panel......I need to "pop out" the quarter panel so that the new item that i purchased will fit properly. I know that I will have to repaint the affected area but I was thinking of repainting the entire vehicle..beause its due for a paintjob....the question I have is this...the current year is 1993 and the current color is Roman Bronze..... what color choices do you guys suggest and How much am I looking to spend.....I was thinking of the OEM color of Plymouth Blue... or should I just keep it the same color.....Also remember that my rims will also have to be the same color due to it being a 1993. thanks for any reply

[DiscoDream2]

Originally Posted by ehojefua

How's everyone doing? I recently was involved in a fender bender that damaged my driverside bumper end cap, driverside turning signal light, and dented part of my hood and front quarter panel......I need to "pop out" the quarter panel so that the new item that i purchased will fit properly. I know that I will have to repaint the affected area but I was thinking of repainting the entire vehicle..beause its due for a paintjob....the question I have is this...the current year is 1993 and the current color is Roman Bronze..... what color choices do you guys suggest and How much am I looking to spend.....I was thinking of the OEM color of Plymouth Blue... or should I just keep it the same color.....Also remember that my rims will also have to be the same color due to it being a 1993. thanks for any reply

Stick to the original - keep it real!

It really takes away from the vehicals appeal, value if you look at the door panels and see the previous color chipping through. If not it is a frame off resto and that is tooo much for this project.

[OldnDirty]

If you want to do it right, plan on spending 3-5 thousand dollars

[ehojefua]

Originally Posted by DiscoDream2

Stick to the original - keep it real!

It really takes away from the vehicals appeal, value if you look at the door panels and see the previous color chipping through. If not it is a frame off resto and that is tooo much for this project.

@Disco Dream2:

Thanks for the advice...I actually was leaning more towards the original then the plymouth blue but then i thought about it, that if I did change the color, then I would have to change the color on the title and everything els and Im not ready to deal with all that paperwork...lol

[ehojefua]

@ OldnDirty:

3 to 5 thousand for a quality paint job???? Even if I keep it the same color????

[DiscoDream2]

Yea, if you change the color radically, you have to paint every nook and cranny the new color, under the hood, door sills, trunk, ugh, it's endless, really.

If you stick to the original then they can miss a few nooks and it's hardly noticable and you might be able to pull off the Earl Shibe / MAACO $399 special, maybe, if you provide the paint, LOL!

[Divied245]

I say get a nice shade of standard apartment white and just paint the whole thing with a roller.... i bet you could to it for under $50.

kidding, but for a good paint job will run about $2000. if you have litterally no filler work to do. If you just sand and prep it and shoot it in the same color your looking at about 2 grand. if you start fixing dings and imperfections oldndirty is on the money with a 3000-5000 mark.

if you sand it all and do all the ding fixing yourself and prep it all, you could just get somebody to shoot the paint which you could probably get done for about 500-800 depending on paint costs.

[ehojefua]

Originally Posted by Divied245

I say get a nice shade of standard apartment white and just paint the whole thing with a roller.... i bet you could to it for under $50.

kidding, but for a good paint job will run about $2000. if you have litterally no filler work to do. If you just sand and prep it and shoot it in the same color your looking at about 2 grand. if you start fixing dings and imperfections oldndirty is on the money with a 3000-5000 mark.

if you sand it all and do all the ding fixing yourself and prep it all, you could just get somebody to shoot the paint which you could probably get done for about 500-800 depending on paint costs.

@Divied 245:

LOL!!!!! Your funny. Too bad I already painted my apartment or I would have done just that...... I may find someone to knockout the dent for me then find someone to repaint it the same color. Thanks

@ Disco Dream 2: I've heard horror stories about Maaco and their paint jobs....they are only good for dent removals but the paint jobs are another story....i actually found this guy who was gonna charge me roughly around 1300 to 1500 for dent removal, repaint the same color and 2 coats of clearcoat...and i thought that he was too low and decided not to go with him...but then that was in georgia and another guy, also in atlanta ga, quoted me 400 for repaint and clearcoat..and i also decided not to go with him because i thought that if i go with the 400 then my paint job will look as if a 3 yr old picked up a crayon and went to work......LOL!!!!

[hermanpj]

it depends on how much preparation you have the paint shop do. you can get good quality paint and match the original paint code no prob. i spent 2700 in 2005 on my complete paint job, all door sills/jambs doors inner and outer, roof, whole 9 yards. even included cleaning and painting the frame with and axle housings with black underbody paint. they did some basic attention to low spots but it was not a total strip down and prime, block and sand preparation. today i think if you just want a good quality basic sand/prep the existing paint and spray over with the original color coat and clear it, you can do it in the 3K range. If you want them to do a really fine paint job it starts to get into 5-10k depending. Depending on your own skill you may be able to do some of the sanding and prep - check with the paint shop on what they'll accept.

[OldnDirty]

Another think I'm not sure about is whether or not most body shops are used to working with aluminum. I'm willing to be that knocking out dents in aluminum is a completely different animal than knocking on steel. I don't know, I haven't attempted any bodywork on aluminum myself. All I do know is that paying someone to do it for you is NOT cheap, and when someone does a bad job, it's usually a total nightmare.

[ihscouts]

Working with the aluminum panels is nearly the same as sheet metal. You can work-harden it by overworking; too much hammering. It even corrodes. You can use a torch to heat the dent and then quench/pop it, like steel. You'll never pull a dent out completely without needing dope to smooth because it's now stretched, just like steel. I've worked one fender out, previous owner deeply creased on a fence post. Simply removed and gently tapped it back without a dolly. Almost can't see it, I didn't even flake the paint. I have plans to repaint sometime in the future but for now it's serviceable. I liked working with this panel so much I probably will never go steel again. It doesn't spring like steel, it holds corrections perfectly. Very malleable.

[shorm]

you get what you pay for trust me, i worked at a maaco for 3 years and i would avoid a low-end paint job by all costs. "scuff 'n' squirt"

[OldnDirty]

From what I've heard, if you do the prep yourself or have someone do it for you, Maaco will do a reasonable job of painting it. Just make sure you do all the taping and prep yourself. The paint job is only as good as the prep work. Or you can do what I'm doing, find a RRC with a good body and swap over all the panels. I found one for $300.00!

[Dantelaterra]

You can get a paint shop to make up a rattle can with the same color thats on your range right now...... I just did this to an integra I bought, I replaced the bumper and primed it then hit it with a rattle can which was made up to match the color on my integra. This would definately be the cheapest and my bumper looks good, you can hardly tell. But buy a good primer, I bought a self etching primer and it looks really smooth, I know this is half ghetto but it's definately the most affordable solution.