I want to get my car repainted because the last owner painted it a custom purple color and its fading and chipping everywhere.. since no one can match it I just want a repaint.. I went to Scheib today and they gave me an estimate of $505 for their top of the line pro 3 package.. everythin included w/ 2 clear coats as well and 6 year warranty. Should I do it? If so im thinking either gloss black or pearl white..

 

despite what others may say... Earl Sheib doesnt do a bad job. I would do alot of the prep work yourself (removing trim pieces and such) since they are known to overspray.

I know a few people who had their paint done at Earl and it came out gorgeous.

 

Ya i was planning on taking off my headlights and tail lights.. Does anyone know how to take off 5g lude headlights?

 

I have a friend that thought it was a good idea.. his turned out like ***.. but his was the $100 deal or whatever.. OF COURSE ITS GONNA BE SHITTY! lol.. dont know about the expensive one..

 

so for that $500 job, do they get the door jambs as well? does that mean they will remove your weather stripping and install it after?

 

Yah thats why im hesitant cuz of all the horror stories I hear about these places but i mean if im gettin their best service and a 6yr warranty.. i can come back for any fading peeling etc..

 

Get it and inspect everything. Go over the whole car with your hand. If you feel any spots that get rough make them wetsand and buff it again. Also make sure there are no fish eyes. Good luck.

 

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I would highly suggest taking off all your body moldings, weather stripping, spoiler if applicable, and marker lights yourself. Then tape up your headlights and tailights yourself when you get there. This ensures that you will get virtually no overspray on these parts. If you have a spoiler then have them paint it off of the car. Also, tape up behind the front grill to keep them from accidentaly spraying paint on your radiator and such.

Then you get it back and reinstall all the trim pieces and there you go.

 

for 500$$$!!!! i wish we had a earls up here.
we have maaco here and there paintjobs, for under a grand, are absolutly horrid.

 

there is actually a maaco around me that just opened and the one painter there is awesome, his body work is horrible but he can sure as hell paint. I still won't go there to get a paint job though.

 

Thats with door jambs.. i didnt ask about the weather stripping however.. should I take that off? just by pulling it off?

 

I wouldn't say GORGEOUS, but doing your own prep work will save you from having those sander marks Earl Sheib/ Steve Luckey/Maaco leaves. Sand until your arm falls off then switch arms and sand some more with your remaining arm. Tack rag the crap out of it so you don't get fisheyes. After you get it painted, stay on the service writer to fix the sags, runs, and orange peel.

 

Anyone here in SoCal willing to help me out with sanding my car down before it gets painted or have a shop? Preferably in Orange County

 

wow $500 for a complete job... if that turns out good its the deal of the century ... too bad not one here ... never even heard of em ...
if you want a complete paint job here with new color and have them take out all your small dings and such it will cost you roughly 3k ... i have the hookup here and it would still cost me a cool $1000

 

man $500 is a deal. my really good friend paints cars for a living and I still gotta pay $500.

 

I had my old CRX painted at Maaco years ago and I had everything primered and it tuned out great. I got their best package also. They definately over spray though. Now one of my good friends is a bad *** painter so I will be getting my coupe repainted from the melal up for $2,000.00 with many a many coats of clear and paint.

 

pearl white has to be the hardest paint to mathch for preludes, i can never find a place to do it right, and ive been screwed to many times.

 

My advice would be to do all the bodywork, prep work, and masking
work yourself. I just barely repainted my car a few weeks ago. I
had my friend that works at a body shop spray the car only, I did everything
else. If you take your time with all those it will turn out nice (in theory).
And defineately take off everything that you can to paint your car. I took
off my wing, headlights, taillights, running boards, stripped the hood, gas
lid, mirrors, handles, and probably a couple other things. And be sure to
primer any body work spots several times to get it right.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by matix &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Get it and inspect everything. Go over the whole car with your hand. If you feel any spots that get rough make them wetsand and buff it again. Also make sure there are no fish eyes. Good luck. </TD></TR></TABLE>They don't "wet sand" .They don't care about fisheyes.They even tell you there maybe alittle dirt in it.Oh and they don't buff.And every shop is different.I managed for them for 5 yrs and it was always a race to get the best workers in one shop.

 

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Hmm i wouldnt get my car painted their then. When i worked at a body shop that did work for lexus, jaguar and bmw. I did all the prep work. We would wet sand and buff. Clay bar all the overspray. But we were also charging 1000+ for paint jobs.