Well, after driving around a nasty looking red and black hatchback, I finally broke down and got a paint job..

here she is in all it's red hatch black glory:







now here's the hatchblack.. it was a little dusty in the pictures(you can see where i ran my fingers around the hood) i'll clean her up with an old shirt tomorrow and update the pics

 

an old shirt??? so you're going to rub all that dust into your new paint? why not just wait for it to fully cure and then wash it?

 

 

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haha that's what i was told to do.. but damn seeing it dusty makes me want to clean it!

 

who did the paint job, looks alright.

 

cheap earl scheib job.. looks a hell of a lot better than I thought it would. can't beat a 6 year warranty against fading and chipping for 300


one less red car in the driveway



Modified by RedHatchBlack at 8:17 AM 6/21/2005

 

simple choice...

 

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yeah and seeing underaged hot highschoolgirls makes me wanna bang em,

but I know it's a stupid *** idea so I don't

 

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but I know it's a stupid *** idea so I don't </TD></TR></TABLE>

That's pretty much the perfect analogy right there.

 

hmm not bad for 3 bills

 

Paint job looks bad. Needs color sanding and hella polishing.

 

clean...now lip it

 

black

 

yep a wetsand and polish needs to be applied

 

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Dang nice. Black sucks to wash though!

 

whats with the spot where the old "H" was on the hood... missed a spot?

 

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but I know it's a stupid *** idea so I don't </TD></TR></TABLE>

 

sorry to say but that paint job looks like **** imo

 

New paint does not need time to cure...It can be washed the second after you pick it up, just do it properly. There is a simple article on washing on maaco's website, also a ton of car detailing forums. Do it right, otherwise that black will look swirled and scratched REAL QUICK.

Wait 30-45 days and put a good thorough wax job on it with a good quality wax...Do it every 3 months minimum to keep it looking like new. A good wax will make it better than when it came out of the paint booth.

Looks good to me!

 

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thats such a load of bullshit. do not wash your car for the first month.

if i were you, i'd color sand it like crazy and buff it if you want it to look good

 

I was thinking of doing something like this too. I bought my hatch flatblack, and my dad hates it, and I wish I had paint on it too. Would they paint it Frost White, or do they have some gay shades that you have to pick from?

How much would a paint job (say a rating of 7) cost from a body shop other than ES?

 

I did finally wash the hatch about 2 weeks later, looked great! I cleaned it very carefully to avoid swirling. The smudge where the H would be is my palm print from closing the hood(it's a CF hood so I push it down to lock it) I didnt take any more pics, but it's due for another wash this weekend. I'll snap some more pics and post them up for anyone who's interested. Even though it's an earl scheib paint job, I think it looks very good. They even removed my license plates and stuff so it's black everywhere, pretty nice.

edit:
I'm not sure if you could pick your own color or not, I just picked the gloss black they had on display. I know you can choose for your own color with maaco though, but usually maaco wont warranty their work if it's already been primered etc..

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Botle Rocket War &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">New paint does not need time to cure...It can be washed the second after you pick it up, just do it properly. There is a simple article on washing on maaco's website, also a ton of car detailing forums. Do it right, otherwise that black will look swirled and scratched REAL QUICK.

Wait 30-45 days and put a good thorough wax job on it with a good quality wax...Do it every 3 months minimum to keep it looking like new. A good wax will make it better than when it came out of the paint booth.

Looks good to me!</TD></TR></TABLE>

shut the hell up

the most important lesson for a newb in any technical forum would be to never give advice unless you are sure you know what you are talking about.

you not only told him to go ahead and wash his car the first day he picked it up, but you insisted that he wax his car "every three months minimum."

great, so now there's chance of one foolish newb teaching another newb who asked for advice to foolishly wax his car every week.

i wonder how long it will take before that one stage maaco paint burns to nothing...

just because you scoured maaco's site and found info on a proper car wash doesnt mean that you can wash your car properly the day you pick it up. there's no such thing.

infact several friends and i have had a handfull of car's sprayed at the maaco in my neighborhood equipped with one of the newest booth's in the country and everytime we leave with a car they drop the spiel "don't wash it for.... dont wax it for...."

do you know why they tell us that every time? because its their job, not yours

 

the guy said dont wash it for atleast 10 days, no waxing for atleast 3 months