ok well i was looking around honda tech and noticed on the ef page that some guy painted his car with rustomem paint, specically white gloss paint? holy ****!! does this really work. and honestly? how good does it look? if so.... im going to ******* home depot. hahah. any feedback?

 

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Yes it does i am almost finished my car just need a polishing!!

 

do i need to remove my existing paint? im interested in trying this, but im kinda scared. cause if you expletive up.... its the outside of your car. the first place everyone sees. ya know?

 

i used the same kind of paint for my car but i used a spray gun instead of using a roller. the roller left too many lumps, they might be able to be sanded down but it would take way too much time. yeah anyways using a gun and wetsanding it down looks really good for the price.

 

Dude look at the orignal mopar thread the guy explains everything...and i think it looks a hella lot better than my old rust/primer/black/bondo color before.

 

and i also just sanded the car down with like 60 grit or something close to that. just make sure its smooth with no big chips before you paint.

 

damn if you don't care about your paint why don't u just get a cheap *** $200 maaco job?

 

Because the 50$ method can look jsut as good...if you take time and do it right

 

true, but with all that work, and Im sure it cost more than 50 in the end...im just sayin

 

yeah it was actully about 70 with the sand paper and paint thinner and such.

 

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how long did it take you, including everything?

 

I paid about 60-70 as well mostly paper...its jsut labor that gets you but the good thing is you can do it when you want, paint the hood take a break, wetsand the next day, etc. Overall i think its not a bad choice since its my first car and didnt wanan spend 4k on paint and body

 

cool so it just took you a few days then? I know what you're saying about saving money, I just cant stand body work and if I had an older car I didnt care about the paint being great on, I would just AHH OHH go to maaco and save the time i would have spent on body work doing something more useful, like getting CRUNK!!!

 

Well i have been working on it since tuesday and all i have left is a polish..I had ALOT of body work and this is my first car so i figured hell why not learn, so i welded new peice of the 1/4 panel, took off the spoiler, and plugged all the emblem holes. The hardest part is wetsanding and im a a weak ***. I figure if i mess up my car hell its only 50$ not 4k

 

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do you have any idea wat 60 grit would do to ur car? 60 is only used for heavy body filler

 

Yeah they recommend 400-500 and i used 400, other than 100 with the body filler

 

im not trying to diss you, or put down the Idea of a homemade paint job (hell i did that on my s13 240sx). But if you have a little more cash, you should check out some of the colleges in your area with automotive programs. I know the college im at now has automotive programs where staff members, students, friends etc can sign up to have your car worked on.

Here to get a car painted they go flat rate, but charge $20 per hour. You dont pay for the paint because thats figured into the $20 per hour. If it should take 20hrs for paint then you pay $400. And the starting students dont even touch a paint gun...so it wont come out like ****.

Just a little food for thought.

 

yeah but i can go to maaco or 1 day paint and body and get the same paint job for the same price, and it will come out terrible, they will paint my moldings and handles, and i will be bumbed out.

 

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oops, it was 400 grit, i used the 60 to get the rust off.

 

its amazing what those cheap, ghetto guys in the Effing Fugly forum do to there ugly *** cars.

 

cherrys are for cherrys

 

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Have you ever tried it??

 

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dude stfu