ye my car got reallie messed up ..some people thought itll be funny to put aircraft remover on my car

soo paint started bubbling and chippin off

how much for a pretty decent yet good paint job? anyone knoe

 

for oem paint job is 3-4g i believe for the whole car, I have a friend that works at honda world. What some of my buddies do is they go to small local shops that charge cheap(1000) for their paint jobs but give them a life time warranty (ghetto). Go oem

 

yo seriously thats Scandelous

soo i guessin im better off lookin fo around 1ooo$ paint job

yo thanx fo that advice

cant trust nothing no mo

 

insurance?

 

exactly, insurance should cover the majority of the work if it was vandalism.

 

yeup it would if u have full coverage ..... but i only have liability

yeah pretty much i am screwed ..

 

HiJoLe! still got them seXy oJo's

 

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sounds like a candidate for the $50 paint job.

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1555133

^ see this page, i am painting my hatch myself with great results.






you could also go to maaco or earl sheib and get a decent paint job for about $800 - not sure how good it is though.

 

yeah it loOks pretty nice fo 50 $

 

im using marine paint, probably after supplies it'll be a good $200-300. those people in that thread are using rustoleum.

 

fred. how does macco work?

 

cheap paint, single stage mostly, does the job though if prepped good.

i think you guys in cali have earl sheib's which is the same thing...

 

Hey I got a friend in Compton with a shop that does a really good job.

 

macco is crap it so cheap bc they do single coat and paint will have no gloss what so ever or at best paint will look flat after a few washes go oem but if tight go bodyshop you trust

 

HOLY****! They even slashed your tires. Damn, it must suck to be in your shoes man.

 

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It looks like the let the air out, not slashed.

 

People have no respect for other people's property. If I saw this in the act, I am not sure what I'd do to catch them.

See how much insurance will allow you to claim. They probably will point you to some shops to get it fixed. If your insurance allows you, see if you can go to the following 3 I recommend if you are willing to travel:

In Gardena, Ca for excellent work, you can go to Sixteen Customs.

Honda Service Center in Torrance, Ca. I hear does a good job as well.

Sixteen Customs should cost you less since they are a small operation and don't have as much overhead.


MOB works is also worth mentioning for custom paint work but located in Orange, Ca
http://www.mobworks.com/

As another option,
There is a 1 day paint place all over LA as well (Click here). Their paint is warrantied for only 1 year for their cheapest system and 5 years for the most expensive stuff. (Using Dupont paint). Their paint is on one of the Import Tuner magazines. It won't take 1 day... that's just their name.

It looks like it ate at your clearcoat. Perhaps it will be easier to paint? I am not sure though but best of luck!


Modified by AoiGSR at 12:40 PM 9/17/2006

 

wtf, that's retarded. sorry dude

 

Damn, sorry to see what a$$holes did to your car, if you want a good paint job don't get those cheapy $400 paint job. Why? because those places just paint on top of existing paint without even sanding it. In terms the new paint will not grab onto existing paint due to the clearcoat. Clearcoat protects the basecoat so anything that is painted over the clearcoat it will want to repeal it.
In addition, from what have been done to your car the paint needs to be stripped down to bare metal and primed again since air plane stripper eats up paint and who knows if it got to the factory e-coat or not. So don't gamble on cheap paint job; it looks good, but in a few months it will start peeling off and you will be at the same point where you began with which is lots of headaches and many people to blame.
Well, a good paint job is better than oem and will cost around 3k up +(whatever you wanted to be done to the car). Good paint job are consist of completely sanding off the old clearcoat (in your case take it down to bare metal), priming, spot puddy, basecoat, and clearcoat. If you ever prep a car to paint you will know how much effort is envolved in a "good" paint job.

 

All I have to say is Hire A HITMAn

 

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there's a maaco paint job thread, if you pay a little bit more for better paint and prepping, it looks just as good as oem paint. here's some pics. before you say they suck, do some research.

$600 (3yrs ago)


dont know price






there's more, but you can see the quality. some people have good luck with them, some dont.

i'd highly recommend you do your own prep if you do one of these paint jobs.

 

you get what you pay for

 

correct, and from these peoples experiences from that other thread, a lot of them would take any other cars to get painted there, so that leads me to believe they are doing something right...

 

happened to me a while back
3 week old element was keyed and tires slashed
(psycho gf's ex bf)

estimate was about 1900
that was for one side repainted , hood
and new tires so figure about 3000-4000

 

I've gotten 3 good ppg paintjobs with some body work on 3 different cars in the past for $1200 or so for each one....you don't have to spend $3k to get a good paintjob. just find a good body shop.