i was planning on having my 93 civic hatchback painted, dont want to travel too far.

leading towards to a black pearl shade: Granada, Flamenco or NightHawk

would like the whole car painted. including engine bay, door jams, gas jams, trunk jams, and the side moldings shaved. mostly everything visible. also i have lips on the car would like it to be removed and painted.

just wondering whats the best paint/body repair shop in the bay area for this project? and around what estimated price range am i looking at?




Modified by jdmstockeg6 at 12:06 AM 3/24/2008


Modified by jdmstockeg6 at 11:58 PM 3/24/2008

 

Thats most likely going to cost you a shyt load. Granada, Flamenco or NightHawk are all hard to spray. Theres a import shop in stockton that has a booth, and low cost. But check them out, heard there a lil to ghetto, (you could be missing parts) but that might just be If it was me id do all the prep work, shave, primer, seal, then have someone b/c it for you

 

any places? im leading towards earl scheib $1157.68 without engine bay

 

im thinking the same also ^ but should i prep the car myself? how much does it cost for them to prep it for you?

 

yeah i had my Dc2 painted there a few years ago. it was so bad , that i ended up going to school for automotive refinishing

 

btw most of those paint places use the cheapest paint they can get. If it was me, id wait till jan, 2009 comes around to paint when all the new water born low voc paint comes out

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mfef4dr &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Thats most likely going to cost you a shyt load. Granada, Flamenco or NightHawk are all hard to spray. Theres a import shop in stockton that has a booth, and low cost. But check them out, heard there a lil to ghetto, (you could be missing parts) but that might just be If it was me id do all the prep work, shave, primer, seal, then have someone b/c it for you </TD></TR></TABLE>flamenco or granada or nighthawk arnt hard to spray at all, they are jsut base/clear jobs. nothing facy, its jsut a ton of prep work becasue you want everything to be black and youtr car is white. id say ur spening a **** ton in materials alone then labor, you looking at proll2500$ ont he cheap side with a **** paint and **** paint.

 

yea i just sanded my whole passenger side. to make it easier for them and will look better for me hopefully and hopefully they'll reduce the price since im going to do the sanding myself



















Modified by jdmstockeg6 at 6:34 PM 3/25/2008

 

paint it yourself... lol

 

lol no time and space

 

bull foo you got hella time but iono about the space lol

 

haha. nah dont got time. im doing all the sanding you think it will come out better? and will they lower the price?

 

Check out DB Auto Body in San Francisco (Bay View Hunters Point Area).

 

anyone been to Earl Sheib in Hayward?

 

No. Earl Sheib = MAACO.

 

Friends Car Painted @ Earl Scheib in Hayward ??? ???








Will Post Pics of my Eg Soon

 

very nice.

 

Earl Sheib &gt; MAACO.