i recently met a guy that does body work and paints cars and told me he would paint my car for me for 200$ (basicly parts for the job) my gf says i should keep th elude blk but i like the pearl white color and think it would look good what do you guys think heres the lude in blk.

 

black. my friend has a white lude. its ok, lude looks meaner/classier in black

 

thx for your input blk does hold its own hard core

 

200??? are you sure its worthy?

 

black owns

 

 

keep it black..

 

Aye White looks innocent, it shows more curves, but black looks mean, And your car looks mean now, imagine at night

 

Black is hard to keep clean unlike white and in black you can see every scratch and swirl mark unlike white. Black is sweet, but its takes constant maitnance.

 

if you just met this guy then i would first take a look at his other work,...200 bucks seem to cheap IMO,..oh and BTW your car looks badass the way it is

 

please keep it black, it loooks soooooooooooooo good as it is

 

i dont think you could pull off the kit in white...right now it looks mean as hell and i gotta give props but if it was white...imo i think it'd look kinda ricey

good luck with your choice man

 

thx guys for the comments and compliments the gusy other work looks good he is only hooking me up cuase i helped him on his pc stuff ima pc geek and gfx artist so i helped him hes hooking me up in return he does good work. but im thinking of staying with blka dn getting hella clear coats and a final blue pearl clear coat what do you think on that?

 

Black !!!

 

once you go black, you don't go . . .

 

You can't buy quality paint for $200 even if you got a really good discount. The only way I'd go through with the paint job is if this guy owns a body shop. With body work you'll get what you pay for. Nice car btw

 

 

i have the hook ups man dont be worried about the price of it just let me know wich color to use thx everyone for helping with my decisions what do you guys think on that blk pearl clear coat idea?

 

I made the same mistake. Don't do it unless there is something else involved with paying this dude. I gaurantee that it will be crap. The prep work involved in doing a complete color change is outrageous. Lots of man hours involved, unless your doing it yourself, this guy is not going to do it right. No one in their right mind would do all that for $200 and do it right, unless he's a really good friend or your helping him.
I was able to get a discount on my paint and its bottom of the line PPG and it was a little under $200 for just the paint. I painted my car Championship white w/ gold pearl, its very similar to the cadillac paint. If i remeber the Caddy paint is also tri-coat meaning that its base white, then the pearl coat which is usually basically a clear w/ pearl and then you have the clear coat. And unless this guy is a bad-*** painter, he will stripe the pearls. Its very hard to spray pearls, you have to very consistent with your overlap and coverage. You can't fog coat with pearls either to cover up your ****-ups. And if you lay them to wet they will sink and you will loose the effect w/ the pearl
I can tell you from the painters i've dealt with that anyone that respects their work will not do it for that cheap, bottom line.
I understand this guy is trying to help you out, but its not worth it, you'll **** your car up with a shitty paint job.
Just don't do it unless your completly confedent and realize what it takes to get it done right.





[Modified by tHE oNE, 4:08 PM 3/14/2003]

 

no kiddin, my friend paid $550 for the paint and materials used on his car, and that was him buying the stuff himself and taking it to my friend and letting him paint the car.

*edit* and this was just for basic base coat and clearcoat paint, New Formula red plus the clear.


[Modified by PatrickGSR94, 10:08 AM 3/14/2003]

 

yea i understand this but im just gonna get the car repainted honda blk it has some chips and scratchs here and their i mean it needs a paint job kinda bad in my eyes not in others , ima go ahead and see what he can do for me and if it turns out good then hell yea if it doesnt turn out to hot ill get it repainted soon thx again gusy for the input it helps alot.

 

True.

 

200 bucks bud, you might get what you pay for. you car already looks nice.

 

copy that

 

Hey, if there's nothing wrong with your paint then don't bother! Your car looks great, and I can attest that a car is never the same after it has been painted. It's just not worth it unless you have paint problems.