paint job in the houston area...

[ShiningBuick 10+ year member]

Find a buddy with a shop n spray gun and do all the work yourself... I painted mine for about $700 including paint (from NAPA), sandpaper, buffing compount, polish, etc.

Or do all the prep work yourself (sand, etc) and have a local shop do the actual spraying. From my experience it's mad easy to shoot primer and base coat, but clear is where you'll have problems.

I'm sure you could get a shop to spray clear on your fully prepared base-coated ride for a couple hundred.

DIY for the win.

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

Find a buddy with a shop n spray gun and do all the work yourself... I painted mine for about $700 including paint (from NAPA), sandpaper, buffing compount, polish, etc.
Or do all the prep work yourself (sand, etc) and have a local shop do the actual spraying. From my experience it's mad easy to shoot primer and base coat, but clear is where you'll have problems.

I'm sure you could get a shop to spray clear on your fully prepared base-coated ride for a couple hundred.

DIY for the win.

Eh, any REAL shops look down on that...

I'd rather have someone do the work that does it for a living...

Then again, it all depends on how much you want to spend... and how much you care about the end product... (good, better, best, show quality)...

nG

 

[hoss 5,000+ posts]

I got a friend who had his exlporer painted something like that...
before:

after:

i know for a fact, that i have seen that explorer on the roads before //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[pitbull12887 10+ year member]

i know for a fact, that i have seen that explorer on the roads before //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

he lives in charlotte //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif ... not sure where at though because i havent been to his new house.

 

[T_dizzle 10+ year member]

you live near veterans