Thread: cheap paint jobs?

Don't cheap out...but if that's your only option, at least make sure you spend the extra money on the highest quality clearcoat they have...I'm a detailer and I see people taking their cars to crap body shops and 3 months later the hood is almost as chipped as it was in the first place. Low price painters will also lay your paint down too thin the majority of the time...One way you might save some money is to not have them wetsand and buff the car after painting. You would save a few hundred doing that yourself, maybe even prep it yourself...but if you've never done any of that kind of stuff before then nevermind

Originally Posted by Dtrick22

Don't cheap out...but if that's your only option, at least make sure you spend the extra money on the highest quality clearcoat they have...I'm a detailer and I see people taking their cars to crap body shops and 3 months later the hood is almost as chipped as it was in the first place. Low price painters will also lay your paint down too thin the majority of the time...One way you might save some money is to not have them wetsand and buff the car after painting. You would save a few hundred doing that yourself, maybe even prep it yourself...but if you've never done any of that kind of stuff before then nevermind

This guy said it all. The only cheap paint job I would ever go with is a family friend that would do it for a little pay himself.