Thread: Weekend project...

• Last weekend I decided to fix all cosmetics on my 05 gxp.....so i painted the whole car......

list of areas fixed:

• front bumper (stone chips)
• driver side fender (small dent)
• driver side rear door (small dent)
• driver side dog leg (stone chips)
• rear bumper (small scratches)
• trunk (dent by reverse light)
• passenger side dog leg (stone chips)
• passenger side rear door (small dent)
• hood (replace stock with inferno)
• front bumper grill and emblem (painted flat black)

with all that done i decided to blend all the base out so that everything matches.....


things to come:

• paint nostrils on hood flatt black
• paint spoiler flat black except the middle of it, thats staying body color

Here are the pics...

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more pics...

Love the color...love the wheels...your cars sexy!

yeah, been painting cars since I graduated high school and finally decided I would paint one of my own cars. Thanks for the positive comments

thanks.....after everything else gets done this weekend ill post more pics....and may even put it on the market

yea after its all done what else can i do but start over
lol

thats prolly the final thing on my list.....just waiting for nice weather so that is drys faster

if its painting the same color and not much body work like in mine i can get it done in a weekend but i usually dont paint whole cars on side jobs....and cost of something like i did to mine is about $2500 to $3000....thats to cover labor, materials, and over head costs of the shop.....paints expensive but if done right looks real nice...

Originally Posted by 97grandprix

if its painting the same color and not much body work like in mine i can get it done in a weekend but i usually dont paint whole cars on side jobs....and cost of something like i did to mine is about $2500 to $3000....thats to cover labor, materials, and over head costs of the shop.....paints expensive but if done right looks real nice...

Ive been saying this for a long long time paint isnt that hard to do to make it lood great if its done right and it shouldnt cost much more than materials and whats needed to paint for cost. 3k for paint is insane IMO. Its mostly in the prep work and cleanliness!!!