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Burning Brakes
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Paint
I just looked at a 03 50th Anniversary Red convertible. It is not a garage queen so it has a few scratches and stone chips along with the usual under front facia scrapes.
Does anyone have an idea what it would cost to have the car painted from the doors forward. The drivers door has a nasty scuff where it looks like they may have opened the door and hit the garage wall. It looks like a tough paint to try touch up paint on.
Thanks
ps; Has anyone tried the paint repair process at Drcolorchip.com? Their video's do not give a real idea of their success but they have good testimonials?
Does anyone have an idea what it would cost to have the car painted from the doors forward. The drivers door has a nasty scuff where it looks like they may have opened the door and hit the garage wall. It looks like a tough paint to try touch up paint on.
Thanks
ps; Has anyone tried the paint repair process at Drcolorchip.com? Their video's do not give a real idea of their success but they have good testimonials?
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Burning Brakes
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Blending
Does anyone know of a super duper detailer in the Nashville Tennessee area?
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A high-end detailer is going to be expensive. Not $5000 but
my guess $500 to a $1000. Do some thinking stripes ,a partial
wrap, flames, there are a lot of options.
my guess $500 to a $1000. Do some thinking stripes ,a partial
wrap, flames, there are a lot of options.
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Burning Brakes
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Detailer
I am thinking more along the lines of touch up, clay bar, buff out wax etc. I have a partial tear in my left rotator cuff and two surgeries on the right. I cannot do the rubbing bit.
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I can't realy comment on pricing since I had numerous other items performed while the car was at the body shop. Long story short, I added a new hood, front spoiler side skirts and rear spoiler. While having these items painted I also elected to have the front fascia, license plate cover plate and headlight covers repainted to remove rock nicks from 40,000 miles of wear. This was also to blend the hood and lower spoiler to the rest of the car. My car is Magnetic Red Metallic, a color similiar to the 50th anniversary red with a lot of metallic and also has the factory 3 step paint job like the 50th does (Base/Tint/Clear) which was also a $500 addition for that paint color. I chose a very competent shop to do the work and I honestly can say that there is no way you can tell the difference between the factory panels that weren't painted and the ones that were. It really rests in the abilities of the shop but the paint can be matched and blended to the other panels to look as good as factory, even the tough metallic paint colors.
My guess is 1,500 is an average price for a good job.
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I can relate to your situation. I'm also looking go repaint my front bumper and hood (rock chips). One of the best shops here in town quoted me 1300 another source quoted me 500. So it just really depends on the place.
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Is Hendersonville too far for you to travel??? If not pm me and I'll give you the name of a detailer in H'Ville who works magic when he details.
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Eric Witt of TruShine will come to you from Knoxville. He is an extraordinary detailer.
http://www.trushinedetailing.com/
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If you know of any used car lots in your area that you trust, you might ask them who they use to detail out the cars that they buy. Several of them use services that touch up paint chips, blemishes etc. They may even be able to show you cars on the lot that have been detailed out.
Good luck.
Good luck.
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Burning Brakes
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Good Idea
If you know of any used car lots in your area that you trust, you might ask them who they use to detail out the cars that they buy. Several of them use services that touch up paint chips, blemishes etc. They may even be able to show you cars on the lot that have been detailed out.
Good luck.
Good luck.
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Just to put it into perspective, I just had my front bumper and new hood painted,just materials alone was right at $600, that is for DuPont base/ clear, there were other brands half of that. Just depends on how long you want it to look good. Pricier clear coats will give you that deeper look, and continue to have it for a greater period as opposed to cheaper paints.
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Painting cars...wow a touchy subject for my family.
Really that price of $1500 is not off the mark at all. Now days paint and materials such as hardener, reducer, clear, base. One gallon worth of these items can cost upwards of 1500 by their-self.
The 63 roadster was just painted and paint, spraying, wet sanding, buffing = $5000. The body work was all completed by us.
If you trust the shop have them repaint. If a reputable detailer thinks they can polish it back to life go that route. Once it's painted a person who has knowledge will always know. And depending on the color of the car it may be tough to match 10yrs later?
Really that price of $1500 is not off the mark at all. Now days paint and materials such as hardener, reducer, clear, base. One gallon worth of these items can cost upwards of 1500 by their-self.
The 63 roadster was just painted and paint, spraying, wet sanding, buffing = $5000. The body work was all completed by us.
If you trust the shop have them repaint. If a reputable detailer thinks they can polish it back to life go that route. Once it's painted a person who has knowledge will always know. And depending on the color of the car it may be tough to match 10yrs later?
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Burning Brakes
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From: Thompsons Station Tennessee
Paint
Painting cars...wow a touchy subject for my family.
Really that price of $1500 is not off the mark at all. Now days paint and materials such as hardener, reducer, clear, base. One gallon worth of these items can cost upwards of 1500 by their-self.
The 63 roadster was just painted and paint, spraying, wet sanding, buffing = $5000. The body work was all completed by us.
If you trust the shop have them repaint. If a reputable detailer thinks they can polish it back to life go that route. Once it's painted a person who has knowledge will always know. And depending on the color of the car it may be tough to match 10yrs later?
Really that price of $1500 is not off the mark at all. Now days paint and materials such as hardener, reducer, clear, base. One gallon worth of these items can cost upwards of 1500 by their-self.
The 63 roadster was just painted and paint, spraying, wet sanding, buffing = $5000. The body work was all completed by us.
If you trust the shop have them repaint. If a reputable detailer thinks they can polish it back to life go that route. Once it's painted a person who has knowledge will always know. And depending on the color of the car it may be tough to match 10yrs later?
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Here is my new setup hood, headlights, still not crazy about the frog eye look they are growing on me, but I did HID upgrade in process, it is a night and day difference regarding quality and amount of light at night. And repainted front bumper as well.