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Old Nov 25, 2008 | 08:06 PM
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Paintscratch.com babyyyy you can get rattle cans, touch up pens, gallons lol
Old Nov 25, 2008 | 08:22 PM
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Just find an auto body supply store. I usually pay around 40-60 per quart for basecoat plus reducer. Then you need to buy clearcoat which I just paid $240 for a gallon with hardener about an hour ago.
Old Nov 25, 2008 | 08:36 PM
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Omg that's so much money for paint. Maybe I do need to get my stuff painted in a shop
Old Nov 25, 2008 | 08:48 PM
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And thats just omni basecoat (a more inexpensive brand).. Its a good thing you arent looking at House of Kolor!

You usually need around 2-3 quarts of basecoat to do a car, so thats about $150 + $50 for reducer + clearcoat + tape + paper + tack rags + scuff pads + sandpaper + gun cleaner + compound + buffing pads....
Old Nov 25, 2008 | 08:53 PM
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Okay for an entire car that's not too bad...
Old Nov 25, 2008 | 08:55 PM
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the basecoat price is per color... It would be probably like $750 by the time you were done just in materials
Old Nov 25, 2008 | 08:58 PM
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Stu you're making me depressed
Old Nov 25, 2008 | 09:02 PM
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Originally Posted by sbkob2447
Stu you're making me depressed
you should be happy, if you do it yourself your looking at 750 ish.... now if a body shop does it your looking at like 2000 ish....
Old Nov 25, 2008 | 09:08 PM
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so sam are u re thinkin doin ur box by urself? hay i just did mine, came out pretty good i think.
Old Nov 25, 2008 | 09:08 PM
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Good point bruce. I'm going to end up doing it myself so I should be happy its cheaper huh lol
Old Nov 25, 2008 | 09:10 PM
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haha
Old Nov 25, 2008 | 09:16 PM
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OMG HAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHA

I think I just peed myself. That's a pretty phat design however you know when I'm done with my car you're going to want me to do yours too jeremy
Old Nov 25, 2008 | 09:22 PM
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sorry hun i don't think so
Old Nov 25, 2008 | 09:24 PM
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and it's not that think your gonn mess it up or anything, it's just that i wouldn't trust myself. let alone anyone else besides a pro to do that. ya know?
Old Nov 25, 2008 | 09:26 PM
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but ya i'm leaning towards that 4 the paint
Old Nov 25, 2008 | 10:08 PM
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no lie, when I first looked at that pic, the paint job looked real, i only looked for a sec but i looked again caught on lol
Old Nov 25, 2008 | 11:02 PM
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yeah well i saw the pic real small on my sidekick screen and i thought it was a real car... then i'm like nooo i've seen that background before and knew it was a pic jeremy took of his car a couple months ago... sillllllllllllllly

for real tho. my talent is up for grabs when i'm done jeremy ;) HAHA
Old Nov 25, 2008 | 11:34 PM
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Originally Posted by lastlookcustoms
Just find an auto body supply store. I usually pay around 40-60 per quart for basecoat plus reducer. Then you need to buy clearcoat which I just paid $240 for a gallon with hardener about an hour ago.
It was raining when I took these pics.....and most of it is white paint that scraped onto the car

http://img141.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tcpicsg6.jpg

http://img210.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tcpic3yu7.jpg

How much do you think that will cost to get fixed? And do you know anyone that does body work?
Old Nov 25, 2008 | 11:39 PM
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why cant i see the picsss
Old Nov 25, 2008 | 11:48 PM
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Originally Posted by kevbow
Originally Posted by lastlookcustoms
Just find an auto body supply store. I usually pay around 40-60 per quart for basecoat plus reducer. Then you need to buy clearcoat which I just paid $240 for a gallon with hardener about an hour ago.
It was raining when I took these pics.....and most of it is white paint that scraped onto the car

http://img141.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tcpicsg6.jpg

http://img210.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tcpic3yu7.jpg

How much do you think that will cost to get fixed? And do you know anyone that does body work?
hard to tell from the pics, but it looks like you can buff out most of that!

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