Im a poor college student and i needed to paint my kit but i checked a few body shops and they were asking $400-1200 for paint alone and a few hundreed for installation. So i decided to paint it myself using paint supplies from auto zone. I used 2 cans of primer, 4 cans of paint, 3 cans of clear, and multi grit sandpaper- total cost was $35. Here are some pics..please don't flame

 

Looks great! but wasn't your car stolen?

 

Looks good really, who would steal a 12k car?

 

yup, the car was stolen but i got the car back about two weeks later. I had my stero, speakers, sub, and amp stolen. but other than that evrything was still in good condition

 

sorry to hear that it was stolen, glad you got it back.

my original thought was to come in and call you a ricer, cause it would be better to have the stock body then a spray painted body kit. but damn! you did a good job on that, it looks good

 

Phantomxa,
great job man, to hell with high priced body shops. I think it looks really good! I painted cars for 15 years BTW.

 

Very nice Not to flame, but in the second picture you can just barely tell the kit is a different tone than the rest of the body. But if you hadn't told me you painted it yourself, i would have never said anything

 

thanks for not calling me a ricer.. i hated the thought of having to use spray paint but i just couldnt afford a good paint job. I did some research and found a website called paint101.com and found a guide and helpful tips on using spray paint. the paint looks more glossy in person.

 

you did an awesome job! that is in no way rice

 

thanks for not calling me a ricer.. i hated the thought of having to use spray paint but i just couldnt afford a good paint job. I did some research and found a website called paint101.com and found a guide and helpful tips on using spray paint. the paint looks more glossy in person.

 

I can't find paint101.com is that the right address?

 

Looks good

 

That looks great. There is that small color difference but you could barely tell, For anyone else who thinks about doing this check out http://www.levineautoparts.com/spraycanofto.html You can get some colormatched paint , its $20 a can but....

 

looks good man, glad to see you got ur car back.

 

theres your flames lol

i love the two tone look

 

oh im sorry the website is www.autobody101.com theres a lot of great stuff on that site including forums and how-to guides. the paint i used was from auto zone but if you want color matched paint and you live in california you can go to tri-city paint. If i can remember i think they sell color matched paint for like $20 a pint and can be put into spray cans for $7 each. a pint of paint is good for about 4 cans

 

wow...for $35...that looks really good.

 

from the pics it looks better than some bodyshop work, which is sad(cause you used spray paint)

 

looks tight.. good job.

 

looks awesome.

how long did that actually take you in time wise and what was the temp outside and stuff?