New Paint Job

[Guest Lojikl]

Just a quickie...

Anyone have an idea on how much it would cost to respray an R33 GTST.

I'm getting f&@kin' cheesed at constantly having a dirty black skyline.

and besides the current paint is covered in swirl marks and scratches

cheers...

[Pva_Glue]

I believe it can be anything between $3000~6000 depends on what kind paint you want...

eg. cameleon paint, two colours etc..etc.

cheers

Joe

[GTS-t VSPEC]

You can get a fully spray done for about $2500, but you often get what you pay for, so the people charging $4000 are often better. It's not cheap, so I'd think carefully before spending that sort of money.

See'ya:burnout:

[gtrken]

To do a GOOD job requires the car to be stripped, ie all windows out , wheels off , door trims off and if you are doing a full colour change properly then engine out and engine bay stripped.

If they aren't charging 6K for that , then they are too cheap and you get what you pay for.

Colour changing a car is a good way to spend a lot of money devaluing the car.

When the time comes to sell , most people prefer the unmolested , unsprayed original colour. Colour change to me denotes something slightly amiss and I price accordingly.

Get a quality 3 stage type polish , Mothers is my personal favourite but Mequiars is good.

Allow about 6 hrs and a lot of effort and follow the instructions ( ie. not in the sun , small amount at a time , allow to dry etc ) using all three stages including finishing with the carnuaba wax.

The results are usually stunning.

Cheers

Ken

[Nizmo]

too tell you the truth - i know black cars are a pain in the butt - i own two and my mum also owns one ( which has different paint speckles on it because my parents have a powdercoating business) - but getting maybe a professional buff done and a touch up on those scraches would be the way to go. Why buy a black car if you werent prepared for these things to show up anyway? If you have the money for a new paint job go for it - but i do agree with ken - as far as onselling the car goes keep the original paint.

Ive had the occasional touch ups on my car and it maybe the guy i use i dont know but it always blends with the car and it looks like new.

[G0DF4Th3R]

yeah mate i have a black 'line myself and its a b!tch to keep clean though on the few rare occasions that it is, it looks like a million bucks, well maybe $24,990 at least

anyone know a guy that can restore car paint to its original shine or at least give it a good polish? maybe can give that a go first before painting the car.

bambam

[Guest Lojikl]

Cheers all.

I'll be going the polish route. Not worth respraying the car.

And besides I really do like the Black, its just damn frustrating sometimes.

[IMACUL8]

Lojikl

I done this last March.

Black R33 complete respray in black with peal blur through it.

I has the car taken bake to bare metal, all imperfections fixed, primed and painted. Also had fron bar modded for intercooler and a few other bits and pieces.....

took 9 weeks and cost over $6000.

Done by Lombaris Welshpool

Daniel

PS -i will never buy a black car again.....

[25GTT]

Throghout the days when my car is an everyday driver it loooks like a piece of poo, water marks and leaves and dust cake up on it in a few hours after a wash! i have the dark red colour maybe not as bad as black but everything marks on the paint. if i don't wipe every bit of water off after a wash water stains are everywhere!!!

So before each show i have a friend who works for a detailing company who comes round my house and does a friendly deal for me as a cash job on the weekends. The paint comes up fantastic after cut buff polish like brand new! he really does fantastic job as some might have seen at shows.

I will ask if he can do a few personal jobs for people. at work he charges $300 as they are one of the highest quality detailers in WA. does porsches GT2 & GT3's alf barbagelos cars!

But for me normally about $65.... for everything besides shampoo of seats and stuff. put interior does get done nicely aswell :-)

[bully]

a quick wash every 3 days does mine then once a week i use Mcquires beeswax on it and it comes up mint. With a black car you will always see swirls etc in the paint work the trick is to get a lot of wax built up on it so looking into the paint is like looking into a deep pond. i set a program eg was bonnet and roof one week doors the next etc etc

[rob77]

Thats nice price. I too have a black r33, not my choice of colour but when I was importing this one came up and was what I wanted in every way but colour so I took it anyway. I desperately need a good cut and polish (dont need the interior stuff, I do that myself) but I've never done a cut and polish myself and I'd rather get a pro to do it with a black finish (heard some bad stories of people doing their own black car).

[bully]

dont cut and polish a black car too much -- once a year at the most every time you do it you are remove paint

[caminperth]

Has anyone used that Bikiniwash mob? I was thinking of getting them to do my car and a friends as a Bucks day stunt - you know, girls not wearing much in front of a bunch of pissed seedy guys? hehe..

Good/Bad reports welcome. Don't want my car's paint to be ruined just for a laugh for the boys...

[gtrken]

One would have to think that first they are pretty woman / models / strippers /out of work uni students and professional car detailers who know what they are doing with your paint a loooooooooooooong way second.

Cheers

Ken

ps And they are NOT cheap.

[25GTT]

plus when we were going to have that raffle day and BBQ day a while ago they weren't to willing to lend us a hand.... how much were they going to charge us Joe? Some ridiculous appearance fee or something???

What goes around comes around I say, they don't scratch our back we don't scratch theirs!