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hey guys just managed to put a kit on my r34 and want it spray painted professional in a jet black colour (cars original colour is black)

alot of people recommend DT panelts but from what ive seen when i drive past is they seem to dry all their parts in the sun and dont have a spraypainting room which im not a fan of.

havnt had a chat to them personally but im looking for a good quality job and willing to pay for it.

any help much appreciated.

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hey guys just managed to put a kit on my r34 and want it spray painted professional in a jet black colour (cars original colour is black)

alot of people recommend DT panelts but from what ive seen when i drive past is they seem to dry all their parts in the sun and dont have a spraypainting room which im not a fan of.

havnt had a chat to them personally but im looking for a good quality job and willing to pay for it.

any help much appreciated.

I'm pretty sure DT has a spray booth / oven. And if you want to see the quality of their work, Daniel's R34 GTT with full East Bear kit will be a good example, think it was sprayed 4 years ago and with the proper love and care, til now, the car is in immac condition :D

If you are willing to pay more for a even more awesome job, then try MiColour, lots of people recommends them. Give Mick a call.

EDIT: Here's a link to Daniel's R34, it's one of the best GTT you will see around. Click here.

SS8_Gohan Grand Master

SS8_Gohan

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yeah, they have the stands outside more than likely for a place to work :P but no, not drying

first question, what's your budget?

And JET BLACK will require a fair whack of time and effort to maintain. If you can't be assed AT LEAST go metallic.

EDIT: thanks Charles :D still getting comments on your b-pillars - one guy was like 'phwoar, are they dry carbon!?' lol

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GUN_METAL_GTR32

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vu has sprayed mine and many of my friends cars, his body skills are also very good for little things like removing and welding holes etc.

my cars about to go back there to get the engine bay spray painted.

he definately has a spray booth the parts that r out the front are usually just being finished sanding and prepped.

heres my car in the booth...

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Speak to Vu at DT does all my work including my old 1977 LTD in jet black (worst possible job to give any shop) and it is coming up a treat.

Everything is relative make sure you explain what kind of job you want to the paint shop, most guys want quick spray jobs so get charged appropriately, if you want a show stopper then make sure your prepared to pay for it.

I see alot of people commenting on shops work without comparing the costs. I know VU will do whatever you ask. Athids cover car was one of the nicest paint jobs around and i can tell you noone else could do it for the price of DT's.

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Birds Grand Master

Birds

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That's a mint looking S15! Wheels suit perfectly and bodykit looks rather flush compared to most. Able to give us a ballpark on what the paintjob for that one cost?

Everything is 100% relative to cost, it's more of a labour process rather than a product.

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That's a mint looking S15! Wheels suit perfectly and bodykit looks rather flush compared to most. Able to give us a ballpark on what the paintjob for that one cost?

Everything is 100% relative to cost, it's more of a labour process rather than a product.

remember some paints push 1000 a litre too... i had a candy 180 in here that had 5k of paint on it without any labour or prep...

im not going to post what that job cost as its not my car, im sure vu can advise you to how much it would cost.

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remember some paints push 1000 a litre too... i had a candy 180 in here that had 5k of paint on it without any labour or prep...

im not going to post what that job cost as its not my car, im sure vu can advise you to how much it would cost.

yeah alot of HOK stuff starts around 1k a litre. so does 'top secret' gold if you buy it from them....

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it always makes me laugh about the comments on the cost of candy colours and house of kolours......house of kolours has to be the biggest rort ive ever seen...its all marketing shit that far too many people fall for,they dont have anything that hasnt been out for atleast 15 years sold under a diffrent label...we use SEM candy pigments every day here at work which are about $150 a litre(we dilute 10-20 grams to 100grams of clear,so all up it would roughly 6lts)We also have DNA pigments which are a bit more concentrated,so depending on the colour you require you put down a ground coat thats half way to what you want to acheive for example if i want to paint a job mandarine orange i would make a metallic orange ground coat with 2 coats of mandarine pigment over the top.Most people are under the misconception that you use silver under pigments but this leads to leaning to hard on the dye causing "train tracks" and a patchy look....so at a quick run down $150 for dye,clear $500,4lts of base coat $300 and thats your colour taken care of for under a gorillla(which you would have lots left over if you play it smart and use a tinted undercoat)so anyone thats considering painting there car in pigment dont get brain washed by all the bullshit marketing!

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