Reply to "550 paint question"

Gordon NicholsMassachusetts 1993 CMC Supporting Member

I built my entire car except for the emblems, then removed everything and took the car to the paint shop. They finished the prep and then painted it. I thought I had done a good job prepping everything for paint, but the shop was far from satisfied and re-prepped it and found a few things to correct along the way. This way, if you gently scratch the body surface along the way it can be easily corrected before final paint.

So put the car together, then find a paint shop and ask them how much of everything they want you to remove (photos are needed for this step) and do that before you deliver it to them for paint.

And try not to get “sticker shock” when they tell you what painting it will cost. Good paint is expensive to buy and then you have to pay a true artist to put it on right. Some painters are MUCH better than others. The 3-part paint on my car, in 2000, was around $5,000.

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