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Daily Driver
Hello,
I own an 81 X with original Rosso paint. It looks great from a distance but has multiple minor rust spots (front of each door, rocker panels, engine area where fuel cap is and opposite side, front of hood, and others.
I'm torn between just leaving it for another couple/few years and enjoying the original paint, and going ahead and getting it repainted. Today I stopped by a custom car shop that does a lot of classic frame up car restorations. After a very thorough going over of the car (He found a lot of things I wouldn't have noticed or thought to check) he gave me a price of $3000-$3500 for a paint job. That's doors/hoods and windshield off, all rust repair, and lizard skin paint (like rhino liner but matches paint) for the stone guard and for interior of trunks/engine compartment. There will be no original paint visable. He assured me there would be no painting over nuts, sloppy tape work resulting in paint where it shouldn't be, etc. All parts in the paint area would be removed and replaced after the job. (I'm going to buy all new seals, he'll install them). He also said he only uses top of the line paints and products to deliver an exceptional paint job.
I'm curious what other members suggest that I ask about / look for in a repaint. I know nothing other than what he told me about painting a vehicle. I'm not afraid to pay for a job that i'll be happy with for years and forget what I paid 12 months later because I'm so happy with it. What I don't want to do is be taken advantage of, get a half-assed job, and be well aware what I paid for it 5 years later.
Thanks for your advice and tips!
Brandon
I own an 81 X with original Rosso paint. It looks great from a distance but has multiple minor rust spots (front of each door, rocker panels, engine area where fuel cap is and opposite side, front of hood, and others.
I'm torn between just leaving it for another couple/few years and enjoying the original paint, and going ahead and getting it repainted. Today I stopped by a custom car shop that does a lot of classic frame up car restorations. After a very thorough going over of the car (He found a lot of things I wouldn't have noticed or thought to check) he gave me a price of $3000-$3500 for a paint job. That's doors/hoods and windshield off, all rust repair, and lizard skin paint (like rhino liner but matches paint) for the stone guard and for interior of trunks/engine compartment. There will be no original paint visable. He assured me there would be no painting over nuts, sloppy tape work resulting in paint where it shouldn't be, etc. All parts in the paint area would be removed and replaced after the job. (I'm going to buy all new seals, he'll install them). He also said he only uses top of the line paints and products to deliver an exceptional paint job.
I'm curious what other members suggest that I ask about / look for in a repaint. I know nothing other than what he told me about painting a vehicle. I'm not afraid to pay for a job that i'll be happy with for years and forget what I paid 12 months later because I'm so happy with it. What I don't want to do is be taken advantage of, get a half-assed job, and be well aware what I paid for it 5 years later.
Thanks for your advice and tips!
Brandon