RX7SIGN

I was curious on what you are looking to pay to repaint our cars or what people have paid for repainting there cars. If anybody has had it done tell me what you experience was or what you hear also pics, this is your time to shine feel free to post some of the pics of your car after having it done. Thanks feedback much appreciated

It may be just me but a freshly painted Rx7 looking like it just came off the showroom floor just makes my mouth water..

neofreak

$4200 a few months ago on my FC. Hopefully my FD paint holds up for a long time so I dont need to paint it for a while.

RX7SIGN

Wow thats pretty expensive but you are in san franscisco my cousins mr2 is amazingly nice and he paid like 2,500.

OneBadFox

Well I'm getting a complete color change from MB to IBM, and I'm having JDM sidemarkers, 99 spec rear wing, and a RE 99 Spec front bumper installed for just under $2400. Granted I know the manager of the body shop quite well so I'm getting a real good deal but if I was to pay full price I'm guessing it would be around 4-5k.

rzograbian

i have done a full writeup and about 100+ pics every day of how i changed the color of my car....

its on my website:
www.goldenautomart.com

then click on my car being painted and look at the bottom of the before and the dates for progress... the guy told me if he didnt know me, he would charge about 4-5k for that kind of a paint job...

FDNewbie

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A top of the line job (remove all old paint, remove ALL dents and dings, fine sanding then wet sanding, using NO bondo, only metal glaze, resanding and wetsanding again (minimum of 3 times) removing all gaskets around windshields etc, painting door jambs, underside of hood, fender well, etc...) basically what it says: top of the line job, w/ a top of the line tri-stage paint + clearcoat, which is BAKED, NOT just air dried, at a top of the line body shop will NEVER EVER run you less then $5K. That's pretty much the base cost. You're really looking at $6K - $8K, depending on the existing damage and size of the car. Clearcoat by itself is quite expensive...

Of course, just how perfect you want your paint job to be is up to you... RX7SIGN, since you're local, the shop I'm talking about (which is practically legendary for their work on FD's) is Mr Spoiler in Manassas. www.mrspoiler.com There really isn't anyone better, or w/ more experience w/ FDs: stock, modified, body kits, total losses, the works.

Here's a pic of a 93 R1 that the shop just repainted:



And here's a pic of mine pretty much the day after I got it repainted:

RX7SIGN

Man that looks really nice but I cant spend 5,000 on a paint job. I guess I gotta deal with my car the way it is!

FDNewbie

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Smart choice. I honestly think it's 100 times smarter to just sit and wait then go cheap and have a not-so-nice job done. Cuz you can never take it back, and going back to do it again (or fix the problems) is always more expensive than doing it once the right way.

BTW, on that note, if you want to really bring out the shine in your FD, take it to Dan @ Mr Spoiler, and have him do the Zymol wax & buff full detail on the car. Takes like 4 hours, and you'll swear it's new paint - and it'll stay super bright for months!

1985_RX-7

Well... I nkow of a special place i call mine that does very high quality work that will probably run you about 2500 to maybe 4000 depending on what you want done.
www.bodyshoppros.com

turbojeff

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Totally agree. Once a cheap paint job is on a car it is really hard to take it back. The cheap shops typically get overspray on everything and otherwise do a cheap job with cheap materials.

Many times a decent original paint job can be brought back to life with a really good detail job. Drive up to the back of a detail shop and talk to the guys who do it, they'll show you how it is done.

dclin

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It is generally better that a car is not sanded to bare metal. Unless a vehicle has a primer problem (in which case some early FDs did), you will likely have better adhesion with the factory paint/primer. Ideally, you would want to take as much as you can off the orginal paint/primer without going to bare metal, and then shoot new sealer/primer/base/etc over that.

The majority of the cost of painting is the prep and r&r of parts. If you can find a bodyshop that will work with you, you can save some money by doing the disassembly and resassembly yourself. The cost of supplies and the labor of actually shooting the paint is negligable.

RX7SIGN

Yeah I would love to do that detail job and have it come out in good condition. The only thing that bothers me is on some parts it looks like either the paint has really became dull from oxidation etc or the paint is getting so dull it wont be able to be brought back to life. I would love to post pics but I dont think they are hosted.

RX7SIGN

I am gonna get them hosted and post them please everybody give me a honest heads up on how bad I am looking or what this sick 7 needs. Some people say my car is fine just needs alittle detailing, maybe its just me I should have them up soon. Thanks guys!

7THSIGN

Here are some pics my cousin wanted me to host for him of his car. Please excuse the MR2 in the photos. He also wanted me to note that the interior, suspension, transmission, motor are in flawless condition and runs great.





imo, i dont think he should waste his money on a repaint job, considering that this car is a daily driver and is rained on almost everyday in VA. But its up to you cuz. plus you have to remember, you are driving a 1993 car with over 70K miles on it. i think the car looks fine the way it is

FDNewbie

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I don't see a prob w/ the paint at all. AND, I've seen his car in person. A nice wax job and detail will do wonders. Save your money for when you get 1001 dings, scratches, bumps, etc, and the paint is in REAL bad shape. It's fine right now. Just needs a lil TLC

7THSIGN, nice 2!

RX7SIGN

Thanks for the advice, what does everybody else think?

Fastway

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Wow I see those 2 cars all the time in a shopping center parked close to a Glory Days and a gas station! Every time I exit that shopping center I have to go out the back way to see if those cars are there . Does your cousin own both of those cars?

7THSIGN

Hey, I own the MR2 and my cousin owns the RX7. We both work in that shopping center actually.

Fastway

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That's pretty cool ... it's a small world.

Sorry for hijacking the thread ...