I have heard of people getting a "show room" paintjob, and I was wondering what the difference was between showroom and a good $3000 paint job. Could they still use the original color of the car and make it "show room"? Where can you get a show room paintjob at?

 

A "show quality" or a "showroom" paint job? Showroom means stock. Those are pretty easy to do. Just make sure you get a lot of orange peel, and don't get paint anywhere except on the visible surfaces.

For a "show quality" paint job, generally that means a very good paint job that is buffed to a perfectly smooth finish, and was painted with ALL parts removed so that you have no masking lines. These can get very expensive.

There is one more level of paint job that is sort of a combo of both. This is what you see on Bloomington Gold quality cars. This is when a massive attempt is made to make it as 100% original is possible, including all of the crap like runs, dry spots in the paint, and all other imperfections. This type of quality is usually seen on restorations that total $100-200k.

 

If Im reading that rite, your saying intentional runs and stuff?

 

Yeah, they even put paint marks where the factory uses for reference points to put other parts on during the assembly line. Its rediculous the lenghts people go through to 100% restore the car to factory orignal. However, cars that have been done like that fetch a much higher price in the auctions.

 

never knew that thats too cool! :hail:

 

and also a realistic waste of money....

some people spend more trying to recreate bad factory jobs when they could have had a beautiful job. 3,000 should get you a nice repaint of your original color so long as there isn't alot of body work.

save yourself some money by taking the car apart yourself.