i want to get my 92 camaro painted and i need to find an affordable paint shop around charlestown indiana and if you know prices or about what it would cost please post it

 

Better chance of getting a reply if you post in your Regional Board, so that people around you can help you.
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/nw-i...south-chicago/

 

Typically affordable and paint jobs do not go hand in hand. When a client comes in asking what it costs to paint a car I tell them a typical paint job is anywhere between $1,000 and $35,000.

There are so many variables with paint work its almost ridiculous. You will ask 6 different people what a good paint job is, and you will get 6 different answers. And everyone will claim they are right.

Best thing to do for paint work is figure out what you want to spend and what you are willing to spend. What you really are expecting out of the car. There is a difference in the amount of prep time from one paint job to another.

Finding a painter is like finding a good doctor, when you find one, stick with them. Us painters are a super sick breed. We all have our own styles, we all have our own quirks, however most of us take real pride in what we do.

Good luck

 

Well, I just got my camaro painted black for 2500 bucks. I told him to fix the rust on the t-tops and he fill it in with body filler. The car has about 30% orange peel, the rear bumper bodywork was ****, there about 3 runs and taped everything off and didn't pull off the emblems which I told him to take off....

 

and that's why I'm not afraid to paint my own car. I may not be perfect, but I'm sure not going to PAY somebody to mess it up

I've painted three cars with metallic lacquer and survived. If I can do that, BC/CC should be easy

 

A quality base/clear coat ran me 1,500.00 materials/paint/weatherstripping and 1,500.00 in prep/spray and that's from a friend/pro-painter/shop.Out the door for 3,000.00.I would say that's average for a professional base/clear with the best PPG has to offer.
Here's a link to my prep. to paint thread = https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/body...nt-photos.html

 

maaco, im getting mine done by them, i get it back tomorrow so ill post pics up, also it only cost me about $600

 

Who did all of the tear down and body work?? If your friend did all of the tear down, bodywork, masking, and painting, and buffing for $1500 you got a smoking deal.

 

thanks ill check out maaco

 

does anyone have pics of good colors for my camaro if so please post them

 

iv always been fond of black, red, blue, and some purples, white is gorgeous

 

yea right now i've got purple haze but i dont really know what color to paint i know i want black but i've been thinking of orange or like a neon green with black stripes or something any suggestions?

 

right now its up to you, i went with the same paint as i had, maaco just called and my cars done so in a few hours ill go get it and get some pictures

 

I think I'm going to Maaco either this summer or next, so I really want to see your pics. Did you do a lot of the prep work or did you just give it to them as is. I will probably fix the rust and prep the body myself then take it to maaco.

I always liked the look of 2 tone paints on camaros. Maybe it's just me, but it seems like camaros can have a lot of stripes and stuff done on them and still look good. Going with orange or green on the bottom and a black top (hood, windows up, rear hatch) would look killer.

 

you mean like this one? great car... belongs to Jekyll and Hyde here on TGO, pantera61 on NTTGA

Jekyll & Hyde

 

I helped were I could but he did most of it. We worked on it at the shop for hours and hours after he got off work each day and had it out in under three weeks.

 

heres the pics, i just took it to them and dropped it off, im in love with it, i kinda miss the black but it still looks good heres the link to my album

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/album.php?albumid=3374

 

@58mark- Thats exactly what I was talking about

@ RS Reaper- That turned out real nice. Did you do any prep work or did u just give it to maaco with the old paint still on it?

 

I was going to ask you if your were going to upgrade your wheels, and then I saw a new set in your album, they will look great!

The car looks great, you should be really proud.

any overspray problems like Maaco is famous (or infamous) for?

 

yeah i got another set of those old rally wheels...i missed them, they got some over spray on my tailpipe, airdamn, and tire but they started using some kind of chemical on the tailpipe when i pointed it out then asked if i just wanted the system repainted so they did it black, they also resprayed my airdamn black so it looks good now and my tire where they got alittle red on it

 

if your talking to me i just dropped it off with no prep at all, the body work they did is amazing

 

Wow! I can't believe it turned out that nice with you just dropping it off as is. Sounds like you have a good maaco by you. I know a lot of people say Maaco does little to no body work at all.

 

they did amazing work on mine, where rust had almost completely eaten through the bottom of my quarter panel and my hatch lid i cant tell its there, they grinded it out then replaced the metal, i love it

 

speedking, if your wanting to go the maaco way, ill give you the adress of the indy maaco i went too, they are friendly and will do anything and everything you ask plus some, there was some work on the car i forgot and they fixed and charged me LESS than they first told me, pm me if you want the adress

 

I just talked to a guy at macco the other day and he said in the spring they're gonna be running a deal where they'll paint your car for half price ($199) and a $120 dollar prep package which includes taking off the clear coat and masking off anything you don't want painted. Pretty killer deal if you ask me!!

 

thats for the bottom line paint package, its just a single coat, mines the presidential which is on sale for $299

 

How many coats in that package?

 

i believe 3 plus the clear

 

that's odd, the presidential paint isn't supposed to include a clear at all... it's just a better quality single stage enamel.

I was looking at clear coat jobs, andaccording to thier website I would have to have gotten the $1000 Signature line job to get clear

 

i was told they sprayed my car with clear, could have misunderstood aswell idk

 

honestly, if I didn't have metallic paint, I wouldn't worry about clear.

you're fine without it, honestly. Three coats is enough that you can do some polishing as the years go by and it will still look good

 

yeah i plan on keeping it waxed any clean, i still thought i had clear...might call tomorrow and find out

 

im still in love with that signature : D

 

my pleasure!

Don't be down if you don't have clear. the way some clear coats degredate and delaminate over the years, your car will probably look better longer without it

 

Do they do primer? Or is it just the paint?

 

iv got no clue on that, i didnt ask