View Poll Results: What color should I go with?!?!?!
Lava Orange
14
41.18%
Strato Blue
3
8.82%
Laser Blue
10
29.41%
Midnight Blue Mica
7
20.59%
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Color help...
10-19-06, 08:45 PM
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Check out Cosmic Blue Mica (new for 07 on the speed3) and Stormy Blue Mica (07 MX-5).
FWIW Any 3 stage paint job is going to cost you nearly double of a Dual stage (color and clear). That middle coat of just the mica is very difficult to spray. If you spray it too dry, you get tiger stripes in places, the same if it is too wet, only you cant see as much of your base color.
When I did my CYM job it cost me $850 in product alone. I did all the work myself, saving me about $2000 just for the paint, not including all the body work, bondo, and rust repair that would have cost me another $500-$1000, but I did that too.
No matter what color you choose, choose it because YOU LOVE IT, not for someone else, you have to live with it everyday.
I have people who say eh I don't like______or __________is just not my thing. Whatever, I'm happy with, and thats what matters!
FWIW Any 3 stage paint job is going to cost you nearly double of a Dual stage (color and clear). That middle coat of just the mica is very difficult to spray. If you spray it too dry, you get tiger stripes in places, the same if it is too wet, only you cant see as much of your base color.
When I did my CYM job it cost me $850 in product alone. I did all the work myself, saving me about $2000 just for the paint, not including all the body work, bondo, and rust repair that would have cost me another $500-$1000, but I did that too.
No matter what color you choose, choose it because YOU LOVE IT, not for someone else, you have to live with it everyday.
I have people who say eh I don't like______or __________is just not my thing. Whatever, I'm happy with, and thats what matters!
10-19-06, 08:52 PM
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I agree entirely, I just wanted to get back and give an idea of what a good/high quality paint would cost for the material alone. You could easily add another 2k on for the prep and spray job.
The color thing was already decided... Just looking for a bit of feedback from the crew though.
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The color thing was already decided... Just looking for a bit of feedback from the crew though.
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