got a call saying the car was painted today, had to go by and take some pics!

thanks to sunny @ 5fifteen autobody in burlingame for the great work!

excuse the photo quality, it was taken from my iphone with a fisheye lens

 

Hey, just out of curiosity how much did they charge you to respray it? Did they do the disassembling also?

Trying to get an idea of what a "good" paint job will run me by a place recommended on the forum. Not GREAT, but not Maco ether. =P

Looking to simply respray the oe color or possibly a little more flake.

 

Looks good, but they're paint Booth looks filthy

 

http://www.carmaautolife.com/wp-cont...9/Gregs-FC.jpg

 

$7k to strip down the exterior and engine bay, matte black engine bay and full exterior/jams paint, they removed everything including windshield and moldings

I told them to not remove the rear bumper because there's a stripped bolt under there and it would just be a hassle, the car is getting a new windshield and then cut and buffed in a couple weeks after I get the LS1 swap in

 

it's dried overspray from years of painting, it doesn't matter at all because the most important thing is they change their filters every 3 months and my paint job came out flawless, almost all body shops I've seen have had "filthy" booths

research Franklin Autobody and their new shop 515 Autobody and you'll see that they do many show winning paint jobs

this pic is straight out of the booth, no polish or buffing yet, very little orange peel already

 

Looks really nice Automation! Nice color choice. 7k is steep but it'll be worth it!

Did they paint the hatch separately?

 

yeah the hatch, front end, mirrors, and all the little things were painted off the car

the price included all body work, removal of all trims and accessories, brand new front and rear windshield with moldings, stripping the engine bay components out and reinstalling those (electronics, wiring harness, abs, brake booster, etc), smoking the tail lights, and of course the full paint job with cut and buff

 

franklin autobody painted this car also! what a small world

 

7k is a really good price for what looks to be a full color change.

My paint job was right around that price but it wasn't a color change. I went to William's Autobody in San Mateo.

 

Wasn't talking ****, said it looked good

 

ok here i go..

my old 91 fc3s now my step dads. next to our new addition 88,xxx mile 91 vert

 

i'll be driving the "other" one

 

Nice VERTS!

esp when TURBO'ed!

 

Now thats how everyone should be painting their cars.......looks good! Reminds me several years ago when I had mines painted.

 

my life after the rotary scene

97 m3




97 m3 with a bunch or euro goodies


traded ^ for macs e30 lol


my old mr2





NOW im carless

getting back into a t2 fc hehe miss rotaries way too much

 

 

spotted a plated veyron

 

Wow! You're the first FC I've found that can pull off RX-8 wheels!

Plated?

 

Not a dealer car.

 

87 t2 with sc300 old school bbs lol

 

Been under this car for the past 2 months lol coming along

 

nothing too crazy, I just got this car not too long ago and it came with some goodies like enkei wheels, stance coils, exhaust/bov, low mileage motor and turbos.


my s14 which I've had since '05

 

FD and S14 look nice!

 

More pics of the FD