nissan300zxmike

oh yeah did i mention i painted my Z with SPRAY CANS from autozone :P (and so did with my volkswagen...you can see my vw in the background)







dupli color from autozone, i used 14 cans, 5 cans of primer, ALOT of rubbing compound, 800, 1000,1500,2000 sandpaper, wet sanding, waxing, polishing and about 18 hours...by the time you're done...you'll have a very very sore arm...this was all done by hand total cost was about $70


my conclusion...have a shop paint it!!!! its too much work to do it yourself

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AZ-ZBum

No. By shit, he means it's going to look like shit. Meaning it will look like a big turd. If he meant it would look nice, he would have said "the shit".

Read nissan300zxmike's reply. It is possible to get an excellent looking paint job for not too much money. But you will spend hundreds of hours getting it to look right. Preparation and final sanding will give you a jello arm. And since very few people have the drive and determination to actually get it right, very few people will ever have a nice looking $200 paint job.

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also, don't count on rattle can jobs lasting anywhere near as long as a good paintjob