I painted my cougar
It took us a total of about 2 weeks.. (working on weekends mostly since i DO have a day job hahaha)
That was body prep and all that mess.. ( bodykit.. fenders.. sideskirts were the WORST OF THEM ALL )
AND I DONT RECOMMEND AEROGEAR PITA PITA .....
http://dijahtal.cougardb.com
some shots of it ... (before i gave it away)
The painting itsself was kinda a PITA to learn but after a few testing phases we had it rocking..
the paint gun we had was a gravity fed ( canister to hold paint is on the top not the bottom )
It was awesome the silver frost color..
But yeah around 3k+- unless you want some sick colors or flakes etc.. then you are looking at like 6-15k+
for myself I plan on having my 200sx a very very nice looking red.. and a few extras in the paint.. ( ghost flames that are sick looking IMO and some really really tiny flakes so you have to look hard for em

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