Back From The Paint Shop

[Goat Blower]

Very nice man! Very nice!

and +1, a lift in your garage? Way to make us jealous.....

Doesn't everybody? :wink:

Looks good Keith, these things look great again with a few fresh coats of stock color paint.

[GsXtUrBo98]

Very nice i like it alot... and i like that lift too!!!!

[Goat Blower]

I just looked at it in person, that Viper gray is a bit nicer shade than the stock silver. It's got a blueish tint to it, looks great in person.

[Kracka]

Was the black roof and everything repainted as well?

[Shotgun!]

Looks great dude! How much did that cost?

[dylan]

Nice work!

[TwoTalons]

How much did that end up costing? And also, with Maaco, they won't paint the jambs right? (Like if you want a color change...)

$3150. Insurance claim and damage payment payed for all but $600 of it. Sure, they'll do the jams. Just depends on how much you want to pay. I didn't have them do the jambs cause I figured the colors would be close enough that it wouldn't be noticeable. Not like painting a red car white or something like that. I'm going to paint the engine compartment and underside of the hood black later on. I had to decide how much I was willing to spend on a 15 year old car that's let's face it, not worth all that much. Plus, it's my daily driver, not a show car.

They fixed the rust on both sides by welding in new metal. There was hail damage, a large ding on the driver's door, and it got hit right at the body gap where the pass. door and the front fender meet. So the door and fender had to be repaired. Plus, it's base/clear paint and I had them wet sand and buff it. All that extra stuff adds up. I had estimates over $5000 from other body shops. I just wasn't willing to spend that kinda dough on the car.

Did they fix that rot on the doors? Close up pics stat! You mean the quarter panels in front of the tires. Yes they did:

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/500/medium/DSC01565.JPG

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/500/medium/DSC01562.JPG

Very nice man! Very nice!

and +1, a lift in your garage? Way to make us jealous.....

Thanks! I'll tell you what, that was money well spent. 23 years of crawling under cars on jackstands was enough.

Was the black roof and everything repainted as well?

Yes it was.

[Halon]

So did Maaco do the paint job??

That would now make 2 satisfied DSM Maaco customers!

[TwoTalons]

Yes, the Maaco in Osseo. Let me stress that this is NOT a show car quality paint job. There are minor flaws in the paint but nothing major and certainly nothing to get excited about for a daily driven vehicle. I got what I paid for and I'm satisfied.

Forgot to mention that the paint was faded and cracking along the top edges of the doors and quarter panels so all that had to be taken down to bare metal.

[Kracka]

I believe thats the same Maaco that Brandon/Halon went to and was satisfied with.