Complete Color Change

sleepydsm · 12-25-2005

Yes, I know to do a Complete color change on a car would cost a lot of money. I hate my car because it's red! But it's a decent 1G, and I want a black car. I don't care about painting the engine bay (I'd rattle can it or something the next time the engine is out hahaha), but would it really be all that time consuming and expensive if I had the car disassemebled? So the painter just would need to prep, tape, and spray? Or should I just go 1200 miles away to get a mint, flawless stock paint and body 1G.

**JET** · 12-26-2005

Nice 1g's are getting harder to find. I would probably look for a mint one and swap everything over though. It will probably take a while to find the right car.

**Goat Blower** · 12-26-2005

Painting is not that tough. You can tape off the interior and leave the doors open to spray the doorjambs, same with the hatch and hood. Leave the roof and B-pillars factory black, they look like crap painted body color. You can even get a pretty decent paint job out of Maaco on the cheap, but expect to fix runs and stuff, all fixable with some color sanding and a good buff job.

sleepydsm · 12-27-2005

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Originally Posted by Goat Blower

Painting is not that tough. You can tape off the interior and leave the doors open to spray the doorjambs, same with the hatch and hood. Leave the roof and B-pillars factory black, they look like crap painted body color. You can even get a pretty decent paint job out of Maaco on the cheap, but expect to fix runs and stuff, all fixable with some color sanding and a good buff job.

I just want a black car! I think I'm just gonna fix my car, sell it, and go buy the nicest black 1G I can find, reguardless of price. Or should I just get a decent shell, strip it, and have that painted, and them swap everything over?

TkrPerformance · 12-27-2005

it is a lot of work I painted mine at school and did all the body work all the pics are on here

gonen60 · 12-27-2005

I saw a nice black 92 Mitsubishi eclipse in a car lot when I was driving down Central the other day. Not sure of its trim, but looked good. it was by that Bobby and Steve gas station in Columbia Heights right off 37th. thought this might help.

**Goat Blower** · 12-27-2005

Well, painting a car is way less work than swapping all parts to a cleaner shell. Whatever floats your boat.