im looking at getting my car resprayed soon.
whats the average price im looking at, i want to keep it the same colour.
anyone else on here got theres done and whats a good cheap place to go to?

im looking at getting my car resprayed soon.
whats the average price im looking at, i want to keep it the same colour.
anyone else on here got theres done and whats a good cheap place to go to?
COST MORE THEN WHAT IT WOULD TO GET NEWER CAR

Mate of mine got it done for $600, same colour.

COST MORE THEN WHAT IT WOULD TO GET NEWER CAR
Caps lock means you're cool... Cruise control ftw.

$3,500 seems to be the going rate for colour changing in a panel shop. I have mates that can do it for me in a different colour for $1,500. Have heard from another friend that he did a "Saturday morning special" on a mate's car for $500 in the same colour.

You have options :)

haha yeah, everyone has been saying "why waste money on a respray, when u can get a newer car" my car (93 TR) has done 100,000km, is in perfect working order, so it makes sense to me to keep it as long as possible as it will work out cheaper in the long run (if it continues to have no mechanical faults). therefore i wish to keep it for awhile and spend a few bucks "doing it up", but it badly needs a respray!

haha yeah, everyone has been saying "why waste money on a respray, when u can get a newer car" my car (93 TR) has done 100,000km, is in perfect working order, so it makes sense to me to keep it as long as possible as it will work out cheaper in the long run (if it continues to have no mechanical faults). therefore i wish to keep it for awhile and spend a few bucks "doing it up", but it badly needs a respray!
Mmmm that is rare to find a magna with such little amount of KM on it... werd!

Just get the neglected areas resprayed, this will be cheaper, you don't want to piss too much away on it. Pot calling the kettle black here but thats my opinion!

yeah, well i know someone with a panel shop so im hoping i'm allowed to spray it myself. but yeah, if i can get a full spray done for around 600-700 im happy anything over that i'll most likely just get the fading roof sprayed.

yeah, well i know someone with a panel shop so im hoping i'm allowed to spray it myself. but yeah, if i can get a full spray done for around 600-700 im happy anything over that i'll most likely just get the fading roof sprayed.
Bonnet, roof and bootlid will most likely cost you (if done professionally) around $900, so anything below that if you DIY (if you're good..) would be super... You'd be stupid not to. I resprayed my roof and bootlid of my old Civic for about $750 ($600, plus I got a spoiler painted and installed too.) Go for it!

shop around mate, same colour is good, a "good enough" job that will last several years is also a plus. Go with the cheapest quote as long as their company isnt called "Joe's backyard sprayjobs".

COST MORE THEN WHAT IT WOULD TO GET NEWER CAR

Yeah, but who says we all want 3rd gens? :P

Getting ours done at the end of the year, hoping to do it DIY. Full external colour change from charcoal grey to deep black, engine bay, under seats and whatever you can't see will remain the same (but the colour difference isn't much anyway).

What you will find is the clear coat will have worn and the paint will be fading on areas such as the bonnet, roof, boot and so on, unless the car's had a really hard time the actual doors and so on (specifically the bottom half) should still be quite good. What was done to my AE82 Corolla because the paint was totally shot on the boot and worn on the roof and bonnet was a feather job in the same colour. Basically that means the top is sprayed and is feathered down into the original paint on the sides, then given a really really good cut and polish and it looks brand new all over. Cost $1k to get the rolla done like this, sprayed by a shop in Epping/Thomastown somewhere, happy to get the name of the place for you if you want to go down and get a quote.

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r161/rhys_fairall/My%20Corolla/7a52a1b7.jpg
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r161/rhys_fairall/My%20Corolla/Photo-0013.jpg
Thats what the finish is like on my car now.

If you want a second opinion on how well this place sprays the car ask TUFFTR or Josh'93TR, they've both seen it and they'll both agree it looks mint.:P

lugo that would be great if you can pass on the details. cheers mate.

Yer with resparys your basically paying for the prep time.

Preping the car is what makes or breaks the paint really and yer of course spraying it aswell but u have a really well preped car do it your urself and i cant see why it cannot be sprayed in 1 day in a booth.

For cost of paint and if you do it urself.

i was looking at spraying my VL calais but still havnet gotten round 2 it lol.

Drop it over mate, will be happy to look for you and you will see a few I have done here as well, PM me if interested

just remember that you get what you pay for. pay peanuts, get monkeys.

how long is a peice of string?

how about going to a panel beater or spray shop and asking them.
otherwise go to your local paint store and buy some cans of spraypaint, mat black ftw.

lugo that would be great if you can pass on the details. cheers mate.
**** man totally forgot about this lol I'll make a point of asking my pa next time I see him (my car was his when it was sprayed) and I'll let you know, by PM or on here. Your not the only one after the details haha.

P.S Just noticed your a youngin like me :P Whens your 18th mate?

that would be great lugo mate, im in no rush to get it sprayed though, dont really have the cash.

im 18 on thursday, so hopefully i will be able to join the rest of you guys on here on your thursday meets!!

Hi,
I am around today if you want me to look, also ahve one half way being done at the moment so you will see what is involved in doing a proper job.

I have pm'd you my # if you want to pop over.

yeah madmagna, i will call you over the next few days to arrange a time to pop it over, have a look at the current car. where abouts you located?

Liam,

I am doing a full respray of mine in about 1 week.

colour will be a pearl Blue paint found on the Maserati's
with Candy Apple Red MITSUBISHI on the Tail and diamond symbol on the Grill.
and maybe a few additions here and there... yet to be decided :P

here is a sample of my front so far.

have a look in magna mods for the other photo's

loooking very nice.
how much are you paying?

Liam, i am doing it myself mate...
total cost will be about $500 - $600

Damn! That's a brilliant blue!

I've thought about getting mine resprayed but apart from wasting the money on such an aged car (mine i mean), we're also aiming for a Legnum mid next year so it's kinda like, 'why bother wasting the cash'.. It could be put towards a fully hektik toss-off valve and a shiny front-mount or something, yeah, i know you're all jealous.