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post Jul 28, 2009 - 9:54 PM
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ImportChick95

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I've wanted to try the $50 paint job for the longest time. Since my husband and I are saving for a house, I didn't want to spend too much money fixing my crappy winter beater. ...and so, I finally got a chance to try the $50 paint job a few weeks ago.

I used Rustoleum paint. No primer. No clear. Just paint. Sprayed on. No rolling. All work done by me.

Not much shine to the paint but for the money spent, I'm not complaining. The paint needs more buffing for a better shine. I'm just too damn lazy to do that right now. Overall, it's not too bad for a crazy cheap/ghetto paint job. However, I would NEVER do that to any of my celicas. My celicas deserve much better than that.

I've been driving the corolla to work everyday and so far, the paint looks pretty durable. No chips anywhere.

What do you guys think? Any personal experiences with this paint?

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post Jul 29, 2009 - 10:07 PM
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That looks very good, did you mask parts here and there and take off some stuff too to paint>?

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- ImportChick95   My $50 ghetto paint job   Jul 28, 2009 - 9:54 PM
- - SwissFerdi   Looks great for a 50 dollar job! Wow.   Jul 28, 2009 - 9:59 PM
- - Ruroniarc   Yeah, all I can say is wow. That's pretty amaz...   Jul 28, 2009 - 10:35 PM
- - Random_Stranger   dang, where were you when I painted my RH fender.....   Jul 28, 2009 - 10:41 PM
- - Bitter   ditch the wheel covers and paint the wheels white ...   Jul 28, 2009 - 10:53 PM
- - 2bcelica   Again. WOW   Jul 28, 2009 - 11:14 PM
- - richee3   Man, I know pictures can't capture everything ...   Jul 28, 2009 - 11:14 PM
- - soulshadow   That looks very good, did you mask parts here and ...   Jul 29, 2009 - 10:07 PM
- - Bitter   thats pretty awesome! how many coats?   Jul 29, 2009 - 10:08 PM
- - ImportChick95   It took me 3 days to finish painting the car becau...   Jul 29, 2009 - 11:15 PM
- - Bitter   maaco style then, white wheels and white tires to ...   Jul 29, 2009 - 11:37 PM
- - xs94st   That's effing ghetto fabulous. Thumbs up, its...   Jul 30, 2009 - 12:54 AM
- - boosted185   WOW! That is very impressive, and I gotta hand...   Jul 30, 2009 - 2:28 AM
- - Bitter   you guys are not very good at picking up on jokes.   Jul 30, 2009 - 7:14 AM
- - Consynx   my flat black was rustoleum...it was just temporar...   Jul 30, 2009 - 8:23 AM
- - samir0189   Nice job, that came out very well! Looks alot ...   Jul 30, 2009 - 2:05 PM
- - blu94gt   People doubt what you can do with some rattle-cans...   Aug 5, 2009 - 10:25 PM
- - CheesyLobster   very nice. ive been contemplating doing this to my...   Aug 6, 2009 - 2:25 PM
- - Joe_1985   i may try this but with dupicolor, to match the pa...   Aug 11, 2009 - 1:55 AM
- - SlvrCelica09   QUOTE (ImportChick95 @ Jul 28, 2009 - 9...   Aug 11, 2009 - 2:26 AM
- - urbandork   wow ... that really really really good.... damn   Aug 13, 2009 - 12:37 AM
- - Con99vert   I have a 93 Corolla in matching flat black rattle ...   Aug 27, 2009 - 1:24 AM


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