It's about that time, to finally paint my car Options

[6strngs]

Well, I'm taking my car down to maaco tomorrow to see what they can do for me. If they can get me a paint job with the "additonal sanding" I need to get out the scratches, nail polish (from previous owner), oxidation, etc. for under $500 then I'm going to have them do it. After almost 4 years I might finally be getting the paint job I always said I was going to get. lol. This is, unfortunately, only so I can sell the car faster since nobody wants to pay a reasonable price for a car that's in perfect condition mechanically, near perfect on the interior, but 4 different colors on the exterior.

pics and update tomorrow

[6strngs]

Well, I ended up dropping it off there! Total cost is $580 for their "presidential" service. Basically they're gonna do all the sanding, then a full primer/sealer, then a single stage paint. And it comes with a 2 year warranty. I could see right through all the sales pitches they were making, but in the end I gave in after the owner eagerly encouraged me to read the reviews of them on yelp.com vs. the other maaco I was going to check out. 5 star rating vs. 2 1/2 star... Also one of the people working there had a 1st gen celica parked out front that was painted a very nice orange.

anyway, here's some before pics. these were taken last week:





and these were taken in the parking lot: (sorry for cell phone quality)