Silver to Black
 

About a month ago I said I was going to paint my fading silver Eclipse black...
Here it is!

Got it finished last friday!

I also have a car domain page I made to see pictures... check it out.
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3043658

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Lookin good!

Get some wax up on that bitch : )

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thats a nice doing!! shop or yourself?

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Looks nice

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a shop did it... and usually sebba you're not supposed to really wax a new paintjob for about a month... to let the clearcoat really cure and make sure you don't f it up... but it looks good man, congrats

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Thats true.

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Yeah, they told me not to wax it for 50 days...
I am very pleased with the paint!

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yea it looks good man

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yea Seb. STFU!! lol

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Did they paint the door jams too?

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how much did that run you?

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Yes, I had my door jams painted too.
My car painted with door jams and a few cracks fixed in a fender came out to be just under $1000.
Not bad for a sweet paint job but still a lot of money for me... :(

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yea thats not bad at all for a full paint job

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Wow not bad at all, what was the shops name that did it?

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wow $1000. Well i always say you get what you pay for. For that price im willing to bet that it wont last more than 2 years before you start noticing things. Unless you just got lucky and got a really good deal, or you know the person or something.

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Yeah, it was a local shop and they gave me a good deal since they know me and understand that I am a poor college student. I'm not to worried about it...

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thats nice, how much did it cost you. im looking to to repaint my car in a fade. just wondering how much it will cost.

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dude ya gotta read the rest of the posts... it cost him $1000, he got it done by a local shop with some friends, so it was way low... if you wanna get a quality paintjob like his with the door jams and whatnot, especially a color change, you could be lookin anywhere from 2k-4k, depending on color and body damage

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didnt see that

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a normal shop will charge you 1.5k-2k for a respray of the same color. I paid 2k for mine

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Haha Im too cheap to even bother with a new paint job, I'd rather put 2k worth of new parts into it. But I really like it, dont get me wrong I simply cant afford a paint job myself that all [sm=smiley20.gif]

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Almost exactly like mine except for the spoiler.. mines a little smaller - Awesome paint job though:) thought about getting mine re-done

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It has been a long time since I have been on the sight so I thought I would update a little bit. In the past month I have:

Swapped t-25 and installed the 14b (ported)
Went from 1g bov to the HKS ssqv bov
Went from stock exhaust to 3" Megan downpipe, 3" high flow cat and a 3" catback exhaust
Installed Turbonetics MBC boosting 15 psi

Next items will be fmic, injectors and fuel management. This will not happen for a while due to the fact that I go to an expensive college and I try to save more than I spend.

Just thought I would give an update since I am not on this forum very often.
Hope all is well for my fellow dsm boys!
peace

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Nice list of mods so far, keep it up and post some pics.

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Go back to the 1g bov. Venting FTL

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sorry to sound ignorant but explain...

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Here are a few pics...

I can't figure out how to get the pictures to show up in the post. Maybe I moderator could fix them for me?

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man that paint looks amazing, are you plannin on gettin new wheels??? those are the same wheels 5star had hahaha, and he's no longer on this forum

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That looks amazing, cant believe it was on 1k. I gotsome estimates for a respray of black on mine and cheapest I found was $1500. Got the clear coat de-laminating in a few spots like the million other people in the world.

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I would love to get some 18" gunmetal rims and drop her 1.5 but that is far in the future.
I am such a poor college kid it is ridiculous.

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By venting I meant removing the blow off valve recurculation tube. Thats baaad mmmkuuuuy? (I hope you watch southpark)

Also, gorgeous turn out on the black by the way. Lookin real sharp.

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Haha, I do watch a little south park. Thanks for the compliment, I try hard to keep her looking good.

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yea and you got what you paid for an ****y paint job.

Good paint jobs start right around $3k from what I have been seeing (im talking paint jobs for people like me who are anal about the paint look)

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I believe v8eater had the hook up.

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Yeah, I got an amazing deal (because I knew the shop) and couldn't be happier with my paint. :)

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It looks gorgeous.

If you want to maintain it a little easier, have you looked into 3M Clear Vinyl? That **** is awesome.

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is that stuff like a disposable bra?

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Yeah but it has a lifetime warrenty. It lasts years.

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I have never even heard of that. I'll look into it, won't hurt the paint or anything?

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No my brother has it on his Elise