93VettePilot

Thought you guys might enjoy some pics of my new paint job....And I just wanted to gloat a bit...LOL

avigar

Congrats...very nice. Is that the original color or was it something else before?

gerardvg

Great looking vette enjoy

Mohammed_z

nice , how much did you pay for the paint ?

93VettePilot

I took off the window rubber, side trim, door handles, and mirrors and put them in the back hatch area. Then they removed the front and rear bumpers and detrimmed those. They also sanded down several scratches and fixed a few flaws. All in all they did about 20 hours of prep work and the total was $2100. It was a base coat/clear coat with top of the line PPG paint and came with a five year warranty. It was the original color "Polo Green" just much shinier now. For some reason the bumpers fade much faster than the rest of the car on C4's. Thanks for the nice comments.

Forgot to mention they replaced the weatherstrip on the A and B pillars and rear targa/door for only one hour of labor. I already had the weatherstrips from Wilcox so I just left them in back hatch area and Ouila they were attached when the paint job was finished.

Joe C

on the paint. i see you're in florence - i'm down the road visiting my daughter in burlington. have to ask, who/where did you get it painted? may have to look you up next time i'm in town...

93VettePilot

This is the second car I've had painted at Maaco. They have cheaper paint options which have kinda given them a bad name. But due to the quantity of cars they paint they keep alot of paint on shelf. They never have any problem matching the factory color. I looked up the paint they use and its about the best you can buy if you use their base coat/ clear coat paint. They can paint a car with acrylic paint for about $400. However don't expect it to keep its shine for long.

It all about the prep work and type of paint they use so look at that carefully before selecting a shop.

Joe C

actually, a friend of mine dropped over $2400 on a maaco paint job on his dark blue metallic 80 corvette about 7 or 8 years ago. they pretty much disassembled the car, and did a BC/CC repaint. i must say, the thing looked as good, if not better, then anything that came out of the factory in 1980. this guy is constantly picking up trophies at the local shows. i agree, they do get a bad rap, sometimes deserved, because of their bargain basement paint jobs. i've had 3 or 4 non-corvette cars painted at maaco - i always did the prep, disassembly and reassembly, and basically they just shot the color.

93VettePilot

Ya. I did all the disassembly on my Ford Focus when it was painted there. Plus I bondo'd a couple of dents. Although the Focus turned out nice, I didn't want to take the chance on the Corvette of dinging the new paint during reassembly of the bumpers.

Hephaestus

Lookin good!!!

bangbgC6

That's beautiful!
Excellent deal.

C4fan

The Paint looks very nice. Good for you.

93VettePilot

Thanks Guys. Good to hear from you again Bill.

JackDidley

Nice.

Kubs

Shiny!!

Frizlefrak

Very sharp....and the perfect color, of course.

zaragoza

PLRX

Very nice indeed

torchred96

That looks beautiful. I think the polos are some of the classiest looking vettes made. And they are especially nice looking when they are taken care of..and have shiney new paint!

Wish I could find a trustworthy paint shop in south florida that would re-do my Z

motor city dave