So I have a red 1999 v6 mustang and the standard paint is so sun damaged and gross looking It kills me to see such a beautiful car with such bad paint. I want to paint it either black grey or white. Anyone have any clue what the pros and cons are of those colors and what'd be best? Thank you
I'm still gonna have it for 2 more years and I can't stand the red, it's just not me. I bought the car planning to paint it. If I didn't despise the red so much id definitely just paint over it the same color
Yeah I know ? I've heard a lot of bad things about maaco but ill make sure to post pictures. But honestly anything is better than this faded red I'm at now. Oh and my dads best friend is the owner of the maaco over here that's why I'm getting it so cheap
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I have the same year car as you OP. in black. Black is my fav color and yea all it is is just washing more often waxing more often etc.
But all i do is clay bar and wax every couple months. And then in between just wash with some good soap and too make car stay clean longer i just use a quick wax spray detailer everyother day just to maintain it clean longer and also the paint shyyyniieeerr
IMO I think it looks cheap I've never like that. But like I said that's my opinion. And it's like they say opinions are like a-holes every one has one. LoL
I just brought mine in to maaco today and their whitest white is Chrystal white diamond. I should be getting it back in one week because they're super busy. Ill make sure to post pics because I'm scared and hoping i made the right choice haha
If they are not doing a full color swap ie door jams and every thing else you will be sorry.
I am sorry to post this now, but I just saw your post. I would have went with the same color and maybe added a little extra flake and put silver stripes on it. You would have had one really good looking ride unlike anyone else
Black is the cheapest color. It comes premixed and you can get it cheap. As far as clean, it's no worse than some other colors. Just shows up everything.
Well what did you decide? And I don't see how they are painting it for 900.00
I am painting mine myself right now and just the supplies are going to run me close to a grand. Paint is over 425.00 by its self.
I just hope you don't regret not going back with red and putting stripes on it. The stripes will change the whole look and if you add some flake to the red it will look great. My brother did that to his 02 convertible and it does not look like the same car.
Planning on priming mine this Sunday will post pics.
Well what did you decide? And I don't see how they are painting it for 900.00
I am painting mine myself right now and just the supplies are going to run me close to a grand. Paint is over 425.00 by its self.
I just hope you don't regret not going back with red and putting stripes on it. The stripes will change the whole look and if you add some flake to the red it will look great. My brother did that to his 02 convertible and it does not look like the same car.
Planning on priming mine this Sunday will post pics.
I decided on white. I'm picking it up today at 4. So excited to see the final result I'll make sure to post pics and I bought 2 gt stripe stickers for my car and I brought it in to a place to put it on and they said my paint was so faded the stripes would draw more attention to the faded paint. So I'm returning the white stripes this week since they were $200
Thanks man I just have to wait 3 weeks to wax and a couple days to wash it to be safe but Im so glad I went white there's a dent on the passenger door you'd never know was there
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I'm just excited to see how it looks a year or 2 down the road because I personally think it looks just as good as a $4,000 paint job. But what really matters is if it holds up well. But thanks to you I didn't make the mistake of going black and i am really pleased with the white on tan it doesn't look weird at all
Looks good. I will finish the final sanding and cleaning tomorrow night after work. Wipe down and tape up on Saturday. Prime on Sunday. Getting really excited. Will post pics of car primed.
and that's what a $900 paint job gets ya lol...just hurry and get it done so it can be blended properly...did they at least respray the trunk and engine bay?
Yeah they did just door jambs aren't painted and it would've been $100 for door jambs too and I didn't have the money at the time so ill just get that later on
Just posted pics from today in new thread day 6 of make over.
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