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#1 ·
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
 
#69 ·
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 :)
Wow that looks amazing but sounds complicated haha
 
#71 ·
Just go oem gray. Dark grey or silver mustangs look better than black because when they get dirty they hide it A LOT better.
 
#72 ·
Land vehicle Vehicle Car Tire Motor vehicle

All waxed and cleaned up



Land vehicle Vehicle Car Tire Automotive tire

Just normal not bring washed.

It looks killer cleaned up but still good when it's not. And in the sun it's amazing. Love this color.
 
#85 ·
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
 
#86 ·
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.
 
#87 ·
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.
 
#88 ·
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
 
#97 ·
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 like it! Looks good :good:
Thanks. It's no mach 1 but it'll do for now

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now we play the waiting game for the first chip...looking good so far
Haha I was just considering scratching it myself just so the first dent/ scratch would destroy me too much emotionally haha jk
 
#101 ·
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
 
#98 ·
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.
 
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