Which Paint?

[zchris]

I'd second using MAACO for a race car. Just do your own prep and masking. They paint all day long and are usually good at it. Inspect it before pickup and point out runs or dust and they will buff it prior to pickup.
Chris

[Chip42]

we do this pretty much every build - the only thing we've been disapointed in is the match between the chosen color and the color as applied. stay away from bright yellow and maybe this goes away. otherwise, very happy with their work, and they give you a bottle of touchup paint too.

[manny]

I've used maaco when i first started back in 99 and the paint holds up pretty darn good. BTW mine is trans am yellow

[gran racing]

I've painted a few cars in the garage and it's a PITA. What you'd need to do is go to your fav home store, and get pastic that will cover all of the walls. And the floor. And the outside of the garage doors. Plenty of ventilation too. Then know it'll stay make it's way onto stuff.

Not sure if you've had much experience with automotive spray painting, but I've found it to be much harder than it looks. The temps and humidity need to match the activator. My last paint job I must have gotten that wrong as it left a residue on the car. Needed to spend a lot of time buffing it. In the end it came out pretty good.

If you decide to paint it yourself, based on what you're saying I think using fleet paint is a good option. I've used it on my cars three times now. It won't look great for 15 years, but I've always figured that a racecar would need to be painted every few years anyways. It's also inexpensive. http://www.levineautoparts.com/autopaint.html

What does Maaco charge to paint a car? I don't see prices on their website.

[manny]

When i had mine done i removed everything that i could and did a little sanding. The body did have 3 different colors due to junk yard replacement parts and it only cost me $179.00. That's a Florida price.

[spawpoet]

When i had mine done i removed everything that i could and did a little sanding. The body did have 3 different colors due to junk yard replacement parts and it only cost me $179.00. That's a Florida price.

Did you mask it or did they? At what Maaco charges it's bloody silly to paint the car yourself. We just did a temporary garage booth to paint the underside of our car and it's a complete PITA. Besides it really is much better for the environment to have the job properly done in a booth.

[joeg]

I do quite a bit of painting...heed the advice. Have it done at Maaco or the Earl of Schieb.

Home painting works for smaller pieces, but to do an entire car without a booth is a real freaking mess.