Cheapest Place To Paint Spoiler

[Deathvalley]

guys i got a spoiler for my gtt but it is in blue has a few scratches and one dint....but in fairly good condition.i need to change the color to sliver.can anyone suggest where i should go to....i got a quote for 250aud...can it be any more cheaper than that?

[R31Nismoid]

Depends if you want a good job that'll last, and colour match... Or one that won't.

$250 IMO is reasonable given it'll take at least an hour to prep, then paint + materials.

[Charles89]

If anything cheaper than $250 means that you either prep the spoiler youself or DIY the whole job lol

[Guest]

$250 is very good. You're not going to get any cheaper than that unless you buy spray paint.

[Miguelone]

Australian Expot chrome spraypacks, should be able to do a full spoiler with 3 or so. $10.50.

[KamikazeNinja34]

But it probably won't match

[Deathvalley]

thnxx a lot for the info guys.....i guess 250 isnt a bad price then.....

just got a idea in my mind...why dont i try spray painting it my self...if not good then i give to the panel guys.....hehehe......its the same thing anyways....isnt it?

[R31Nismoid]

Ye no.

[theponyremark]

There are some things you can't go el' cheapo on. Paint jobs is one of them.

[Charles89]

Well... Depends on how anal you are about it. You could go to a paint shop, get some paint mixed up according to your existing colour then spray it, that'd cost like $30-40 but it will be a closer match than what the prepacked cans would be.

[Deathvalley]

hmmm thts true...if i go cheap on the paint....the car is gona look shit....may be it will be better if i paint the spoiler along with the full bodykit.i think tht will be much more convinient.....it says needs arund 1000k for full bodykit fitment and spray.....

[Charles89]

If your bodykit is brand new and doesn't need repairing.. I'd try DIY first lol.

Like you said, whats the worst that can happen? If you try DIY for the whole kit & spoiler for $100, if you stuff up, you've learnt a $100 lesson, but if you like the quality, you save $900

I DIY my front bar and I'm pretty happy with it, $80 (include ALL the materials) compare to $300.

[KamikazeNinja34]

Charles, difference is yellow is yellow...silver is always different and wears differently. I had a paint mixed up for a mates car and it didn't match. Too risky. If ur spending money on touch up DIY and it screws up and u STILL have to take it to a panel shop you're more out of pocket only uve wasted effort too trying to DIY it. Better to just do it professionally straight up and know it'll be done right. I'd never touch my car with DIY paint as a longterm solution, and mines white. Matter of opinion I guess

[Downforce]

Charles, difference is yellow is yellow...silver is always different and wears differently.

What a silly assumption that is. Any paint which contains layers of pearl, regardless of colour, is not a simple match.

Matter of opinion I guess

Indeed.

[confuzion]

Yeah agreed, I've had 2 x yellow cars (one of them had the NSX Yellow Pearl) and it's hell trying to get the paint to match as well

[Kris..]

Primal Garage

[KamikazeNinja34]

Was referring to Charles' stock r34 yellow which i haven't noted to be pearlescent at all...

[KURAUN]

mine has no pearlescent and trust me its a hard colour to match

yellow is very deceiving in its shades

[KamikazeNinja34]

Possibly, never owned a car that ha a color all 3 of mine have been white. The skyline is actually the whitest of em even though the pulsar wa technically the same from memory (qm1). Either way, I'd still be having it done professionally. Which is why my car still has scratches on the front bar where some Cnut backed into it while I was at work...again. Matter of opinion

[Charles89]

Well I guess since I did mine as a short term solution (until someone runs into me at fault lol), I don't really care THAT much about it.

But then again, as for paint matching, if you were to just spray a body kit, hardly anyone can match it to your car 100% perfectly, unless you blend the new colour into panels, which will cost even more...

I guess it just depends on the person and fussy they are.. Because paint will never match 100% if sprayed at different times, but can be REALLY REALLY close (almost unnoticable to untrained eyes).