2005 Magnum I Fixed

[ramair4thesoul]

Originally Posted by Trigga-T

maybe. ur thing said u only like boys wit tattoos haha.

the equipment i use for the guy that asked is i have a 60 gallon craftsman compressor, Sharpe Razor HVLP Gun ($370) i love that gun everyone says it sprays just as good as the satas. i like the way the satas spray but i dont like the way they feel in my hand. and u gotta be comfortable when ur painting. that razor is the ****. i also have a mini/detail gun($80), and i have a decent primer gun i paid like $80 for. i plan on buying another razor for just clear. people tell you the spray guns dont matter but they do. theres a big difference between cheap guns and expensive guns. cheap guns the atomization sucks (mixture of air and paint) the spray patterns sucks, the spray pattern skips sometimes and dont spray consistant. if ur gonna buy one make sure its decent and dont go cheap if ur gonna try to learn and do it for a while. thanks for the comments this car came out pretty nice. the guy loves it so far. cant wait to see it with the rims he has for it. ill post up more pics tomarrow cuz im putting it back together tonight.

The avator speaks the truth. haha.
Did you see the pics of my bike. Zach sprays with a sharpe for primer, SATA for paint, and an Iwata for clear. The SATA was around 500. There are so many guns it also depends on what the painter prefers, right. Since they come in different weights. There is a guy that does restoration work around here, one of the best painters I've ever seen, and he still uses a siphon(sp) fed gun that he orders from Japan.

[ramair4thesoul]

Do you have any pics of the interior in your car finished? What color, base and candy, did you use on it. I went back with the same red on my GA and used HOK red ice pearl over top.

[Trigga-T]

Originally Posted by GregFarz78

Can I get anything decent for $200-250? I'm not looking to make a career out of it just want something that will do a decent job.

wow nice job on your grand am too I must've missed that thread too...shame I don't live out that way anymore I'd have you paint my project car

yea if ur trying to spend that much i can help you find something pretty good. try to get a cheap primer gun too u dont wanna use the same gun for color/clear and primer. yea i painted my grand am that color about 2 years ago almost. its house of color kandy apple red. its getting repainted prolly sometime in may or early june i gotta finish my buddies bonneville first. grand am is gonna be nice i think you guys will like it bonne will be nice as well. thanks everyone for the comments. wuts ur guys opinion on that stripe i think it looks good on there, some idea as the chargers

[Trigga-T]

Originally Posted by ramair4thesoul

The avator speaks the truth. haha.
Did you see the pics of my bike. Zach sprays with a sharpe for primer, SATA for paint, and an Iwata for clear. The SATA was around 500. There are so many guns it also depends on what the painter prefers, right. Since they come in different weights. There is a guy that does restoration work around here, one of the best painters I've ever seen, and he still uses a siphon(sp) fed gun that he orders from Japan.

i love tattoos but i can never find no girls around me with alot of tatts. oh well . yea the satas are real nice like i said but they dont feel comfortable in my hand. i want to get that iwata lvlp400 for clear but its expensive as hell, but ill prolly end up getting it. yea i see alot of good painters that use the siphon feed still i dont like them though. i dont have any pics really of the interior. i started working on it again so i cant even really take pics now. im fiberglassing my door panels and gonna redo the dash with a different black. i used a PPG silver i had then hok kandy apple red then i used PPG clear. but now when i redo it its gonna be a black and red 2 tone prolly im gonna most likely use all DUPONT cuz i cant get good deals on PPG no more. i wanna see pics of ur bike and car.

[ramair4thesoul]

I hate to whore your thread. Here is 2 pics. There are pictures in other threads.

[Trigga-T]

both of those look good. is that bike a gsxr?

[ramair4thesoul]

it's a Buell XB9R

[Trigga-T]

nice. how u like that bike?

[ramair4thesoul]

Love it. Still makes me nervous, but I love it.

[ryanbgb22]

if the fear of dropping a bike isn't bad enough, now you gotta worry about dropping a bike with a custom paint job...be careful

[ramair4thesoul]

Good thing about do it yourself. Just take it apart and Zach can repaint it in a weekend.

[Trigga-T]

^^ that is very true. thats one thing i love about doing the work myself. i never have to pay anyone to fix body problems.

[Graxall]

Tony didnt you paint your car while you were still learning at school? IIRC?

I think i remmeber that thread, did you used to have like 20inch spinners on your GA? or was that someone else i was thinking of.

Either way that magnum looks good, i kinda like magnums...Since you do it out of your garage, how much does say a job like you did for him make you? after materials ect? Since you charge labor and you work for yourself obviously....

[Trigga-T]

Originally Posted by Graxall

Tony didnt you paint your car while you were still learning at school? IIRC?

I think i remmeber that thread, did you used to have like 20inch spinners on your GA? or was that someone else i was thinking of.

Either way that magnum looks good, i kinda like magnums...Since you do it out of your garage, how much does say a job like you did for him make you? after materials ect? Since you charge labor and you work for yourself obviously....

yea i painted my car while i was in auto body school. it was like 2 years ago. yea i had a thread or 2 about it. because i shaved the handles, antenna, trunk lock, then the paint and interior. no i didnt have any rims for it at all. my liscense got suspended and the car never got 100% finished. im redoing it sometime this month.

this job i did here the guy comes into my work. i work at a rim/audio store. and i knew the guy was a big drug dealer so i charged him a lil more then ususual. to fix the spots and do the black i charged him $750. i made out of that $750 about $550 because i already had black paint at the house, and clear coat. all i had to buy was a bunch of sandpaper, the silver paint and a few other things i needed like tape, masking paper and plastic and stuff like that. and i do all this with a buddy of mine in his garage that we've been fixing up.

[Graxall]

Originally Posted by Trigga-T

yea i painted my car while i was in auto body school. it was like 2 years ago. yea i had a thread or 2 about it. because i shaved the handles, antenna, trunk lock, then the paint and interior. no i didnt have any rims for it at all. my liscense got suspended and the car never got 100% finished. im redoing it sometime this month.

this job i did here the guy comes into my work. i work at a rim/audio store. and i knew the guy was a big drug dealer so i charged him a lil more then ususual. to fix the spots and do the black i charged him $750. i made out of that $750 about $550 because i already had black paint at the house, and clear coat. all i had to buy was a bunch of sandpaper, the silver paint and a few other things i needed like tape, masking paper and plastic and stuff like that. and i do all this with a buddy of mine in his garage that we've been fixing up.

So you made 550 on just the stripe? Wow....Why isnt your GA completely ridiculous if your working then making money on the side like that...Plus your prolly selling drugs too... jk jk but yea thats awsome

Too bad you live in oHIo

I need some body work done in a major way..

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3,000th post! woot

[Trigga-T]

i aint do just the stripe i had to fix both bumpers the door fender and c pillar, and re clear over half the car. my car aint done cuz Liscense was suspended for a while and i didnt give a ****

[teambeechstreet]

wow, you've got some talent. im jealous, wish i could do that