I just purchased a pair of C-west style side skirts for only $80 and I wanna know what do I need to buy to paint them myself to save money from taking them to a paint shop? Im assuming Lowe's/Home Depot has what I need right? What do I need to buy?

 

Cheaper to pay a shop to prep/spray it for you. Rattlecan or roller jobs are ghetto IMHO and never match right.

 

At least you have a black car....

 

Make sure the skirts fit first, get them prepped and mounted.

Then take them off and have a body shop paint them for you.

You CAN get awesome results with a rattle can, but it requires a LOT of work.

 

how much is a rattle can and how many would I need? how long would it take me?

 

I did some with duplicolor gloss black. Just take your time. Sparayed bulldog adhesion promoter (my sides were plastic). Then sprayed a few coats of black. Wet sanded with really fine sandpaper, then more coats of black. Then I did coats of clear coat. The trick is wetsanding the clear coat after every layer to give the gloss look and put it on thick letting the clear coat dry in the hot sun. It matches pretty good. It definatly looks better getting it professionally done, but it was fine for temporary.

 

anyone know of any paint shops here in so cal and ball park figures for pricing? How long do side skirt paint jobs take usually at a shop?

 

60 gallon 220v compressor 600
gravity feed spray gun(clear and paint) 150
gravity feed spray gun(primer) 150
air hose and fitting 50
ppg clear 45
ppg paint 55
primer 25
bucket .25
charcoal mask 35
paint booth 150-200
sand paper 15
prep wrap 5

too much? yeah, proper equipement cost alot.

 

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