New Paint

[93_SHO_FL]

Well, I got the SHO painted. I went with Ford Sonic Blue.

It's been quite the ordeal. They painted it, and I went to pick it up and they took it out of the booth too early, and it fish eyed and orange peeled bad. Also had some spots that needed fixed.

I took it back to have the touch it up and wet sand and buff it, and the morons sanded thru to the green layer and on the bumpers it's got spots down to the rubber. NICE!!!

So, it's there now, and they have to redo the entire car. They claim it will be ready by Friday night. We shall see.

Don't take ANYTHING to Body Lines in Seminole, FL!!!

It cost me $1200 for bc/cc...no jambs & no trim. I'm not expecting a $5000 paint job, but sheesh! Had blue overspray on new Magnaflows, inside my wheel wells.

I plan on doing jambs and under hood and trunk myself later on. Doing trim myself also...once I replace some pieces that are really bad.

Here's some before and after shots. It looks good on camera...but not in person!

 

[JRA2000TL]

It does look good on the pics...but don't feel bad. I'm going through the same **** of an ordeal getting my 89 painted. (see threads in SHO Related and General Chit Chat). To make a long story short, I had a backyard jack leg guy do mine for 600 (he supposedly did this on the side and worked at a body shop full time). Wrong color, horrible job, etc.

I'm getting it redone at a body shop that cut me a break on the labor and is charging me $500 to paint the car if I supplied the materials. Didn't need jambs done (redoing factory color). I went with a single stage acrylic urethane and I insisted on PPG, although I went with their cheap Shopline paint. (A gallon of bc/cc DBU/Deltron was $624!!!!). I bought 1 gallon of PPG JAU acrylic enamel, a gallon of reducer, and a quart of activator for $207.39----so a $700 paint job total. I'm sure it won't be stellar either.

I wanted a good presentable paint job as well; not a show car deal. Mine is getting re-done Currant Red BTW.

 

[93_SHO_FL]

My initial plan was an AU single stage paint for $950 - but this cat said he could do bc/cc for $1000. So I brought it to him. He looked at all the dents and such, and said $1200. I agreed....and the saga began.

 

[JRA2000TL]

What brand and line of paint is he using, do you know?

 

[93_SHO_FL]

No clue. The parts of it that came out good, came out exceptional. But regardless, he's redoing it.

 

[SHOtime2511]

Well at least they are making good on your deal.

 

[93_SHO_FL]

Not sure about that yet. I found this.

http://www.mechanicadvisor.com/fl/largo/body-lines-auto-body.aspx#newReview

And I didn't type it! Exactly same as my story though!!!

 

[sho_ted]

MOVING IT from the booth did not cause fish eyes, thats contamination on the car. orange peel also isnt caused by moving the car.

 

[93_SHO_FL]

I was arguing with them like crazy about it. I don't know what else to do. I'm out $1200 cash, they have the car currently. I don't wanna **** them off while it's in their possesion.

 

[tommyturbo]

Body work is expensive. I had my daytona painted, and it was about $5k to do it right, de-trim, paint, sand, buff, and reassemble everything. You get what you pay for.

 

[32MTX]

hope it works out great in the end cause that color choice is awesome!

 

[JRA2000TL]

Eh, you got burned too...Let's share in the I got ****ed on my paintjob misery.

 

[93_SHO_FL]

Ok, well, they redid the SHO paint job. It's been at the shop since I posted this. Supposed to be bringing it to my house tonight, but due to severe local weather, it may have to wait til tomorrow.
I will post about the outcome once I see it in person.

 

[SHOtime2511]

storms were crazy tonight,we had 60 mph winds here.

 

[93_SHO_FL]

Got car back this morning. Looks 100x better. There are a few little spots he is going to touch up for me that I spotted. But he is coming to me to do it. All in all, the overall experience sucked, but the owner of the place has been pretty cool. It's his lackeys that are MORONIC A-HOLES!!!

 

[SHO Continental]

He hired the ********, so he's not entirely without blame.

I want some bigger pictures!!

 

[93_SHO_FL]

True. I will take pics as soon as the mini-hurricane leaves my area. WOW...it was crazy here. www.bn9.com

 

[HotRodKid]

They painted it, and I went to pick it up and they took it out of the booth too early, and it fish eyed and orange peeled bad.

neither of those problems are caused by taking the car out of the booth to early.

Fisheyes are contaminants on the surface BEFORE anything is painted. its impossible to cause fisheyes by contaminating the surface AFTER you spray, and booth time has 0.000000000000% to do with them (yes, that % ends in zero for a reason)

Orange peel is caused by skimping on the paint OR by screwing up the mix for the conditions at hand. If you spray a proper coat then the surface should flow out on its own before you even have a chance to set down your spray gun. Booth time wont fix or ruin this fact.

Your shop of choice lied to you, then lied to you some more.

Edit: and jambs are supposed to be done first dude, doing them last is asking for trouble, esp when the shop doing the exterior sucks so bad at painting AND buffing that they screwed up 3 diff ways

 

[93_SHO_FL]

I may not even do the jambs. This is a temp car. I have invested more than I wanted to. It turned out pretty good. They repainted the screwed up places. I will not recommend them to anyone though.
It's not a $5000 paint job, so you get what you pay for.

 

[93_SHO_FL]

Ok, well, I washed the car after the nasty storms we just had and discovered that the paint is still messed up, and in some places even worse.

I have since reported to BBB and also contacted my local news channel "8 On Your Side" who often help consumers with issues like these.

I will keep this thread up to date, in case anyone out there gives a turkey. ;-)

Front bumper has primer showing, so does rear bumper but not as bad.
Deep gouges in hood by wiper cowl
Nickel-sized "crackled" looking spot on driver rear wheel well/ 1/4 panel
Green coming through on nearly every edge.
No paint on lower portions of rocker panels and bumpers

Apparently, there are others that have had similar experiences with this place, and I am in the process of contacting them as well, all part of the local news assistance thing.

Why can't anything ever be simple?