As the subject states...I just bought a rudora bodykit and Im going to put it on myself I think. How long should I leave it on before painting it and how much did it cost you guys to get it installed and/or painted. TIA! :thumbsup

as long as it takes you to drive from your house to the body shop. you dont wanna be like the 7 diffrent color hondas out there thats just rediculous (sp?)

but yea while driving to the shop get a feel for it so that when you do get it painted you wont fuck it up to fast

take it to the shop in the back of a truck. Drive it painted. I dunno. Guess that's just me, but I wouldn't wanna be seen as "another guy with a primered kit." Not even for a minute or 5. I hate how low my new front is, but oh well. It's still good. You're gonna catch stares with a bodykit on. You only wanna catch stares when it's looking as good as it can. :thumbsup

i had my car lowered before i had my kit put on. it was just like before. and now with the lip, well, that's just another story. if you are lowered and have no problems, then put the kit on. if you're not lowered, then the kit will look weird as hell with stock fender well.
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i know no one wants to look all ghetto with a primered kit an stuff but people kinda recommend driving around with the kit for awhile to get a feel for it and how you hafta take ramps an stuff. even if you're not lowered, most aftermarket kits are lower than the stock fronts. drive it where-ever you plan on going once it's all painted and everything. it's easiest to make your mistakes before you get it painted an stuff. you don't wanna get everything all painted and then scrape it coming home pulling into your driveway...

-marc

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255 is fricken short

You want to let any stress cracks that are going to happen happen before it's painted. A weeks worth of normal driving should take care of it.

your question solved@
go ghetto:rolleyes


um...yeah...:nono

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pleeasseee, ghetto is da onlee way to go. fareal i think my car was like this for over 3 months. i know for the first semester of school i was referred to as the guy with a multicolor eclipse. second semester i was known as dapimp !!!

you want to drive it around and get the stress cracks out of it then fix them with the fiberglass gel. let them dry and sand down smooth and then you should be ready for paint. if you rush it, it will look like shit... take your time and don;t listen to these guys saying go straight to the paint shop..... i deal with this stuff all the time.... your shit will stress crack so get it out now before painting

i never said "don't go strait to the bodyshop" i just said no to ghetto. just me.
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Its better to look ghetto for a week than have your paint crack a week later.

yea, I knew that I was supposed to drive with it on to get rid of stress cracks otherwise my paint would crack but I didnt know if I should go 1 week, 2 weeks or longer. Thanx. How much do you think it will be to get it painted?

>yea, I knew that I was supposed to drive with it on to get
>rid of stress cracks otherwise my paint would crack but I
>didnt know if I should go 1 week, 2 weeks or longer. Thanx.
>How much do you think it will be to get it painted?

$300 if yer lucky

shit, lol...i was expecting more! thats not bad...plus I dont think Im keeping the back cause i dont really like it so that will make it cheaper and im going to sell it so it will cover the cost of painting.

if you find it for $300 let me know..........

>if you find it for $300 let me know..........

paint $150
paint gun $75
Air pump $75

i dont see how they could charge you more, but i suppose lowest of low to be $500 mebbe

I am getting all kinds of quotes even after i dry fitted it and mounted it myself. I think they are being assholes on the price. I know Maaco has offered to repaint the entire car and fix the dents and dings for $600. Believe it or not i was getting quotes for 600 just to paint the kit itself.

>I am getting all kinds of quotes even after i dry fitted it
>and mounted it myself. I think they are being assholes on the
>price. I know Maaco has offered to repaint the entire car and
>fix the dents and dings for $600. Believe it or not i was
>getting quotes for 600 just to paint the kit itself.


damn i know maaco would paint just the kit for around $500. At my highschool i got it painted for the cost of supplies. $125 if i remember right

if u have someone else paint it u have to calculate labor in....now if u paint it yourself thats different.....urethene will cost more to paint than fiber glass......u need a different kind of paint.....some kinda flex agent has to be added....atleast for the front....im payine 300 to get my front painted....hes gonna do everything except for puting the thing on......ive seen his work and by far the best ive seen.....i dont mind paying more for a good job......

dfresh

$2200 bucks for body kit fixing (pin holes and other shit from shipping), fitment of kit, z3 fenders and headlights, and complete color change...oh and painting interior peices for me too.

>if u have someone else paint it u have to calculate labor
>in....now if u paint it yourself thats different.....urethene
>will cost more to paint than fiber glass......u need a
>different kind of paint.....some kinda flex agent has to be
>added....atleast for the front....im payine 300 to get my
>front painted....hes gonna do everything except for puting the
>thing on......ive seen his work and by far the best ive
>seen.....i dont mind paying more for a good job......
>
>dfresh

urethane base coat is what its called and i have a can of it leaft in my garage that is stock northstar whit. its single stage which is cheaper because you dont hafta buy a clear coat.

IF i had a garage i swear i would learn this myself. I done touch up and here and there shit but never an entire body kit. ANyone from CT has their own garage and does body work?

I will just fit it myself...shouldnt be that hard. (famous last words) :P If I have to I will paint it myself too but I prefer not to.

125$ my fucking balls....

no less than 500$...

any quality shop is gonna charge you alot, if you want a lifetime warrenty on the paint then close to 1000...

ide just go with the 4 year warrenty from maaco...i know you can get a whole car done for 900$ therem, so 4 or 500$ for the kit...

and youde be REALLY lucky if that kit fit perfect, you might have to take it to a bodyshop to get it fitted, unless u can work fiberglass.

i just put on my blitz kit, and im glad i didnt get it painted right after. I must have smashed the front lip 23409781235 times in the past 3 weeks. Now I plan on gettin a poly front bumper. ps. I have white primer so it doesnt look that ridiculous.

WTF is a poly front bumper

>WTF is a poly front bumper
polyurethane :thumbsup

>125$ my fucking balls....
>
>no less than 500$...
>
>any quality shop is gonna charge you alot, if you want a
>lifetime warrenty on the paint then close to 1000...
>
>ide just go with the 4 year warrenty from maaco...i know you
>can get a whole car done for 900$ therem, so 4 or 500$ for the
>kit...
>
>and youde be REALLY lucky if that kit fit perfect, you might
>have to take it to a bodyshop to get it fitted, unless u can
>work fiberglass.

yeah i meant $125 for me. i did everything mahself

fiberglass is easy to use after some experience

Anyone on the Island I can get you a great deal on the body kit work. My uncle has a shop in Nassua. Its about 600 for the kit, but they do a great color match. Now if you go and you already have the kit installed, they will give you a better price, but they want the kit to be painted of the car, so you need to bring the body kit in off the car, then they install you install it yourself to save money..

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If you live in Virginia.. my friend and I know some guy that will paint stuff really cheap..and he's very good.


my friend owns the blue one..the guy painted the front one.. very nicely done. The guy charged him $50 or 100 i believe? to paint the front and back? My friend just had to buy the supplies and drive down to the shop in central VA..right now he's getting his sideskirts fixed and painted and stuff..this guy is good. If you want to get something painted and you live somewhere in VA..let me know and i'll let my friend know and he'll let that dude know..

hey ill paint it for free if you guys buy me the material, o but you have to ship your car to hawaii (hardy har har) anyways painting and bodywork is really easy i didnt take any classes, except my dad paints cars so i slowly learned off him. but yeah i paint cars on my off time. i think my camaro went through 9 or 10 different colors before i bought this eclipse. right now im working on the body since my engine is crap right now. anyways if your gonna paint it yourself and need some tips let me know

hey big bald if you come accross any good shops hit me up at bpetrey104@aol.com. need to find a better one than i have right now.

:thumbsup

I've never had a kit on the car unpainted. I've never had stress cracks either. Guess my components don't know how to crack. :wary