New Edge or Keep my SN95?

Would not trade

 

Keep the 97, repaint it


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That's a tough decision, any reason he wants to trade? I'd look it over to make sure there weren't any hidden issues. Personally I like your car better, but it's all about what you want!

 

Tough one for sure, as I like New Edge's also; one of my favorite Mustangs of all time is the '00 Cobra R and the Extreme Saleen. Maybe I'm just ghetto but paint isn't a reason for me to trade. The car and everything underneath that paint is what truly matters to me. If you are no longer into the car itself then maybe a trade is a good idea. You have a nice car though; I would paint it and fall in love with it all over again...

 

Given that I have an unreasonable disdain for new edges, my vote is definitely to keep your SN. Or don't, it's your choice.

But if it were up to me, I would just save my pennies to repaint the SN.

 

Without a doubt.. Keep the 97... And respray it Crystal White.. Lmao..


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3-5k for a paint job? Geez, you need to make friends with painter. [MENTION=17027]whiplash473[/MENTION] is a nice lad.

 

I wouldn't. Nice paint is overrated...

 

Keep your car. I wouldn't want any new edge that isn't 4v

 

Ha, a good job is $10-$13k around me at a shop. I charge $3-$5k for side jobs.


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I've always heard that prep work is where most of the money for a paint job goes... So for a straight car with minimal body work needed, where does all the money go for a nice paint job? I figure you take the car down to metal (which couldn't be too hard, right?) then spray primer and paint. At $80/hr labor and $1000 worth of paint, a $10k paint job would be over 100 hours of work?? I must be missing something

 

Yes, you're missing a lot. And yes, 100hrs of work is achievable for a showcar finish depending on how many people are working on it. Plus the fact that I've got $1500 into my paint supplies for my mustang and I did the entire thing myself including shaving the engine bay. That's not even close to "top of the line" materials, but much further away from the bottom shelf. Keep in mind that these cars you see in calendars and Meguiars ads in magazines are using clearcoat that's roughly $500/gal. Also, a large amount of time is in the post-paint work with sanding/buffing.

So, to break down your post more simply:

It depends all on what's being done. It's often more cost effective to replace a door than pull a 4" deep gash out of it.

A straight car is a straight car, there's no variation. If it need body work then it ain't straight.

A straight car getting a showcar finish paint job would have the money going to prep (assuring everything is straight as glass), materials (as I tried to express above), booth hours, post-paint finishing.

You've obviously never taken an entire vehicle down to bare metal.

You're forgetting about the fact that you would spray etching primer, then primer surfacer, then guide coat and sand, repeat this step more for show-quality finish, then sealer, then basecoat, then clearcoat. And that's not including the mid coat on pearl tints.

Shop time is more like $90-$100 nowadays.

$1000 worth of paint for a whole car is not feasible for anything worth a shit. It costs me $125/pint for the Victory Red for my Silverado. Just for perspective, a pint (of good paint) would get used up before you even and close to finishing painting the door jambs.


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Wow... I guess I really overlooked all the work that goes into a paint job. It really is an art; I wish I had the opportunity to learn how to paint sometime. If 10k could be spent towards an outstanding paint job, would less money, like maybe a couple thousand dollars, be able to take a relatively clean car back to a like-factory paint job?

 

I'm happy with my $800 paint job
But that was just for supplies.