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Old 04-17-2002, 08:51 PM
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Question Where can I get my bumper cover painted?

I have a gen3 street scene cover that i just got in the mail. I cant find anyone who wants to paint a urethane cover. This also holds me up on doing my roll pan which has been sitting in my garage. I also wanted the trim around my window painted body color and my mirrors also..the grill trim and myabe a few interior peices also. Anyway, anyone know who would or could do this all at the same time for me? I live in the tampa bay area.
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Old 04-18-2002, 08:11 AM
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Over here

Hey I live across the state from you in Melbourne.

Is that worth talking about?

I spray myself. If it gets too out of my comfort zone I have 2 or 3 others that can spray here.

Nothing you desribed sounds difficult. Done most of it already.

Let me know if you wanna talk more.
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Old 04-18-2002, 11:30 AM
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Thanks for the offer but you guys are pretty far to drive. There has to be a paint and body shop here that has some talent. The guys I asked here won't even paint the plastic trim pieces because of the texture. So I said "ever heard of sand paper?" They didnt't like that so I walked out on them. If they aren't creative professionals I dont want them near my truck. I have seen all this stuff done before, (except for this particular front end) and it all looked great. Thanks for the offer
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Old 04-18-2002, 12:51 PM
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Look for a local dealer that you can trust. You might pay a little more, but they should be able to match up paint well and do a good job. My dealer did mine before I took delivery and did an excellent job. Just a thought.
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Old 04-18-2002, 04:24 PM
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Well here's the deal

The reason nobody really wants to touch it is that yu won't really like the numbers they give you for cost. A body shop can make more money on bodywork than they can doing time consuming custom stuff.

As to the sandpaper comment. Sand it yourself and save a good chunk of money. Spraying is not that much time but be warned paint ain't cheap. I just a pint of color matched urethane for my truck.

My jobber rate was $34.00 for the pint of just basecoat paint. Plus reducer, plus clear, you get the idea now?

I know driving is kinda out of the question. There is always UPS.

As far as it being us guys. I don't do this for a living. I just learn how to do things as I go. I still learn. Have friends that teach me things I don't know and vice versa.

Good luck
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