nascarnate326

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Looking at a 98 Z28 with lots of after market parts, cam, etc.

Big problem is the paint. The car was vandalized and the current owner took sand paper to the swear words so that he could have it in the garage.

Clear is completely trashed on the rear bumper, right rear quarter, drivers door, and will need to be touched on on driver rear quarter once a small dent is popped out.

The front bumper, driver fender, driver door, sail, under the door area, and passenger fender are all fine and could shine right up.

The whole car should be repainted to "do it right"

What kind of cost are we looking at?

The car has 88k miles and could be a really nice car.

I can sand it down my self, but would need a professional to paint it.

Nathan C

For a decent paint job you're looking at a couple thousand dollars. Ask yourself it it's worth it. With that low milage and mods, it might be.

nascarnate326

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Im wondering if they can do just the affected areas to same some money.

LetsRide

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Post some pics I'm in Michigan I could give you a hand. I'm a painter.

HumanNipple

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panels won't match if you only do affected areas, they need to be blended. If it is as bad as it sounds like then the whole car could probably need an entire respray. You could post up some pics and it might help people asses the car. But in the end it's going to cost thousands to respray a car unless you go to maaco lol.

nascarnate326

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Here ya go:








When my I hit a deer they blended my paint on my Cobolt and it came out great. I just hate to sand off paint from panels that don't need it, but I want it done right.

Blackpanther99

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Oh yeah, that baby will need a good detail.

LoneGunman

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It looks like it only needs the one side repainted. Re paint that side, and the hood, blend the fender, the bumper covers, and the spoiler, wetsand the other side clear the whole car...you're done.

nascarnate326

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I think I am going to try and save this one.

stevesfbody

Paint the whole car, might as well. Get a new hood and SS spoiler and you'll be golden

Latch

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What on Earth did the vandals use to write on the side of the car with that wouldn't come off with anything short of sandpaper?! Good lord. If all they used was spray paint there's no reason why the owner should have trashed his paint like that!

nascarnate326

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I dont know. Sucks but its still a nice car. All the doors are nice and tight. You can tell its been stored indoors its whole life.

JohnS Z28

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I SAW THIS ON CRAIGSLIST, was pretty tempted because i go to college for collision repair, could do it myself for pretty cheap, but didnt want to tie up the money at the moment
But yeah..it really needs a whole repaint

BLK95-Z

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A couple quarts of that red base coat wont be cheap. Definitely salvageable though.

jszklany

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Much of my youth was spent performing body shop repairs and aftermarket work on cars. The lion share of the cost will be in labor. Some shops might be willing to let you do the messy work of sanding and/or filling. It's not overly complicated and with some practice you can yield pretty solid results.

nascarnate326

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I bought the car and got it back together yesterday.

The door looks to be salvageable as they wetsanded it. The rear quarter will need to be blended or completely repainted.

With a little TLC it will be a nice car.

RONSBLACK1998TA

From what I can see in the picts, the 1 panel where the antenna is it seems the clear coat was peeling off anyway. I would just get the whole car repainted. No sense in saving a buck or 2 and having a nice car look bad. just my 2 cents. BTW, let this be a lesson learned, don't screw oven your girlfriends. Ask Carrie Underwood, evil.