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Hello folks! I own a 06 TL and am looking for some paint. Recently someone scratched both the front bumper as well as the rear (beyond buffing) in the same day
. I am located in the Bay Area of California and am need in some advice, I heard about earl scheib but don't know if its a good place to go or not. Also people have been telling me that if i just paint the bumpers they will not end up blending together. I have about a 1000$ limit (give or take). Thanks guys
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Word of Advice:
Run, don't walk away from any Earl Scheib dealer. Clasically, they would paint any car any color for $99.95 (their old days). What they don't tell you is that they will also spray the wheels, windows, tires (you get the picture). You have a $35K car- why would you want to get it painted by anyone less than a professional? You always get what you pay for.
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Run, don't walk away from any Earl Scheib dealer. Clasically, they would paint any car any color for $99.95 (their old days). What they don't tell you is that they will also spray the wheels, windows, tires (you get the picture). You have a $35K car- why would you want to get it painted by anyone less than a professional? You always get what you pay for.
Just my $0.02
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Originally Posted by erdoc48
Word of Advice:
Run, don't walk away from any Earl Scheib dealer. Clasically, they would paint any car any color for $99.95 (their old days). What they don't tell you is that they will also spray the wheels, windows, tires (you get the picture). You have a $35K car- why would you want to get it painted by anyone less than a professional? You always get what you pay for.
Just my $0.02
Run, don't walk away from any Earl Scheib dealer. Clasically, they would paint any car any color for $99.95 (their old days). What they don't tell you is that they will also spray the wheels, windows, tires (you get the picture). You have a $35K car- why would you want to get it painted by anyone less than a professional? You always get what you pay for.
Just my $0.02
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"they would paint any car any color for $99.95" .........oh my god, I remember that famous slogan. I actually had a car painted there back in 1984.... $99.95 and they DO PAINT THE WHEELS......ROTFLMAO.
You get what you pay for..... please go to a reputable body shop.
I didn't know Earl was still painting cars......lol.
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Go to a place that handles exotics- I'm not suggesting you have to go maximum dollar, but don't do it on the cheap either. I'm from NJ, so I don't know of any place in CA that handles exotics, but I'm sure there are a lot of them out by you. You should be able to have them blend the paint on the bumpers to match the rest of the car- it shoudn't be necessary to paint the whole car.
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I just checked their website: www.earlscheib.com and they allege they save customers money by not removing emblems and moldings, they just carefully tape around them (!). If I ever have to repaint my car, I plan on spending at least $2K, and that's likely a conservative figure.
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Thanks soo much for all of the quick replies guys. Haven't got a quote at the dealer yet but I'll be sure to check that out. This car is my baby and thanks to yall I've avoided a cheap, low quality paint job. One more question while we're at it, true that highway patrol in California cannot pull you over in neighborhood streets? Frickin guy gave me a ticket for tinted windows and no front plate. I'll keep everyone posted on paint and bring pictures!
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Originally Posted by SteveP66
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"they would paint any car any color for $99.95" .........oh my god, I remember that famous slogan. I actually had a car painted there back in 1984.... $99.95 and they DO PAINT THE WHEELS......ROTFLMAO.
You get what you pay for..... please go to a reputable body shop.
I didn't know Earl was still painting cars......lol.
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For OP, I'd seek out a good paint shop and check some references. Painting the flexible bumper covers and (a) getting the paint to flex right, (b) getting the right "sheen" and (c) getting it to match the rest of the car takes someone who knows what they're doing.
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One of my friends had his car painted by them in high school. His car was red, and had it painted blue. We went to go pick it up, and they didn't even paint the door jams.. You would open the blue door and the inside of the jam was still red. There were many things like that. They didn't take of the front license plate to paint the bumper underneath. They just masked the plate and painted around it. So if you looked closely... you would see the red bumper behind the plate.
He wanted a $99 paint job and he got one, that's for sure.
I wouldn't let those guys even stand next to my car, let alone paint it. Go to a "real" body shop
He wanted a $99 paint job and he got one, that's for sure.
I wouldn't let those guys even stand next to my car, let alone paint it. Go to a "real" body shop
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Originally Posted by mike03a3
You kids aren't old enough - I remember when the slogan was any car, any color for $29.95. What they didn't tell you was the lowball price didn't include any prep work. My father actually had them repaint a car back in the 60's. The total cost, including prep was more like $90 than $30. In truth, the paint job was fine for an old car, if you could live with the fact that the tires and most of the chrome was now blue.
They weren't really big on masking off much more than the glass.
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Check to see who Acura dealers use
Originally Posted by BeatNGo
Thanks soo much for all of the quick replies guys. Haven't got a quote at the dealer yet but I'll be sure to check that out. This car is my baby and thanks to yall I've avoided a cheap, low quality paint job.
Re: Earl Schieb-- yes, the franchises mask, but not well. One of my high school buddies had a former cop car painted there- overspray ended up on the hubcaps, the rubber around the front and rear glass, the bumper chrome, the door handles and on the windows themselves BEYOND where the masking tape and paper ended!
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