well i finally am getting my body parts for my car accident and i have a few questions. i need to get the parts painted obviously but i can install all of the body parts myself. this alone saves me alot of money since the body shop wanted to charge me 8 hours to install the parts.

i took off the dammaged parts myself and i see how to install it and it shouldnt be a problem, i just wanted to know would it be better to have the parts painted before having them installed or should i install it then get it painted. it seems easier to just have it painted before installing that way i cut the risk of overspray and they can do a better job on getting the paint onto the lil cracks and crevices. then again i dont know if they can match the color correctly if its not on the car. well jus let me know what you think.

p.s the parts i need painted are the drivers side fender, a 97 front bumper, hood, and possibly my 97 trunk. any idea how much it should cost

btw....anyone know how to remove pinstripes, i remember it was in the stickies but i cant find it anymore.

thanx a million guys.
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Let them paint the parts off the car.. give them your gas-cap door so they can match colors. Install them yourself... that's your best bet, you will probably pay $500 to paint all that.
-Cyrus

500 for all that, thats not bad. this dude wants 300 for a bumper, thats why i am holding out on my 97 conversion

when u said 500, do you think that will include my trunk, it needs to be completely prepped

bump for a few more oppinions

paint as much as u can off the car....u will gert way better coverage and quality (i work in a body shop)

all right, i think thats what im gonna do...its a good shop and im sure they will do a good job but it seems like no matter what paint job i see...i always see a lil overspray, even if its somewhere unnoticeable. ill get them painted off of the car and ill intall them afterwards, thanx for all the advice guys

I was under the impression you would buy aftermarket body parts such as the ones on eBay, which come primered. If you need prep work done to already-painted parts, it's going to be another $200-$300 probably.
-Cyrus

oh damn lol, 200-300 thats not chump change, im gettin this stuff mainly cause i need the bumper and fender but my side objective was to get the stillen lip for this 97 bumper sooner or later. will there be major fittiment issues with the aftermarket bumper and stillen kit.

Put the parts on first to test fit, you dont want any surprises with painted parts. I made the same mistake with my old skyline front lip.

thanx for bringing that up, i thought about that too....it would be a waste to spend 500 bux painting everything and it didnt line up correctly. there is no frame dammage but something could be a lil off.

do u by any chance know if those aftermarket ebay bumpers will take a stillen lip with lil to no problems.

hmm it should, i mean if it doesnt you got to try to fit it on there somehow because no way is the stillen one going to be a off.

I thought you gave up on that max already,

from my exoerience i bought a NISSAN Bumper cover and it wasnt prepped right and now paint flakes off......thechnically plastic panes dont need primer..they need to be sanded and a bonding agents added to paint

lol i did

i dont know if u notice but i stopped comeing on the ORG and jus didnt give a **** abot the car anymore. i was so close to picking up a black 95 5spd 240sx....the car was sweet as hell but i really dont feel like doing payments right now and its a lil tiny for me, i gonna give the max another shot and we will see how it goes. i stopped comein to the meets also...its already toug enough having the least modded max but to have the most dammage one also? is there a meet soon, i have some friends in town that would like to come to one.

p.s
what kinda kit is that on the car in your sig, is that your car?

car didnt look that bad... and I think there might be one not this friday but next because of the and all

oh ok....do me a favor and jus keep me updated if theres a meet.

what kit is that in your sig?