Ok. so looking for a place to do my paint job, affordably, I typed in "Paint your car at home" in google search box... a few links down, there is a link for a $50 and $75 paint job.... thought I might share, looks pretty easy, and it came out looking good, in my opinion...

http://www.rickwrench.com/index79master.htm?http://www.rickwrench.com/50dollarpaint.html

http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=2331682&page=0&fpart=1&vc=1

http://www.instructables.com/id/Paint-Your-Car-With-Rustoleum/

http://www.instructables.com/id/SW6D81YF9AZJR6L/

looks pretty easy, and with rustoleum you can buy/mix any color under the sun... I think it is pretty cool. On the panel I am getting replaced, I am going to ask for the panel, I think I am going to try it, for when I do eventually paint... I want to do a full car before I do mine though, some of the people I work with drive junkers, with dull paint, maybe I'll practice?

I was wondering how this would do on the plastic parts of the car?

Opinions?

"you get what you pay for"

To be honest with you, if it lasts two years I'd be happy... I'm the kind of person who changes there mind often... I've had my car 6 months and already tired of the color. Most of the discount paint shops charge around 360 to change the color of the car, with a 3 year warranty, even if I have to paint each year, it will still cost much less then those. We'll see

whatariot,

Wow. This is great info.

I sent it to my son. He is restoring a Model T, the paint job costs have him at a stand still. This should move him along.

I have an old tractor, I may use for practice.

It appears the thinning of the paint and proper prep are the keys.

Put in the time and effort and it will be worth it.

I've seen a Miata painted this way. It looks good up to a few feet away, but it is not near the quality of a good paint job. This is a great option for an older car not worth getting a regular repaint, or a track car. I would not recommend this for a new car.

I paint cars as a hobby...

If you follow this technique to the T, you will be pleased with the results. Unfortunately most people who try to mimic this approach take shortcuts and their paint is covered with bugs, orange peal, and other crap.

For $50 and about 250 hours, you can do this. Or for $1500 and 10 hours you can have it done professionally.

I was a doubter, but the pics are impressive. Not really for a new car IMHO, but perfect for a well-used offroader. I wanna see a Patriot painted up to the rub strip with bedliner.

I've painted a couple beaters with this tactic. Paint stays on nicely if u don't get dirt, moisture and/or silicone between or under any of the layers... Polishing is also a thing that takes time and patience if you wanna have any sort of shiny surface.

Problem is that if you wanna get some sort of proper paint on it later on, you'll have to sand every little bit of the 'el-cheapo-fix' paint off and at least the brands I've used are a pain in the @ss to sand off due to them 'melting' to the paper instead of rubbing off like normal paint.

So ye, it'd doable, but if you're restoring a classic I'd go with something else (like a REAL paintjob).

Perfect for a Model T, since they were brush-painted when new.