I'm sure if he bought the paint himself they do it without a guarantee for about that much.

 

by any chance do you live in north pointe?there's a guy in my neighborhood that used to have a 95 stang that he painted himself.just wondering if that was you.

to the op:I'd try driven concepts or even try posting in the appropriate section.

 

gracias

 

You can get that kind of job done Cheap if you cruise around the back streets of some of tampa bays finer areas. the question is do you want it done right....

I would say a GOOD kandy job like that would run anywhere from 4k-9k depending on materials used prep work needed, etc.

You got your 36" wheels and your lift yet? j/k

Kandies are not easy to paint. I see them everyday on the streets of tampa and you see some REALLY nasty ones...I would go to EB autobody on Broadway. He sells alot of HoK stuff. I would ask him to recommend some one. Then I would go to them and request a portfolio or maybe even to see one in person that he has done....

I know there is a guy on florida some where that they call the "Kandy man" dont know how good he is, I have never heard anything bad about he either. Just thought he had a cool name

Hope that helps,

Josh

 

dont candy it tri coat it with a lime green tri coat ...... it will be floppy in the sun...... easier to spray than candy also

 

pm me i can do it...

 

if you can do all the prep work yourself, a shop probably wont charge half as much as doing prep also. doing preparation right is 90% of the work.

 

there's a place in safety harbor called the auto salon, i believe. they do a lot of candy paint jobs on cars. they are very good at it too. i'll see if they have a number outside.

 

here you go:
Auto Salon
925 Harbor Lake Drive
Safety Harbor, FL 34695
(727) 724-8018

they do quite a bit of candy painting...really good too.
hope that helps

 

i would say for a first timer dont even try it.

I have been doing small work for a few years now on cars for a dealer I know.
I started out doing bumper covers, fenders and body panels ,faded roofs,then moved onto a little bit of body work.

I started doing red,white black and basic colored cars moving onto the metallics .

Triple flip, candy bases and colored clears need to be done with proper flash time, even coats and proper psi with a steady hand .the car needs to be primed correct
Then alot of work goings into painting the door jams under the hood and trunk .

prep work is alot man taping and paper the entire car,getting off all the dust and priming to paint etching primer to paint then blowing off the car.

Then mixing up the base with activator base maker 1/2 ratio base to activator, then getting the clear 4/1 ratio 1/4 activator to 4 parts clear.
the spray pattern a steady hand .man the list goes on

then the dry time between the coats of base then clear.
if it done under a tent youll spend the next 3 days wetsanding with 1500 grit and polishing the shit out of the car.

I really suggest you buy a book or go online and do alot of research before you spend the money .the paint supplies are not cheap if you fuck it up kiss 500$ good bye in materials then paying ot have a pro strip the car and fix the bad paint job.

if you just mess up on step you could really mess up the entire paint job...



get a gun start with small jobs then work up maybe in a few years youll be doing candycoats and making big money but not right now man.
find a pro pay him what he desreves
Pay the extra money to do not settle for a guy " that is good" or one that does alot of candy..

What you need to do is find cars with awsome paint work and find out who did it .just ask the guys most people are happy to share who did the work .then call that body shop and say " so and so " sent me and said you do the best work what kinda deal can of deal can you work for me.
Body shop guys like the word of mouth thing becuase they know you might send someone else to them later after your paint is done.