What a great thread!
I like the way it starts out with people saying they had to pay $9,000 for a no frills paintjob that was going to be done 'in between insurance jobs'.. costing them not only a ton of money, but also tying up their car for months.
Then along comes this dude who painted his car with a ROLLER and had all of $50 invested, and from the looks of the pics, came out with some pretty good looking results.
Jesus will come back, hell will freeze over, and i'll be able to poop neopolitan ice cream before i'd ever pay $3000 for a paint job, let alone nine large.
I can certainly understand many folks skepticism on the subject, tho.. we as a society have been conditioned that certain things just cost a lot, and for whatever reason, we just accept it without question.
You think it costs GM even $1000 to paint those new cars? Hell no.
I could understand if there was extensive body work to be done, repairs, etc.. but you can't tell me that a quality paint job takes weeks to do.. look at the guys on those 'pimp my ride' kinds of shows.. they got the car painted overnight and delivered the next day.. many times with intricate pin striping or other such appointments.
