Looks great !

Nice BMC ... I ride a TMR01

 

Wonder what the cost would be to get this done, material and labour?

Also you are lucky you dont have parking sensors, as they can only be painted once and then you need new ones.

 

Sorry to hijack a bit but just to confirm, painting parking sensors once will ruin them? Even if you peel the paint off?

And I think it looks good especially since its reversible.

 

I think it's great. Coating technology has come so far. I've played with some accents using plastidip and love how quickly can change and change back.

Your video was great. Did you do the door and cargo liners at some point?

 

So your definition of "Unthinkable" is doing something that nobody thought up yet?

It looks pretty nice. Probably not as nice as a full repaint by a pro paint shop, but then again, probably a small fraction of the price.

 

That looks amazing.

 

Sorry for taking so long to respond!

I used Dipyourcar.com's Predip Spray to clean (washed the car prior to that as well). It smells like Windex, and it's actually quite useful for cleaning bikes too. It's cheap, $8.49 for a bottle.

For total material costs... I spent $263 on the Raail gallons (shipping included). The bundle I got was 3 gallons of black Raail Airwap, and 3 gallons of clear. I mixed pearl powder into the clear, which was $60 for the pearls ($10/25g of KP Pigment's Carbon Blue, and used 50g/gallon of pearl in 3 gallons of clear). Additionally, I bought a bottle of Naptha thinner for $8.99 and used 5 fluid oz of naptha per gallon of the airwrap to thin it out, as I was getting some stringing from my gun.

For prep materials, honestly I already had almost everything I used except for the trim masking tape I used along the top of the windshield - which is not necessary, but helpful. I spent $25 on that, but only used a VERY small amount. Maybe 4ft total, and there's 33ft or so in a box. I'd say if you were buying everything you needed, you'd spent about $25 on material - 3m Blue painters tape, 3m yellow auto masking tape, and Tape and Drape (plastic sheeting with a tape strip at the top).

So I spent $356.99 on materials; if you were doing it yourself, not including the gun, I'd guess maybe plan on more like $375 since you'd probably need to stock up on more masking materials.

Chrome shadow would definitely look good! Not sure on wheels. The wheels on the car right now are my winter wheels with Blizzaks; I have the 19" wheels in the garage that were powdercoated black for my summer tires, but they've gotten a bit chipped so they're due for a refinish. I'll probably do the summer wheels and leave the winter wheels as they are.

It varies depending on how in depth you want to go, and what color (ie. straight matte color vs pearl finish, and some pearls cost more than others), and also depending on how reputable the shops are in your area that would install/spray it - but were I paying to have it done, I'd expect to pay somewhere in the $1000-1500 range for a professional result. There are guys out there that would do it for less, but they'd be cutting corners for sure.

Thanks!! I skipped the door jams and cargo liner, as it's a lot of extra work both in masking and I was worried that I wouldn't get a good transition. I am planning on doing my 996 C4s in the future, and I'll likely go that route since it'll be a simpler job for sure.

For sure - given what I paid for materials, I could re-do the car 10-20 times for what a good, professional shop would charge for a full repsray. Ultimately, the paint on my car is great - I just wanted a different color. I'd never be able to justify spending the money on a full respray for a car that otherwise had no issues.

I definitely opted for a satin finish instead of gloss for that reason too - they do make some REALLY good gloss finishes now (look up Autoflex or Halo True Gloss), but I don't have the facilities to spray those properly and any DIY effort would be far from pro shop quality. So rather than have to look at a sub-par gloss, I knew I could do a satin job well.

 

I have heard that once parking sensors come unpainted from the factory and they will accept once coat of paint, once this has been done they will need to be replaced.

My vinyl wrap over the stock paint makes them not function.

 

Very cool...I bet the color pops even more in person. Good work

 

I thought you were going to say I put turbo badges on it but this looks great.

I'm actually going for a raw worn look with character but fully functional.... Probably not anything a regular Pcar owner likes either.

Creativity with class.

 

There's actually a couple of guys that have been doing some pretty cool stuff with removable coatings - putting iron filings in clear and then spraying it over other colors to add artificial rust spots without damaging the paint. Gives that "patina" look. I found a picture of a VW someone did that won a couple of awards.



Don't get me started on the "stance" of the car, but hats off to the creativity of the painter.

 

That is cool. I wonder how they got the water drip lines down the front hood.

Pavement is dry & the rest of the car looks dry, so I'm assuming the rain drips are also in the clear wrap.

 

I totally dig that.... Now I love a great looking Pcar.

But basically a rat rod diy Porsche is just as cool in my book as long as it's functional.