I guess i can probably paint the door jams myself even though I don't have any skills in painting cars. I don't think anyone would notice a crappy paint job on the door jams or engine bay.

 

it can be an azz trying to paint your car, believe me it's not that easy since you have to handsand the thing yourself. The most important thing you need to worry about is dirt and dust. They'll mess up your paint pretty easy. The second thing is uneven and overspraying, it can make your car color feel and look like an orange's skin, which you'll have to redo it from the beginning.

just my .02

 

$600 full paint job...that's a huge red flag.

If you want full color change, that's cool, just expect to pay a few grand if you want it done right.

 

I guess I'll just paint the parts then. I don't have a few grand to spend on paint . Should I put the kit on and head to the body shop or should I put the kit on after it's painted?

 

What kind of kit did you get?

If it is fiberglass, the shop may have to "fit" the kit to the car my modifying it before painting it.

I would try and install the kit yourself after painting if it's a urethane kit, to save on money.

My kit is a urethane lip kit (wings west) and I had it painted, then I installed it. That's the way to go with that kit, but I dunno what kit you have.

 

:thumbup: btw jschmid, you painted your lip kit separately? I let the shop mounted it together with the bumper (I had w-Type), bondo the lines that run open between the 2 then painted it to make it look as one piece, now the bondo cracked out kuz i scraped it a few time. I'm about to repaint the front and the rear myself, but use the Plastic glue gun so it won't crack next time

 

Yep, that's why I didn't want it molded in, prevent cracking if I ever scraped badly. Molded probably looks great, but I didn't really want to do it.

Do you have any pics of your lip molded into the front bumper?

Once nice thing about black, I think the dark color helps it blend in.