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I painted my car too..
Lemme tell ya, $1300 for a complete job is CHEAP. I wouldn't do that for that little. No one seems to have the foggiest clue or care what it takes to paint a car. Maaco does it cheap because Maaco does it fast and wrong.
People come to pick up their fuckin 1998 Tauruses from the shop I work at, and they look over the car like they are fuckin archeaologists. They walk along the paint like they are judging priceless artwork. These fuckers have never even LOOKED at that body panel, but they want to look at it now because they don't want to pay full price. They finally say "Hey, that's pretty damned perfect" and they take off in the car, only to return a week later with the same fuckin damage. Because Autobody is the red headed step child of repair and art. To 99.999999% of people it's nothing more than some paperwork at the insurance company. New panel, new door, pre-mixed paint and away they go. It's nothing like that.
I look at paint jobs like Civicious's and truly appreciate what it took to do that. Shit, I look at all paint jobs differently now.
lol i painted the hood, bumper, and two front fenders on my car, it looks decent. I spent 2 weeks wetsanding and buffing to get it just right. Paint really is a pain in the ass, if you do it right.