New paint and 200,000 miles.
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jim65wagon
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Looks sharp! Certainly does not look like a 200,000 mile vehicle!
RocKrawler
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Very nice, now go out and get some fresh natural pinstriping!
I've always wondered how much a decent, but not outrageous paint job actually costs.... mind sharing? My tacoma is on the verge of needing some help, no real body damange or bad rust spots- just lots and lots of rock chips an quite a few scratches. I'm not looking to go candy orange but a stock white that will last another 6 years would be awesome if it could be had at a reasonable price!
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Street Wolf
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Niice, looks awesome. :sombrero:
SVS
Observer
My first paint Job when I got the rig 5 years ago was from was from Maaco.
Here is what it looked like:
That's a $700 paint job. Was OK but did not last. The Black was rattle can paint.
The recent paint Job was $1500. It also included a new windshield by default. They pulled the windshield to fix rust and broke it when it was going back in, also when they painted the car they did it with the windshield out and overspray got thru the tape job and they had to repaint the dash to fix that.
They painted all the black with automotive grade paint. Including the grill, roof rack & rear wing -- turned out great. I installed new mirrors for the final touch.
I plan on using it as I always have and it'll get dirty and desert pinstriped. It's what it's made for.
Long live the Trooper!!
Riteway in Fountain Valley CA. Call Jesse. 714 434-6060
ritewayautopaint.com
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Wow.. that looks great man, I don't think I woudl have the heart to go get it dirty...lol
AmericaOverland
Explorer
Thank you for doing that, the paint job. Lots of people, they say, "200,000 miles?! Are you nuts?! No, you need a new car (no, that is not a car, that is a truck!)!" With a vehicle like that, I'd do the paint job over and over until the rear axle started falling off, the hard top blows off on the highway, and I can suddenly see the lane stripes going by under my feet! Then, it's time to hire a welder to make me a new frame or find a new frame, repair the rust damage on the body connecting to the hard top (I would not let my Scout get like that when I go through my first restoration cycle with it in a few years, and no, I have not gotten it completed yet, BUT, I have news).
It reminded me of Reverend Grumbles in south Texas in the 70s and 80s... He had a Datsun wagon, and because he traveled as a minister and worked the oil fields in his wagon, he supposedly had over 400,000 miles on it and had a new paint job on it at that same mileage you did.
Stephanie
It reminded me of Reverend Grumbles in south Texas in the 70s and 80s... He had a Datsun wagon, and because he traveled as a minister and worked the oil fields in his wagon, he supposedly had over 400,000 miles on it and had a new paint job on it at that same mileage you did.
Stephanie