Coupe GT Paint prices(long, but help please)

[Michael Williams <daserde@ucla.edu>]

     OK everyone, i know that some of you may think that i am an idiot, 
but i have the opportunity of a lifetime (well kinda i suppose) to get my 
car painted, with no labor charged.  My friend (not the stubborn one) is 
finishing up a class on engines and body work and has gotten excellent 
grades on all of his paint samples that he has prepared. He knows that i 
have very little money, and he knows as well that i need a new paint job 
on my car, as when i got into my little accident a few years ago, the guy 
who painted it did less than a stellar job.  He has therefore offered to 
paint it for free as long as i supply the paint.  He already has the 
spray gun and a garage where he can do it.  I have yet to see his paint 
samples, and i know that i should look at them first.  First of all, what 
do you think of this? If he is as good as he claims he is, then i think 
that he can do a more than adequate job.  And i also know that he will 
put alot of time and effort into this job as we are very good friends and 
he truly likes my car.  I am not worried about the effort that he will 
put into the job, so that automatically puts him above Maaco and their 
200 dollar paint jobs...He will put alot more time into it than they 
will.  Ok, so my first question is, what do you think of this idea?

     Next is the idea of which paint to get.  He tells me that a urethane 
paint, while it doesn not look quite as good as the factory enamel, is 
very, very strong.  That is a major plus obviously.  But i have noticed 
as well that the tornado red that is used on the 85 Coupe (which is what 
i have) stands up very, very well to weather and time.  So, for that 
reason, and based on the fact that it is an incredible red, i was 
wondering how much the cost is on the factory paint..I am sure that it 
will be at least a few hundred dollars...but i would really, really 
appreciate any feedback on this that can be given.  Thanks in advance to 
everyone for reading to this point.  Talk to you later.

Sincerely,


Mike Williams
85 Coupe GT
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