Bob Vaughn
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After looking at new trucks I am wondering if I should just have "Old Faithful" painted? It has 70,000 miles on it and the only paint damage is where some kids "egged" it a few halloweens ago and I did not notice it for over a week of sitting in the sun. So the finish is screw up there. Paint is cheaper than starting over with a new set of problems....
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LowRyter
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yeah
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agesilaus
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My past experience with painting over another paint job is that you could be asking for trouble. I had chipping problems after getting it done. And I was back in Florida while the body shop was in California. They need to do a really good prep job on the vehicle before repainting.
And are you having a problem now or are you breaking the first law of engineering: "If it isn't broken, don't fix it."
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gbopp
The Keystone State
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As long as it can do the job I would keep it. That's not a lot of miles.
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glamisorbust
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I would spend a few bucks and get it painted. I would stay away from places like maaco, unless you don't care about massive amounts of sloppy over-spray. Just think, a $700/month truck payment for 7 years, or a $2000 paintjob that you could pay cash for. The choice is obvious, especially if the truck still does the job it was designed to do.
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Jack Spratt
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GM paid to have my 80's truck repainted because of bad primer.
Ten years later still looked great. It was a $1200 paint job in
the early 90's, so it depends on the shop's capability.
Paint has been improved a lot since then too.
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jerem0621
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Jack Spratt wrote:GM paid to have my 80's truck repainted because of bad primer.
Ten years later still looked great. It was a $1200 paint job in
the early 90's, so it depends on the shop's capability.
Paint has been improved a lot since then too.
Is that new math?
Early 90's to me would be about 18-22 years ago.
 . All in good fun friend.
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Allworth
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Gas or diesel?
Diesel: just barely broken in. Paint it.
Gas: Wax it and go camping.
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kw/00
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Paint it, keep it, economy has been bad, no reason to go in debt to buy new when the current truck does what you want it to do. I have 150K on mine now and will paint it this summer, I dont want any new debt...
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surveyorjp
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jerem0621 wrote:Jack Spratt wrote:GM paid to have my 80's truck repainted because of bad primer.
Ten years later still looked great. It was a $1200 paint job in
the early 90's, so it depends on the shop's capability.
Paint has been improved a lot since then too.
Is that new math?
Early 90's to me would be about 18-22 years ago.
. All in good fun friend.
Jerem
I don't see anything wrong with his math. Please explain.
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