painting an EP3

[gheron]

hey guys was thinking about buying a EP3 (civic SiR hatch) the one im looking at is painted really badly i mean when you open the door you can clearly see that it was a cheap paint job, under the hood as well. i was just wondering if i picked this up and wanted to get it all painted again, under the hood and all, where would you guys take your cars for paint and if any of you have had experience and know a ball park figure of what this should cost that will be greatly appreciated, looking for a basic paint maybe white or red nothing metallic or anything if that matters

[Destinova403]

jon... check out screamin' paintworks they are really highly rated.

itll probably cost atleast a few grand for a good professional job, but youd be best to just give them a call... theyll be able to let you know over the phone.

[gpomp]

why don't you buy one with good paint?

[gheron]

cus this is a wicked deal, thanks for the info dane

[Hash_man]

A newer car like that with a shitty paint job was probably painted to hide some serious bodywork.

I would see no other reason for a car that new to need a new paint job. You're most likely looking $5000 or somewhere near that for a good paint job, and thats probably not taking in to account what might be found underneath that shit paint. I'd say spend a bit extra and buy a better car to start with.

[gheron]

the car is being purchased of a friend that owns the dealership, the car fax on the car is clean and i believe it was painted because the previous owner didn't like the original color of the car (that puke gold) i will take a look at the body allot closer before purchasing of course, but you do make a good point, i think if it was something serious though it would be on the car fax would it not?

[Destinova403]

Originally posted by gheron
the car is being purchased of a friend that owns the dealership, the car fax on the car is clean and i believe it was painted because the previous owner didn't like the original color of the car (that puke gold) i will take a look at the body allot closer before purchasing of course, but you do make a good point, i think if it was something serious though it would be on the car fax would it not?

car fax is for the US so your better off running a Car Proof... which will show you canadian information... any work done to the car will only be on there if it was claimed on insurance, or else it wont be there... make sure you get a very good inspection done if you suspect any problems.

[analbumcover]

if you want a nice ep3, with no body damage, original paint and all jdm parts pm me, if you want garbage, that will result in you paying an additional $5000 to have a stock car that has been painted twice with $0 resell value, buy the car you are looking at

im guessing the "orange/red" ep3 from the second car?

stay away

[mrjay1987]

ohh EP3's, I barely see them driving around. Why are they all hiding? I wish I had two grand for a new paint job.

[mdeluxe]

Originally posted by mrjay1987
ohh EP3's, I barely see them driving around. Why are they all hiding? I wish I had two grand for a new paint job.

were around. do you have any pics of the car? it sucks that you need to get that stuff done. hopefully it works out

[honda4LIFE]

WORD! Us EP3's are around. GL wit the paint job.

[G-ZUS]

Is it orange/red and the all the jambs are the stock gold color?

[88CRX]

Originally posted by analbumcover

im guessing the "orange/red" ep3 from the second car?

stay away

My thoughts exactly..... that thing's been for sale for atleast several months.

[G-ZUS]

Originally posted by 88CRX


My thoughts exactly..... that thing's been for sale for atleast several months.

If that's the one, they got it from Regal Auctions, what a shitty paint job

[gpomp]

where do you guys see this car?

[mrjay1987]

Go to autotrader. When I was looking for my ep3 I was gonna look at that orange one from second car, kinda happy I passed on it. I'm so happy I found a black hfp kitted one :P

[analbumcover]

Originally posted by gpomp
where do you guys see this car?

i used to see it twice a day sitting on the second car lot right off of macleod. Just by looking at the colour i knew it was a piece. Also saw it in the bargain finder and auto trader when i was trying to price out my car.

It probably sold at auction for $5000-$6000

http://ppgmedia.canadatrader.com/ppgphotos/20060411151209556/20060411151209556_20083271246584814807-display.jpg

http://ppgmedia.canadatrader.com/ppgphotos/20060411151209556/20060411151209556_20083271246587004283-display.jpg

http://ppgmedia.canadatrader.com/ppgphotos/20060411151209556/20060411151209556_20083271246588402888-display.jpg

thats also not the original stereo that it came with.. that looks like a tape deck

http://ppgmedia.canadatrader.com/ppgphotos/20060411151209556/20060411151209556_20083271246589508220-display.jpg

After Market, (ugly) alloys

http://ppgmedia.canadatrader.com/ppgphotos/20060411151209556/20060411151209556_200832712465928728-display.jpg

http://ppgmedia.canadatrader.com/ppgphotos/20060411151209556/20060411151209556_20083271246591063237-display.jpg

tank is empty, has probably been sitting like that for months.

bye bye fuel pump

Odometer says 132,000kms. The ad says 133,000kms. I've seen this thing being driven in traffic on blackfoot, so most likely a salesman threw on a dealer plate and took it around for a ride

AWESOME SALE PRICE

$13,000

PASS